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Cycling News
Brand NEW National Cycle Network leaflet Route 44 is now available 
A new cycling leaflet is now available; the Six Castles Cycleway leaflet covers the challenging 58 mile route along National Cycle Network route 44 from Shrewsbury to Leominster via Bishops Castle, Craven Arms and Ludlow.
This free leaflet is available from local visitor information centres and libraries or you can request copies from Transport Planning tel 01743 253008 or e-mail: transport@shropshire-cc.gov.uk. Download the Six Castles Cycleway leaflet by clicking here Shrewsbury cycle and walking map - new March 2008! 
Your indispensable guide to getting around Shrewsbury on foot or by bike! This is a brand new leaflet providing 2 detailed maps of walking and cycling routes in Shrewsbury. The map includes useful information such as the location of cycle parking, tips on road use for cyclists and Shrewsbury cycle shop contacts as well as lots of ideas of routes for leisure walking and information on the benefits of walking and cycling.
This free leaflet is available from tourist information centres from April 2008 or you can order a copy of this leaflet from Transport Planning tel 01743 253008 or e-mail: transport@shropshire-cc.gov.uk. Download the Shrewsbury cycle and walking map by clicking here June 2007 - New Ludlow cycle ride leaflet - The market towns series of leaflets has a brand new addition! Just published , the leaflet for Ludlow, contains four rides starting from Ludlow railway station which visit various interesting sites in Ludlow and the surrounding area, including Bromfield, Stanton Lacy and the racecourse; Tenbury Wells and Little Hereford; Leintwardine and Mortimer Forest; and the medieval villages at Cleestanton and Cold Weston at the edge of Brown Clee Hill.
The leaflet is an addition to the very popular series which already includes leaflets for Market Drayton, Wem, Whitchurch, Ellesmere, Cleobury Mortimer, Bishops Castle and Church Stretton. The leaflets contain maps and directions for exploring areas around Shropshire's market towns, and rides vary from under 10 miles to over 20 miles.
The leaflets are free and are available from local Vistitor Information Centres or request copies from Transport Planning tel 01743 253008 or e-mail: transport@shropshire-cc.gov.uk. Download the Ludlow leaflet by clicking here
New leaflets are also scheduled to be published in 2007 for Ruyton XI Towns, Oswestry and Bridgnorth and for Much Wenlock, Broseley, Shifnal, Albrighton and Shrewsbury in 2008. Launch of cycling and walking facilities on Shelton Road, Shrewsbury New cycling and walking facilities on Shelton Road, Shrewsbury were officially launched on 29 March 2007. The improved facilities incorporate:
* a new 40mph speed limit
* new crossing points for pedestrians
* a narrowed carriageway
* surfacing improvements
* a new footway and cycle track
The cycle track will form part of National Cycle Network Route 81 (Lon Cambria), which connects Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth, and improve walking and cycling routes to local schools. The project has been funded jointly through the Local Transport Plan (cycling and safer routes to school budgets), Highways Maintenance and Sustrans/Cycling England. New Online Mapping of All Shropshire's Cycle Routes You can now look at Shropshire's entire cycle route network online using the new interactive map generated by Shropshire County Council. Shropmap allows you to zoom into your area of interest to a very high level of detail or you can simply use it to see how the cycle routes connect across the whole of Shropshire. - To see all of Shropshire's cycle routes, including the National Cycle Network, click here
To see Shropshire's National Cycle Network only click here Lots of new places to park your bike Shropshire County Council continues to provide secure cycle parking in public locations and has recently installed cycle parking at local libraries in the Bridgnorth area, at railway stations in South Shropshire and throughout the centre of Oswestry.
If you have a suggestion for a site where bike parking would be of benefit to the local community, e-mail: transport@shropshire-cc.gov.uk Other cycling schemes in the pipeline Shropshire County Council is working with a number of partners to develop a wide variety of cycling, traffic calming, Home Zone and Safer Routes to School schemes. Cycling projects which are being considered for the next 2-3 years include:
* Shrewsbury - Shelton Road cycle route (National Cycle Route 81)
* Shrewsbury - link to Cartmel Drive from Whitchurch Road
* Wem - Mill Lane to Drawell Lane link
* Route 44 (National Byway) – signing between Shrewsbury and Ludlow Shropshire Cycle Forum Have your say!
If you want to get involved in the development of cycling schemes in Shropshire, why not come along to the Shropshire Cycle Forum? This group is open to local cyclists and has an evening meeting every 3 months at the Shirehall in Shrewsbury. For more information:
www.shropshire.gov.uk/cycling.nsf/open/CC43D46BEEA1B9228025702100429FA9 |
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