{"id":636,"date":"2020-06-30T14:31:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T14:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kingedwinpark-travel.co.uk\/?p=636"},"modified":"2024-05-02T10:11:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T10:11:36","slug":"getting-around-on-foot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingedwinpark-travel.co.uk\/?p=636","title":{"rendered":"Getting Around The Local Area On Foot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While it may seem that a walk from King Edwin Park to Harrogate is a bit far, you can take a leisurely walk through Killinghall Moor Country Park leading to the Jennyfield Estate. Once here, it takes around 25 minutes to reach Harrogate, where you will find a range of leisure, retail, healthcare and employment facilities. There are also potential plans as the site progresses to establish a community area and primary school within the development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alternatively, if you\u2019re looking to get out for a leisurely stroll then you\u2019re ideally located for a walk in the beautiful and historic countryside. There are many walking routes in and around the Harrogate district that take advantage of the stunning North Yorkshire surroundings, including Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Fountains Abbey and Brimham Rocks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To help illustrate the location of a range of nearby destinations we have pulled together this handy map<\/a>. Clicking on a marker will allow to plan a route from King Edwin Park, helping you to understand how long it may take to get around the local area on foot rather than jumping in the car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Planning a journey on foot<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

If you are unfamiliar with the local area and looking to plan a route on foot, an online route planner can be a really useful tool to use. You can enter your journey start point and end point and the website or app will display a number of route options on a handy map. Alongside easy to follow directions it will tell you how far the journey is, how long it will take, and even how hilly it is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A good tool to use is Google Maps. Simply select the ‘directions’ option, enter your trip start and end point, then be sure to choose the walking icon from the travel options available. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Plan a journey now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Ramblers UK<\/a> is a charity that focuses on promoting walking in the UK. Their website allows you to search for local walking routes, groups and events. A great way to discover more of the local area!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why walk?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

It goes without saying that walking has always been a great way of getting around, but the benefits of doing so can often be overlooked. Walking offers many personal benefits, such as improved health and cost savings, but also offers significant benefit to the environment and local community, helping to take cars off the road, reducing pollution and reducing congestion. Have a read of our article on why walking or cycling can benefit more than your health<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on walking routes, groups and resources check out our useful links and resources<\/a> page. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While it may seem that a walk from King Edwin Park to Harrogate is a bit far, you can take a leisurely walk through Killinghall Moor Country Park leading to the Jennyfield Estate. Once here, it takes around 25 minutes to reach Harrogate, where you will find a range of leisure, retail, healthcare and employment […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2574,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-walking-running"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingedwinpark-travel.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingedwinpark-travel.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingedwinpark-travel.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingedwinpark-travel.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingedwinpark-travel.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=636"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/kingedwinpark-travel.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2582,"href":"https:\/\/kingedwinpark-travel.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636\/revisions\/2582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingedwinpark-travel.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingedwinpark-travel.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingedwinpark-travel.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingedwinpark-travel.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}