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Cracking descent! – Kirkham Priory Loop from York

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Cracking descent! – Kirkham Priory Loop from York

Paul Scadding planned a road ride

April 9, 2022

Cracking descent! – Kirkham Priory Loop from York

Moderate

03:27

71.4km

20.7km/h

480m

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Overview

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 70.6 km for 66 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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775 m

View of York Minster from Museum Street

Highlight • Religious Site

great for a photo

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1.68 km

Bootham Park Hospital

Highlight • Historical Site

Bootham Park Hospital – the former asylum was created by the Archbishop of York and “twenty-four Yorkshire Gentleman” in 1773. It was declared unfit in 2015. Staff were given 5 days’ notice.

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29.1 km

View of the Yorkshire Wolds

Highlight • Viewpoint

29.8 km

Winding Country Road Descent

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

Hold tight, smooth road surface and sweeping turns on a wide road make for a cracking descent. Keep wits about you for tractors heading up!

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42.8 km

Kirkham Priory

Highlight • Historical Site

Nice spot for a quick break. Be careful descending the steepish hill from Crambe/Whitwell, there's a level crossing immediately round the bend at the bottom.

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43.3 km

Kirkham Priory

Highlight • Monument

Kirkham Priory is an Augustinian Abbey, built in the 12th century. If you look carefully at the gothic medieval gatehouse you can see sculptures of St George and the dragon …

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69.1 km

Tuke House

Highlight • Other

Samuel Tuke – 18th Century mental-health reformer. He worked to free sufferers from shackles and barbaric physical treatments, instead considering such things as emotions and social interactions.

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70.7 km

John Snow Memorial and Pump

Highlight • Monument

John Snow is remembered here. The memorial stands in a small park on the River Ouse.

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71.4 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

61.3 km

5.15 km

3.21 km

1.31 km

226 m

192 m

Surfaces

39.8 km

31.2 km

239 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (230 m)

Lowest point (10 m)

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Cracking descent! – Kirkham Priory Loop from York

View of York Minster from Museum Street

Bootham Park Hospital

View of the Yorkshire Wolds

Winding Country Road Descent

Kirkham Priory

Kirkham Priory

Tuke House

John Snow Memorial and Pump

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