National Cycle Route 665

Wetherby Racecourse from Route 665

National Cycle Network (NCN) Route 665 is a Sustrans route from Wetherby to South West York. Two sections of the route are open. As of summer 2017 the route is not fully signed. The central section between Tadcaster and Thorp Arch Trading Estate is still a proposal.

Route

Thorpe Arch Railway Cutting

Wetherby to Thorp Arch Estate

Starting on Linton Road Wetherby the route is a railway path before it goes through a housing estate and uses an underpass to cross the A1(M). There is a rail path from there to Thorpe Arch Estate. When opened in 2007, at a cost of £500,00[1], this section was numbered as Route 66[2], it is now fully signed as Route 665.

Thorpe Arch Estate to Tadcaster

As of summer 2017 this route is still a proposal. The planned route will cross the River Wharfe on a rail path and then follow the A659 to Tadcaster.

Tadcaster to York

Route 665 sign at A64-A1237 junction, Copmanthorpe

The route uses a longstanding verge-side cycle-path next to the A64. NCN 665 ends where it meets Route 65 at Askham Bar Park and Ride site. This section of the route is mainly unsigned.

This section is paralleled to the south by NCN 66, which follows quiet country lanes.

References

  1. ↑ "Local path for all seasons joins Route 66". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "The Wetherby Railway Path" (PDF). Leeds City Council. Sustrans. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
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