National Cycle Network
The National Cycle Network (NCN) is the national cycling route network of the United Kingdom, which was established to encourage cycling and walking throughout Britain, as well as for the purposes of bicycle touring. It was created by the cha ...
(NCN) Route 169 is a
Sustrans
Sustrans is a United Kingdom-based walking, wheeling and cycling charity, and the custodian of the National Cycle Network.
Its flagship project is the National Cycle Network, which has created of signed cycle routes throughout the United K ...
Regional Route that runs through
Scunthorpe
Scunthorpe () is an industrial town and unparished area in the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire in Lincolnshire, England of which it is the main administrative centre. Scunthorpe had an estimated total population of 82,334 in 2016. A ...
. It is , fully open and signed. It is also known as the Scunthorpe Ridgeway.
History
Construction of the path is the realisation of a dream of Sir Patrick Abercombie, the famous planner who once worked in town planning in Scunthorpe. A path along the Ridgeway has been in place since the 1970s. It was developed into a NCN route with the construction of two bridges. The first bridge opened in 2011 and spanned Bridges Road. Opened the following year, the second crosses West Common Lane.
Route
The northern trailhead is at Normanby Hall Country Park. It runs south through Crosby and Hempdykes to Riddings and its southern trailhead at Greenacre Park Bottesford with an extension from Manor Park completed in May 2022. The route follows a north–south jurassic escarpment.
Related NCN routes
NCN 169 is isolated from the rest of the National Cycle Network.
References
External links
Route 169 on the Sustrans website
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Cycleways in England