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Nov 2023
Valley Gardens bike track — further details revealed
Further details of the proposed new bike track in Harrogate's Valley Gardens have been revealed.
North Yorkshire Council is running a six-week consultation on whether to replace the nine-hole pitch and putt course with a pump track.
Pump tracks use bumps and bends in the land to allow cyclists and scooter riders to generate momentum.
The consultation says the "new facility would be approximately 2,000 square metres".
However, the council has now said the track itself wouldn’t be this size, and much of the pitch and putt course would be returned to grassland.
A council spokesperson said the track, which would cost £2,000, is likely to be similar in size to the one in Wetherby, which is shown below and in the main image. It could be open by April.
A council spokesperson said:
Asked what would happen to the remainder of the pitch and putt area, the spokesperson added:
Karl Battersby, the council’s corporate director for environment, previously said:
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