{"id":262997,"date":"2025-11-04T23:16:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T23:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/262997\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T23:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T23:16:08","slug":"cycling-and-walking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/262997\/","title":{"rendered":"Cycling and Walking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nelson Airport is just 7 kilometres from Nelson\u2019s city centre and well connected to cycling\/walking paths.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The airport has two Bike Zones for storing and reassembling bikes. A large one is found at the northern end of the terminal building. A smaller Bike Zone is situated across the road from the main entrance near the Rental Cars building.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A shower is available in the terminal, although you will need to bring your own towel and toiletries. Request a key from the Customer Service \u2013 Manaaki Kiritaki team in terminal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bike Hire<\/p>\n<p>The Gentle Cycling Company has bikes for hire, and can be found behind Airport House to the south of the terminal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclenelson.co.nz\/\">Nelson Bike Tours &amp; Bike Hire | The Gentle Cycling Company<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cycling Paths<\/p>\n<p>Nelson city and Richmond are just a 25-minute cycle away. Check out the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.heartofbiking.org.nz\/tasmans-great-taste-trail\/town-to-country\/\">Nelson Tasman Heart of Biking<\/a> website for trail information and maps.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Airport Perimeter Walkway<\/p>\n<p>Discover our scenic 5-kilometre loop walkway, starting and finishing on McLaren Drive. The easy-grade path is a local favourite, offering breathtaking views of the Kahuroa \u2013 Richmond Ranges and Wharepapa \u2013 Arthur Range across beautiful Te Tai o Aorere &#8211; Tasman Bay.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nelsonairport.co.nz\/airport-precinct\/airport-perimeter-walkway\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nelson Airport is just 7 kilometres from Nelson\u2019s city centre and well connected to cycling\/walking paths.\u00a0 The airport&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-262997","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}