Cycle Woking

Cycle Woking now has its own website providing information on all types of cycle related activities within the Borough.

The frequently updated news, events and information sections keep users up-to-date with the latest cycling developments in Woking and the wider world.

Feel free to visit the site and sign up to receive regular updates about our programme of activities.

About Cycle Woking

In June 2008, Woking Borough Council and Surrey County Council were successful in securing £1.82 million from Cycling England to be spent on improving cycling facilities in the area.

The competition for this funding was fierce, with 74 towns and cities bidding for the £47 million available under the Cycling City, Cycling Towns programme. Woking was one of only ten towns, plus one city, to have successfully achieved the funding and the title of Cycling Town for the next three years.

The funding, together with the money that the two councils have ear-marked for this project, will now be used to push forward with a range of cycling schemes. The top priorities are:

  • to further improve the Woking Cycle Network to make it even more cycle friendly

  • to upgrade the Basingstoke Canal towpath to provide a high quality east-west walking and cycling route via the town centre with links to local schools and local neighbourhoods

  • to recruit a personalised travel-planning adviser to help individuals get started on bicycles

  • to expand further activities with local schools, including more cycle clubs and cycle storage, travel plans for all schools, the universal move to Bikeability cycle training and inter school events

  • to improve cycle storage at the rail stations.

It is hoped that these developments will encourage more people to use bicycles more regularly which will, in turn, have a positive effect on the health and well-being of local people and help to reduce congestion on the Borough's busy roads.

The launch of Cycle Woking is part of a wider strategy being developed to establish Woking as a regional hub - a strategic centre for shopping, employment and transport. The borough and county councils are jointly promoting a new partnership called Transport for Woking to improve travel conditions for all means of transport, and not just cycling.

For further information about Cycle Woking, call 01483 755855 or you can read the Cycle Woking Project Outline.

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The Cycle Woking Partners

Cycle Woking is a partnership project. A number of organisations will work closely to develop a range of exciting cycling initiatives:

  • Surrey Councty Council
  • Woking Borough Council
  • Basingstoke Canal Authority
  • Woking Cycle Users' Group
  • Surrey Police
  • Surrey Primary Care Trust
  • Active Surrey
  • Local schools
  • South West Trains
  • Sustrans
  • Local dentists and doctors
  • Age Concern Surrey
  • Local cycle shops based in Woking

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Cycling and Woking's Climate Change Strategy

Transport is one of the key themes in the Council's Climate Change Strategy.

Emissions from vehicles account for a significant proportion of CO2 equivalent emissions. The Strategy promotes alternative modes of transport and Cycle Woking will help encourage people to swap petrol for pedal power.