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Oct 2021
Over 10,000 children across the Harrogate District did not travel to school by car on Friday for the second-ever Harrogate District Walk to School Day.
Instead of their usual drive to school, pupils were encouraged to walk, cycle, scoot or take public transport.
Zero Carbon Harrogate, the charity that coordinated the day, said 44 primary and secondary schools signed up to take their stand against the climate emergency.
This is a 42% increase in uptake since the first Walk to School Day in June this year.
Birstwith Church of England Primary School was the district’s 'Zero Hero' primary school winners with 91% of children taking part.
Harrogate High School won the secondary school prize, with 85% participation.
Find the full results table here: https://www.zerocarbonharrogate.org.uk/school-leaderboard.
Fiona Jones, events manager for Zero Carbon Harrogate, added:
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