These small gardens situated behind Morley’s pedestrianised shopping street were named in honour of Beryl Burton, the world cycling phenomenon who was a member of Morley Cycling Club.
Domestically, she was the Road Time Trials Council’s British Best All-Rounder for 25 consecutive years from 1959 to 1983. In 1968 was awarded an OBE for sporting achievement.
However, Beryl rejected sponsorship offers and preferred to remain an amateur, working on a farm in Yorkshire’s Rhubarb Triangle between Morley, Rothwell and Wakefield. She died on 5th May 1996 while out on a cycle run delivering invasions to her 59th birthday party. The memorial gardens include a mural of her cycling along a track with an industrial landscape in the background.
There is a Burton Cycleway between Knaresborough and Harrogate, and a play Beryl: A Love Story on Two Wheels was written by the actress Maxine Peake.
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