News and views from Cycleways
Warwickshire County Council is running a survey to gather opinions about the use of speed cameras in Warwickshire. The survey is available on the WCC web site: https://ask.warwickshire.gov.uk/voice-of-warwickshire/df2b1fe4/ , and it is open until 15th November. Speeding traffic puts a lot of people off even getting on a bike. It is also intimidating and dangerous … Read more
Warwickshire County Council is asking for feedback on their budget priorities for 2027/8. Follow this link to the online survey. The consultation closes on 1st November. In 2026/7 the County Council is planning to spend £106m on Transport and the Economy, and £25.5m on Highways. Cycleways would like to see more of this spent on … Read more
Action 21 and Active Travel are holding a Bike Jumble Sale where you can buy bikes, parts and accessories, and get free advice. Active Travel will be holding their Dr Bike surgeries, and offering security marking for bikes. There will be tea and cake as well! When? 24th October, 9am-12pm Where? St. Peter’s Church, 3A … Read more
Cycleways Chairman and Warwick Bicycle Mayor, Simon Storey, will be leading a Glow Ride on 22nd October. The ride is OPEN TO ALL and is designed to highlight the need for safer cycle infrastructure, especially for women and girls, who are all too often designed out of cycling. Full details can be found on our … Read more
Simon takes up the story (no pun intended!). “As many of you may know, I have been trying to meet with a representative from Reform UK since they became the minority administration in May 2025. “As my role as Bicycle Mayor is independent, I am keen to work with all parties of local government to … Read more
Here is Cycleways’ response to the Warwick Road cycleway proposal. Please feel free to use this as a template, if you would like to respond to the consultation yourself. Consultation responses should be emailed to activetravel@warwickshire.gov.uk, with the subject “Warwick Road Cycle Route, Kenilworth” by Monday 28th September. Cycleways’ response:
Consultation responses should be emailed to activetravel@warwickshire.gov.uk, with the subject “Warwick Road Cycle Route, Kenilworth” Cycleways will be responding to the consultation, and will post its response on this web site as soon as it is available. Please email membership@cycleways.org.uk if you would like to let us know what you think of the proposal, and … Read more
The Cycleways committee is meeting on 10th September. Details of the agenda, location and timing are available on our events page . Let us know if you would like us to pick up any other issues at the meeting by emailing membership@cycleways.org.uk.
Cycleways is a campaigning organisation working on behalf of cyclists in Warwick District. We have been looking at how we might improve our campaigns. One way is to recruit new members. More members means we can campaign more effectively and speak with more authority. It also allows us to get feedback from a wider group … Read more