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Wilks/Halton Gill
Howden Wood / Rough Holden
Arncliffe
Park Rash
Cowling Cragg
Skyrakes
Lady Lane
Manor House Farm
Town End Farm
Kilnsey
Yarnbury

Please do not return to these venues to practice unless it states that you can

The countryside,including forests, open hill-sides and commons - especially commons - is privately owned by someone or some body. That means you need the owner's permission before you or your under-age son or daughter, ride on any land. The exception is while competing in an event for which the organisers will have obtained approval and probably paid for the use.

Fortunately, in addition to the network of surfaced highways, the countryside has a modest sprinkling of old carriageways which have avoided the tar-and chippings treatment. These tracks are useable by suitable and road legal vehicles (NOT MX Machines) but they are subject to the same regulations regarding speed, care and attention as other carriageways i.e. they are public roads, NOT trials, motocross or enduro practice tracks.

The difficulty is identifying the legal routes. They are not always correctly shown on OS maps, are seldom properly signed on the ground, and may be described as green lanes, RUPPS, UCRS, white roads or BOATS. Confused? If you don't know which are the unsurfaced carriageways in your neck of the woods, don't just ride anywhere. You can be prosecuted (ignorance of the law is no excuse), but far more importantly you will be adding to the problems which lead to the loss of the few rights we have and could be prejudicing the running off future events. Organisers and competitors will not thank you!

Below is a list of the venues the club use for trials. DO NO practice on any of the other venue's.

Wilks / Halton Gill

From Skipton - take the B6265 towards Grassington. At Thresfield continue on the B6160 towards Kettlewell until you come to a junction sign post to Arncliffe and Litton. (Just passed Kilnsey Cragg)
Continue through Arncliffe and Litton. Venue 2 miles pass the Queens PH.
From Settle - take the B6479 towards Horton in Ribblesdale. Turn right at Stainforth and continue on the road for approx 6 miles to Halton Gill. Turn towards Arncliffe and the venue is on your LH within half a mile

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Howden Wood | Rough Holden
Silsden

Turn of the A629 onto the A 6034 towards Silsden; in abt 1 ml (immediately past canal bridge) turn R into Howden Road. Continue for about 1ml climb a steep hill and Howden Wood is on your left. Rough Holden Farm is on your right.

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DO NOT PRACTICE IN HOWDEN WOOD

Arncliffe

From Skipton - take the B6265 towards Grassington. At Thresfield
continue on the B6160 towards Kettlewell until you come to a junction sign post to Arncliffe and Litton. (Just passed Kilnsey Cragg)
Continue through Arncliffe pass the church. Venue approx 1/2 mile on your RH side
From Settle - take the B6479 towards Horton in Ribblesdale. Turn right at Stainforth and continue on the road for approx 6 miles to Halton Gill. Turn towards Arncliff. Continue pass Litton. The venue is on your LH just before Arncliffe village.

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Park Rash
Near Kettlewell

From Kettlewell take the Leyburn Road from the Post Ofice. Continue up a 1 in 4 hill round the hairpins. Pass West Scale Park farm on your LH side. Venue about 1 mile further on on your LH side

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Cowling Cragg (Dick Lane)

From Keighley on the Crosshills to Colne road, A6068
Just before you enter Cowling from Keighley TL (Just before kiosk)
up Dick Lane, Continue up the hill to the twin towers.
From Colne just as you leave Cowling (Just past kiosk) TR into Dick
Lane. Continue up the hill to the twin towers.

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Skyrake

From Skipton take the B6265 towards Grassington. Half a mile pass The Craven Heifer PH turn left. (Beware you may miss it) Follow road to first bend then turn right up farm track. Venue is right at the top of the track.

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Lady Lane

From Keighley on the A650 turn left at the roundabout before the start of the new Bingley by pass. Turn Right at the next roundabout and as you enter Cross Flatts you will see a sign 'Mickleover' (Just before The Royal PH) Turn left. Continue over canel swing bridge and take the 1st right. Follow road to the end and turn left. Venue 500m on left side

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Manor House Farm

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Town End Farm

From Keighley - on the Crosshills to Colne road, A6068, you enter the village of Cowling. . If you look you will see a church spire in the dip. Take the road towards the Church. Sign posted from there

Kilnsey

From Skipton follow the B6265 towards Grassington. As
you enter Thresfield continue on the B 6160 towards Kettlewell. You will come to a PH called the Tennants Arms. Turn left approx 50m before the PH.

Yarnbury

Into Grassington village pass the village square and continue up the hill past the village hall to the top of the lane. Venue on left. This is a historic site so please be careful.

The club run 1 trial per year at this venue, in February. Whilst the trial is being run the YDNP, English Nature and English Heritage are watching the event. So that we can continue to use this venue the Club run the trial under very strict rules. Two of the major conditions are:

There is NO riding around the car park before or after the event.

Do not take short cuts to the sections, follow the route markings.

Any competitor ignoring these conditions will excluded and will not be allowed to ride at the venue again.

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