Social distancing and active travel

Find out what measures are in place across the county to help maintain social distancing and encourage more active travel

Working with our partners in district and borough councils, the police and the national parks, we’ve put measures in place to help businesses open safely, enable residents to maintain social distancing while shopping and encourage more active travel like cycling and walking.

As well as signs on streets reminding people to stay two metres apart, this also means putting barriers and cones on roads to widen the footpaths and the temporary closure of some roads and parking bays to leave enough space for people to practice social distancing.

If you have any suggestions for further social distancing or active travel measures please contact us.

We're no longer considering requests for the Tranche 2 Emergency Active Travel Fund bid but any submissions will be collated and used to inform future bids.

Make a suggestion

See the bid we submitted for the Tranche 2 Emergency Active Travel Fund (pdf / 445 KB).

Find out more about the funding available to us for active travel measures.

Filey

Belle Vue Street	Some parking bays suspended
Murray Street	Parking bays suspended - disabled parking bays open

Great Ayton

High Street	Some parking bays suspended near The Co-op

Harrogate

Albert Street	Parking bays suspended
Commercial Street	Some parking bays suspended
James Street	Parking bays suspended
Montpellier Hill	Some parking bays suspended
The Ginnel	Road closed between 5pm and 11pm Wednesday to Saturday and 1pm to 11pm on Sundays.

Knaresborough

High Street	Barriers in place to widen sections of footpath
Market Place	Road closed on Market Day (6am to 5pm Wednesday) only.
Castlegate, from Brymore ice Cream to Market Tavern	Road closed on Market Day (6am to 5pm Wednesday) only.

Leyburn

Commerical Square	Some parking bays suspended

Malham

Gordale Lane	Road closed

Northallerton - Wednesdays only

Friarage Street	One-way diversion for pedestrians
High Street	Road closed on market days from Friarage Street roundabout to Romanby Road

Richmond

Market place	Temporary taxi rank in place

Scarborough

Foreshore Road	Closed northbound between 11am and 5pm - seafront parking is unaffected but drivers will need to approach from North Bay.
St Nicholas Street	Some parking bays suspended
Pedestrian precinct	Hours during which cars are not allowed extended to 10am to 5pm

Selby

Finkle Street	New road layout and partial closure around Micklegate
Gowthorpe	Some parking bays suspended
New Lane	Partial road closure

Sherburn-in-Elmet

Low Street	Some parking bays suspended

Skipton

High Street	Closed between 10am and 4pm every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday for market

Tadcaster

Bridge Street	Some parking bays suspended
High Street	Some parking bays suspended
Kirkgate (A659)	Some parking bays suspended Barriers in place to widen sections of footpath

Whitby

A174	Raithwaite Chipping Dump (between Sandsend and Whitby Barrier) closed
Pier Road	Weekdays - closed from 10:30am to 6:00pm. Weekends - closed from 10.30am until safe to reopen to allow for pedestrians queuing
St Ann's Staith and Khyber Pass	Weekdays - closed from 10:30am to 6:00pm.
New Quay Road, Whitby Swing Bridge and Lower Church Street (from junction with Green Lane)	Closed weekends and Bank Holidays however we will try to accommodate essential access when safe to do so. It is expected that the roads will be closed between 10:30am and 6pm.