Harold Briercliffe
Harold Briercliffe was an English author of a series of cycle touring guides. These were a spin-off from the magazine Cycling. They were cheaply made volumes with attractive colour print covers, designed to be kept in the pocket of saddlebags.
In 2010, Clare Balding presented a BBC TV series called Britain By Bike that retraced some of Briercliffe's routes using his old Dawes Super Galaxy.
As a result of the publicity arising from Clare Balding's television series, the popularity of the books rose greatly and three were republished by Batsford Books in 2012; with brief additions by Mark Jarman and Sustrans indicating that alternative routes exist to those suggested by Harold Briercliffe where those routes have become subject to heavy road traffic.- Cycling Touring Guides. no. 1. Northern England
- Cycling Touring Guides. no. 2. Wales
- Cycling Touring Guides. no. 3. Scottish Highlands
- Cycling Touring Guides. no. 4. South-West England
- Cycling Touring Guides. no. 5. The Midlands
- Cycling Touring Guides. no. 6. Southern England
All published by Temple PressUnpublished or abandoned
