Yorkshire-based charity Open Country has presented Sustrans’ North team with an award for its contribution to improving disabled access across Yorkshire.
Open Country’s Good Access Scheme award celebrates efforts to open up more accessible routes for walkers and cyclists.
Sustrans’ team in Yorkshire completed an extension of the cycle path from Thorp Arch to Newton Kyme creating a six-kilometre traffic-free route linking Wetherby and Newton Kyme. Its project on Route 69 of the National Cycle Network has also connected Castleford and Wakefield Greenway, providing cyclists and walkers with 16 kilometres of accessible paths.
Mike Babbitt, head of network development, and Rosslyn Colderley, director for England North, attended a virtual award ceremony hosted by members of Open Country’s Tandem Club who have benefited from Sustrans’ work.