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National Cycle Route 656
Cycle route in Yorkshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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National Cycle Network (NCN) Route 656 is a Sustrans regional route in North Yorkshire. A 18.5 miles (29.8 km) cycle way between Coxwold and a junction with NCN Route 65 near Osmotherley via Sutton Bank National Park Centre and Hawnby. The route is fully opened and signed, it is on-road using quiet country lanes. Sustrans describe it as “a very strenuous route.”[1]
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Length | 30 km (19 mi) |
Location | North Yorkshire, UK |
Established | 1998 |
Designation | UK National Cycle Network |
Trailheads | Coxwold (south) to Osmotherley (north) |
Use | Cycling |
Elevation gain/loss | 569 metres (1,870 ft) gain |
Highest point | Sutton Bank, 308 m (1,010 ft) |
Lowest point | 66 m (217 ft) |
Difficulty | Very Strenuous |
Waymark | ![]() |
Website | http://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/route/route-656 |
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Prior to 2009 the route had been signed as part of NCN 65. Up until then it had been described as the High Level route on the Hull to Middlesbrough White Rose cycle route.