Cycle route

The Way of the Roses

Coast to Coast cycle route from Morecambe in Lancashire to Bridlington in Yorkshire

What the record says

Route type
Bicycle
Network
Not stated
Operator
Not stated
Operational state
Check locally
Start
Not stated
Finish
Not stated
Ascent
Not stated
Duration
Not stated
Not a safety or access guarantee

This page does not score safety or predict current conditions. Confirm legal access, closures, surfaces, traffic, weather and your own capability before riding.

Trip-data checklist

What is matched around this route

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StayNo public matchRestricted accommodation feeds are excluded.
RefuelNo public matchOpening and drinking-water availability need direct checks.
RepairNo public matchCategory evidence does not guarantee workshop services.
Rail & accessKnaresborough Rail StationRail station · 9.7 km from the route point
Road evidenceRepresentative-point contextNever converted into a route risk or safety score.
Water & biodiversity8 access or survey recordsEcology coordinates do not prove access or drinking water.

Place and water records are joined to the representative route coordinate. Weather by date, route elevation, events, beaches and live bike-share are shown only after their geographic coverage passes the published readiness gate.

Historical road evidence

Context near this route record’s map point

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Representative point only

These figures describe a fixed area around one mapped coordinate. They do not measure the full route and they do not become a safety score.

Reported cycle-involved collisions

2 final-2024 collision records involving at least one pedal cycle fall within 5 km straight-line of the representative coordinate.

0 fatal-severity, 0 serious-severity and 2 slight-severity collision records.

Nearest latest-year traffic count point

U is about 4 km straight-line from the route coordinate.

Traffic year
2025
Pedal cycles AADF
38
Motor vehicles AADF
956
Point context, not whole-route conditions

Most held UK route geometries are representative points rather than complete ride lines. The collision radius and nearest traffic counter may cover different roads from the route itself. AADF is an estimated annual daily flow, not live traffic; these figures never produce a safe/unsafe label.

Sources: Department for Transport STATS19 final 2024 collisions and 2025 annual average daily flow records. Projection checked 2026-09-12.

Arrive or leave

Public transport near the route point

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Rail station

Knaresborough Rail Station

9.7 km straight-line from the representative route coordinate.

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Rail station

Starbeck Rail Station

10.9 km straight-line from the representative route coordinate.

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Bus or coach station

Bus Stn Stand 4

12 km straight-line from the representative route coordinate.

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Rail station

Harrogate Rail Station

12.1 km straight-line from the representative route coordinate.

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Official NaPTAN access-node records. Confirm the operating station, timetable, disruptions, reservations and bicycle carriage with the operator; this is not a journey-plan result.

Water & biodiversity

Nearby fish-survey sites

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Ecology survey site

Holbeck at Boroughbridge Road Bridge

About 0.5 km from the route coordinate. 3 historical survey events; latest 2024-06-10.

Ecology survey site

Holbeck at Boroughbridge Road Bridge

About 0.5 km from the route coordinate. 8 historical survey events; latest 2026-06-15.

Ecology survey site

Westwick

About 1.5 km from the route coordinate. 19 historical survey events; latest 2025-07-10.

Ecology survey site

Holbeck at Dene Wood

About 3.1 km from the route coordinate. 1 historical survey events; latest 2013-08-08.

Ecology survey site

Hewick Bridge (Boom boat)

About 3.5 km from the route coordinate. 7 historical survey events; latest 2003-07-17.

Ecology survey site

Hewick Bridge (Gill Net)

About 3.5 km from the route coordinate. 8 historical survey events; latest 2004-07-21.

Ecology survey site

Hewick Bridge (single anode)

About 3.6 km from the route coordinate. 17 historical survey events; latest 2019-07-12.

Ecology survey site

u/s Ocharas Q- u/s of road

About 3.7 km from the route coordinate. 4 historical survey events; latest 2003-08-14.

These records do not identify potable water or guarantee legal access. Carry sufficient drinking water and verify refills locally.

Provenance

Wikidata

Wikimedia Foundation and Wikidata contributors

Licence
Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal ↗
Source record
Open authoritative context ↗
Source update/effective date
2026-07-23
Catalogue retrieval
2026-07-23
Entity last observed
2026-07-23

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