National Cycle Route 67

National Cycle Network (NCN) Route 67 is a Sustrans National Route that runs from Long Whatton to Northallerton. The route is 124 mi in length and is open but with sections missing.

History
Many sections of the route are Railway Paths including ex Great Central Railway Five Pits Trail and ex North Eastern Railway Nidderdale Greenway.

Route
The route is incomplete with gaps to the planned northern and southern trailheads and there are gaps south of Chesterfield. Between Leeds and Bramham the gap is filled by NCN Route 66.

Long Eaton to Heanor
The southern end of route 67 is at junction with NCN Route 6 in Long Eaton. Running north for 10 mi to Heanor, it is a traffic free path (98%) through Shipley Country Park known as the Nutbrook Trail.

Blackwell to Grassmoor
There is a gap for approximately 10 mi before NCN 67 restarts at Blackwell. This 5.5 mi off-road route to Grassmoor is known as the Five Pits Trail.

Chesterfield to Leeds
The longest continuous section of NCN 67 is the 65 mi Trans Pennine Trail (Central) route from Chesterfield to Leeds. It passes through the eastern sides of Sheffield, Barnsley and Wakefield. On reaching the south east of Leeds, it meets NCN Route 66 which can be followed east for 13 mi to reach the next section.

Bramham to Ripon
From Bramham the route uses paths adjacent to the A1(M) to Wetherby where it uses the Harland Way railway path to Spofforth. The route is the a mixture of on-road, traffic free and railway path through Harrogate to its current northern terminus at a junction with NCN Route 688 near Fountains Abbey. Route 688 can be followed for 5 mi to reach Ripon.

Related NCN routes
Route 67 is part of the Trans Pennine Trail (Central) route along with:

Route 67 meets the following routes:
 * at Leeds 53.788°N, -1.523°W and Bramham 53.862°N, -1.3455°W
 * at Wetherby 53.9329°N, -1.3787°W
 * at Harrogate 54.0136°N, -1.5232°W
 * at Fountains Abbey 54.0914°N, -1.5771°W
 * at Wombwell 53.5342°N, -1.4127°W and 53.5157°N, -1.3706°W
 * at Meadowhall 53.4166°N, -1.4095°W and Long Eaton 52.8964°N, -1.2748°W
 * at Sheffield 53.3711°N, -1.4041°W