Harold Briercliffe (1910-1994) was an English author of a series of

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guides. These were a spin-off from the magazine ''Cycling'' (a magazine now published as ''

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''). They were cheaply made volumes with attractive colour print covers, designed to be kept in the pocket of

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s. In 2010,

Clare Balding Clare Victoria Balding (born 29 January 1971) is an English broadcaster, journalist, and author. She currently presents for BBC Sport, Channel 4, BT Sport, is the current president of the Rugby Football League (RFL) and formerly presented the ...

presented a

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series called Britain By Bike that retraced some of Briercliffe's routes using his old Dawes Super Galaxy.BBC Britain by Bike:The Cotswolds (''Broadcast 23rd August 2010''
Retrieved 14 September 2010 As a result of the publicity arising from Clare Balding's television series, the popularity of the books rose greatly and three (north, south and central England) were republished by

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in 2012; with brief additions by

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and

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indicating that alternative routes exist to those suggested by Harold Briercliffe where those routes have become subject to heavy road traffic.

Books

* (1947) Cycling Touring Guides. no. 1.

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* (1947) Cycling Touring Guides. no. 2.

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* (1948) Cycling Touring Guides. no. 3.

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* (1948) Cycling Touring Guides. no. 4.

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* (1949) Cycling Touring Guides. no. 5.

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* (1950) Cycling Touring Guides. no. 6.

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All published by

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Unpublished or abandoned

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* The Borderlands and Southern Scotland *

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References

English male cyclists Cycling in the United Kingdom 1994 deaths 1910 births Writers from Rochdale {{England-cycling-bio-stub