Thornes Park & Horbury Lakes Wakefield

A great steady 6 mile route from Thornes Park to Horbury lakes and back. The route contains a mixture of traffic free and quiet local roads with designated cycle routes, surfaces are mostly tarmaced and flat, with a slight gradient towards Horbury. The route incorporates some beautiful local countryside and fishing lakes, with Thornes Park in the heart of Wakefield, featuring a stunning walled Rose Garden, Conservatory, and wildfowl lake of the former Thornes House plus great sports facilities.