Children can meet Santa on fun, Christmas Cycle Ride

Cycling City York is giving families the opportunity to take part in a fun, festive cycle ride to Santa’s Village at Murton Park, where children will receive an early Christmas gift from Santa himself!Cycling Santa

The Christmas Cycle Ride will set off from the West End of York Minster at 9am on Saturday 4 December. It will then follow a gentle, mostly traffic-free, four-mile route to Murton Park, which will have been transformed into Santa’s Village.

On arrival, families will tour the village, meet the elves and then take a train ride on the Derwent Valley light railway to meet Santa himself. Children will receive a personal, early Christmas gift from Santa, and adults can relax with a complimentary mince pie and glass of sherry in front of a real fire!

Places on the ride must be booked in advance no later than 26 November by completing the booking form and cycling health questionnaire.

Completed forms and questionnaires can be returned by e-mail to loretta.spyers-ashby@york.gov.uk  or posted to Loretta Spyers-Ashby, Cycling activity officer, 9 St Leonard’s Place, York, YO1 7ET. For more information about the route, please call Shaun Wilkinson, road safety training co-ordinator, on 01904 551646.

This guided, group ride will leave Murton Park between 12.30pm and 1pm for the return journey to York, but families can head back sooner if they prefer. It’s free to take part in the ride, and a complimentary hot drink and snack will be provided. However, the usual admission charges to Santa’s Village will apply (£5 per adult and £7 per child). Children under 16 must be accompanied by a responsible adult. There is no lower age limit, but if children are cycling independently they must be able to keep up with the group.  Children under the age of eight years may benefit from being carried on a tag-a-long, trailer or child seat.

Posted: 09/11/2010

Email a friend

Please fill in the form below to email your friend. You may enter multiple email addresses seperated with a comma.

Tell us YOUR cycling story

See your article or photo published on Cycling City York's website!

If you would like to share your own experience of cycling, we'd love to hear from you. Whether you've just started to cycle or have been riding for years, we'd like to hear your story.

Please tell us briefly what topic you'd like to talk about and what it is you're submitting (article, image, video) and we will be in touch.

Note: All articles and images submitted are subject to approval and may be edited. Not all entries will be accepted. You must have consent for the publication of any images/videos submitted.

Me and my Bike

A look back on Cycling City York, by Graham Titchener
29/06/2011 A review of what has been achieved through the Cycling City York programme

My favourite cycle route
03/12/2010 Tim Pheby, a cycling consultant based in York, writes about the history of his favourite cycle route along Terry Avenue:

News

Partial closure of York to Selby cycle route continues to April
21/03/2012 Diversions will remain in place for cyclists on the York to Selby cycle route due to ongoing water works

Check your cycling route to avoid roadworks and road closures
29/02/2012 Details of new roadworks and temporary traffic restrictions or road closures taking place that may affect cyclists in York