{"id":708187,"date":"2026-07-24T03:35:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T03:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/708187\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T03:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T03:35:13","slug":"temple-newsam-bike-park-teaches-young-riders-cycling-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/708187\/","title":{"rendered":"Temple Newsam bike park teaches young riders cycling safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Visiting the park for the first time, parent Tom Ellis said his sons had been &#8220;ecstatic&#8221; and &#8220;could not get off their bikes&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He joked that even he had learned some new road signs, adding it made him feel &#8220;more confident&#8221; as a dad to think of his children going out riding on roads in the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Mum Vicky Oliver agreed: &#8220;With the world getting as busy as it is and the roads getting as busy, it is a nice easy way to practise and enjoy it in a safer environment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">While parents are given peace of mind, children at the bike park relish the opportunity for play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I like to go fast,&#8221; said three-year-old Arthur.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I think it is really good and fun,&#8221; added Penelope.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The seven-year-old was visiting the park for the first time with her twin sister Beatrix, who said the signs were clearly visible and &#8220;easy&#8221; to navigate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It is really dangerous if you do not know what the signs mean,&#8221; said seven-year-old Isabelle, adding the traffic lights were her favourite part of the park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Visiting the park for the first time, parent Tom Ellis said his sons had been &#8220;ecstatic&#8221; and &#8220;could&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-708187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}