| NCN Route 166 | |
| Length Km: | 61 |
| Designation: | UK National Cycle Network |
| Use: | Cycling |
| Elev Gain And Loss: | 535m (1,755feet) gain 510m (1,670feet) loss |
| Highest M: | 201 |
| Highest Name: | Settrington Beacon |
| Lowest M: | 20 |
| Lowest Name: | Menethorpe |
National Cycle Network (NCN) Route 166 is a Sustrans regional route in the Yorkshire Wolds between Kirkham and Hunmanby. It is one of 5 NCN routes that make up the 146 mile Yorkshire Wolds Cycle Route.[1] Created in 2011[2] it is fully open and signed.
The entire 61km (38miles)[3] route is on road, along quiet country lanes. The western end is at Kirkham, North Yorkshire, where it joins the north western end of NCN 167. It passes through the town of Norton-on-Derwent and then the villages of Settrington, Duggleby, Kirby Grindalythe, Sledmere, Weaverthorpe and Foxholes on its way to its eastern end at Hunmanby.[4] Here it meets NCN 1.
The Yorkshire Wolds is a rolling landscape, flat sections are few. There is an accumulated ascent of 535m (1,755feet) and 510m (1,670feet) of accumulated descent.
Heading east, the steeper gradients are the climbs from Foxholes and from Settrington. Here the route climbs a scarp slop to its high point at Settrington Beacon. The village is 50m (160feet) above sea level, and the route rises to 200m (700feet) in 3km (02miles). Westward, the climbs are gentler dip slopes with the climb from Duggleby to Settrington Beacon being the only significant challenge.
Route 166 meets the following routes:
NCN 166 is part of the Yorkshire Wolds Cycle Route with: