National Cycle Route 656

NCN Route 656
Byland Abbey
Length	30 km (19 mi)
Location	North Yorkshire, UK
Established	1998
Designation	UK National Cycle Network
Trailheads	Coxwold (south) to Osmotherley (north)
Use	Cycling
Elevation gain/loss	569 metres (1,870 ft) gain
Highest point	Sutton Bank, 308 m (1,010 ft)
Lowest point	66 m (217 ft)
Difficulty	Very Strenuous
Waymark
Website	http://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/route/route-656

National Cycle Network (NCN) Route 656 is a Sustrans regional route in North Yorkshire. A 18.5 miles (29.8 km) cycle way between Coxwold and a junction with NCN Route 65 near Osmotherley via Sutton Bank National Park Centre and Hawnby. The route is fully opened and signed, it is on-road using quiet country lanes. Sustrans describe it as “a very strenuous route.”^[1]

Prior to 2009 the route had been signed as part of NCN 65. Up until then it had been described as the High Level route on the Hull to Middlesbrough White Rose cycle route.