Harold Briercliffe (1910-1994) was an English author of a series of cycle touring guides. These were a spin-off from the magazine ''Cycling'' (a magazine now published as ''

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''). They were cheaply made volumes with attractive colour print covers, designed to be kept in the pocket of

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s. In 2010,

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presented a

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series called Britain By Bike that retraced some of Briercliffe's routes using his old Dawes Super Galaxy.BBC Britain by Bike:The Cotswolds (''Broadcast 23rd August 2010''
Retrieved 14 September 2010 As a result of the publicity arising from Clare Balding's television series, the popularity of the books rose greatly and three (north, south and central England) were republished by

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in 2012; with brief additions by Mark Jarman and

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indicating that alternative routes exist to those suggested by Harold Briercliffe where those routes have become subject to heavy road traffic.

Books

* (1947) Cycling Touring Guides. no. 1.

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* (1947) Cycling Touring Guides. no. 2.

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* (1948) Cycling Touring Guides. no. 3.

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* (1948) Cycling Touring Guides. no. 4.

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* (1949) Cycling Touring Guides. no. 5.

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* (1950) Cycling Touring Guides. no. 6.

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All published by Temple Press

Unpublished or abandoned

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* The Borderlands and Southern Scotland *

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