The creation of a national network of cycle routes was the outcome of a £43.5 million award from the Lottery Millennium Commission to sustainable transport charity, Sustrans, in 1995. Sustrans worked with numerous partners in creating the network of 10,000 miles, which was opened in 2005.
Route 6 of the network passes through Bury on its way from Windsor to Keswick and in large part in Bury follows the south - north recreation route proposed in the 1997 Unitary Development Plan. The (mostly off-road) route has been created or improved incrementally as opportunities have arisen and has included discrete projects at:
- Rainsough,
- Waterdale,
- Outwood Trail,
- Outwood viaduct,
- MBB Canal towpath,
- Daisyfield Greenway,
- Woodhill bike path, and
- Kirklees Trail.
It is signed, although in two places, Woolfold and Holcombe Brook, it follows an interim route pending construction of the preferred route.
List of Projects
The Kirkees Trail
Further Information
Go to Sustrans website for more information on the National Cycle Network
Go to Cycle GM for website Greater Manchester cycling information
Go to Bury Council cycling pages
Contact Us
For local information contact Planning Implementation
Email: implementation@bury.gov.uk
