Council decision to close 'cycling utopia' Snake Pass branded 'ludicrous'

The A57 between Sheffield and Glossop was closed to motor traffic due to a landslide, but that has now been extended to cyclists and walkers

Snake Pass
Author Simon Warren on the Snake Pass
(Image credit: Instagram/Simon Warren)

The decision to close Snake Pass to cyclists and walkers has been called "ludicrous" by the author Simon Warren, describing the road without cars as "cycling utopia".

The road, the A57 between Sheffield and Glossop, was shut by Derbyshire County Council for at least four weeks to motor traffic on February 21 after heavy rain caused a number of landslips.

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Adam Becket
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Adam is Cycling Weekly’s news editor – his greatest love is road racing but as long as he is cycling on tarmac, he's happy. Before joining Cycling Weekly he spent two years writing for Procycling, where he interviewed riders and wrote about racing, speaking to people as varied as Demi Vollering to Philippe Gilbert. Before cycling took over his professional life, he covered ecclesiastical matters at the world’s largest Anglican newspaper and politics at Business Insider. Don't ask how that is related to cycling.