Useful links
Looking for more information? Look no further. From local campaigns to regional cycling routes, government transport policy to international debate - it's all here in one of the UK's most comprehensive collections of sustainable transport related web links. Select a category below to jump to the appropriate section.
Cycling organisations and websites (National)
- Association of Cycle Traders
- Bicycle Association
- BikeBUDi
- Bikeforall
- British Cycling
- CoBR (the Consortium of Bicycle Retailers)
- CTC (Cyclist's Touring Club)
- Cycle Campaign Network
- CycleCity Guides
- Cyclemaps (UK directory of Local Authority produced cycle maps on the web)
- Cycle-n-Sleep
- Cycle-Routes.org
- CycleRoutesUK (user suggested circular rides)
- CycleScheme
- Give Cyclists Room campaign
- Greenways & Quiet Roads
- I'd rather cycle
- LifeCycle UK
- National Bike Week
- National Byway
- National Cycling Strategy
- Stop at Red campaign
- The Tandem Club
- Why Cycle?
Cycling organisations and websites (Regional)
Scotland
- CTC Scotland
- Cycle Hebrides
- Cycle Routes - SE Scotland & NE England
- Cycling Scotland
- Cycle Scottish Borders
- The Dava Way (23 mile trail between Forres and Grantown-on-Spey)
- Highland Cycling campaign
- Kingdom of Fife Millennium Cycleways
- Ride Fort William
- Scottish Countryside Access Network
- Spokes: the Lothian Cycle Campaign
- Strathclyde Cycling Campaign
- Upper Deeside Access Trust
Wales
- Cardiff Cycling Campaign
- Swansea & West Wales CTC
- Cycling in North Wales - CTC Cyrmru
- Cycling Powys
- National Cycle Collection
- Wye Valley Communities for Safer Cycling
- Wheelrights (Swansea Bay cycle campaign group)
Ireland
- Bordertrek
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Cycling in Larne
- Loughshore Trail
- Roads Service Cycling Page
- Northern Ireland Tourist Board
- Sutton2Sandycove
North of England
- Bradford Cycle Action Group
- Carlisle Cycle Campaign
- C2C - a users guide
- Cheshire CC Cycling pages
- Chester Cycling Campaign
- Cycle Greater Manchester
- Cycling in Kielder
- Cycling Projects
- Cycling Wakefield
- Darlington Cycling Campaign
- Dynamo (Lancaster & District Cycle Campaign)
- Eden Rangers
- Greater Manchester Cycling Campaign
- Guisborough Cycling Initiative
- Harrogate Cycle Campaign
- Harrogate Wheel Easy Cycling Group
- Lancaster Cyclepoint
- Leeds Cycling Action Group
- Merseyside Cycling Campaign
- Middlesborough Cycle Centre
- Mountain Biking in Coquetdale
- Pedal Pushers: The Sheffield Cycle Campaign
- Reivers Route
- Trans Pennine Trail
- Tynebikes
- Walney to Wear Cycle Route
- Warrington Cycle Campaign
- Wheel Easy Cycling Group
- Wirral Cycling Campaign
- York Cycle Campaign
Midlands
- Coventry Cycle Campaign
- Cycle Hereford
- Derby Cycling Group
- Leicester Spokes
- Loughborough and District Cycle Users Group
- Nottingham Pedals
- Push Bikes: Birmingham Cycle Campaign
- Cycling in Solihull
- Shakespokes (Stratford-on-Avon)
- Cycling in Shropshire
- Wolves on Wheels
East
- Bedfordshire CC routes site
- Cambridge Cycle Campaign
- Colchester Cycling Campaign
- Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Bicycle Users Group
- St Albans Cycling Campaign
- Tring Cycling Campaign
- Norfolk Cycling
London & South East
- Cycling around East Grinstead
- CycleWight
- East Sussex CC Cycling info
- Farnham Cycle Network
- Hampshire County Council Cycling info
- Hayling Billy
- London Cycling Campaign
- London Cycle Network
- Merton Cycle Campaign
- Reading Cycle Campaign
- Redhill Cycling Club
- Romney Marsh Countryside Project
- Southampton Cycling Campaign
- Southwark Cyclists
- Spokes East Kent
- Spokes South West Herts
- Viking Coastal Trail
- Wandsworth Cycling Campaign
- West Kent Road Club (Swanley)
- Wheels for Wellbeing (London)
- Woking Cycle Users Group
- Worthing Cycle Campaign
Channel Islands
South West
- Bath Cycling Campaign
- BBC Devon cycling page
- Bristol and Bath Railway Path
- Bristol Cycling Campaign
- Camel Trail
- Clay Trails
- Cycle Cheltenham
- Cycle Cornwall
- Devon County Council Cycling site
- Dorset Cyclists Network
- North Somerset Cycle Campaign
- Tarka Trail
Government Departments & Agencies
- Natural England
- Defence Estates Access
- Dept. of Culture, Arts and Leisure Northern Ireland
- Dept. of Health
- Department for Transport
- Dept for Regional Development Roads Service Northern Ireland
- Environment Agency
- Environment and Heritage Service Northern Ireland
- Forest Service for Northern Ireland
- Highways Agency
- Welsh Assembly Government
- National Cycling Strategy
- Scottish Enterprise
- The Scottish Government
- www.info4local.gov.uk
Liveable Neighbourhoods
- Academy for Sustainable Communities
- CABE
- Community Planning
- Cycling in new developments guidance
- Design Council for Wales
- Hamilton-Baillie Associates (transport, traffic and urban design consultancy)
- IHIE home zones design guidelines
- IHIE UK Home Zones website
- Less Traffic
- Living Streets
- Neighbourhood Initiatives Foundation
- Resource for Urban Design Information
- Slower Speeds Initiative
- Urban Design Alliance
Active Travel
International Liaison
- Association Française de développement des Véloroutes et Voies Vertes
- Centrum Dopravního Výzkumu, Czech Republic
- CERTU, France
- Danish Cyclists Federation, Denmark
- Danish Roads Directorate, Denmark
- Diputacío de Barcelona, Cataluña
- Environmental Partnership, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia
- EPOMM (European Platform on Mobility Management)
- Est goes East! (Promoting Environmentally Sustainable Transport in Central and Eastern Europe)
- Eurocities (Mobility, formerly ACCESS and Car-free Cities)
- European Cyclists' Federation
- European Greenways Association
- EuroVelo
- Federazione Italiana Amici della Bicicleta (FIAB), Italy
- Fundacion de los Ferrocarriles, Spain
- De Frie Fugle, Denmark
- National Parks Service USA, National Trails information
- North Sea Cycle Route
- POLIS
- Rails to Trails, US
- Stichting Landelijk Fietsplatform, Netherlands
- The SUSTRAN Network, Malaysia
- SUSTRAN LAC, Latin America
- Velobüro, Switzerland
- Veloland Schweiz, Switzerland
- Velo Quebec, Canada (see also Route verte)
- Verkehrs Club der Schweiz, Switzerland
Lift share/car share
- Car Plus
- Lift Share
- 2CarShare.com (Somerset/South Glos)
- MyLifts
- National Carshare
- Share a Journey
- City Car Club
Millennium Commission projects on the Network
- Baltic Millennium Bridge - on the River Tyne
- Groundwork Changing Places
- Kingdom of Fife Millennium Cycle Ways
- Project Lune Bridge in Lancaster (includes other Millennium bridges)
- Odyssey Centre in Belfast
- Peterborough Green Wheel
- Tate Gallery
- Turning the Tide
- Trans Pennine Trail
- Water of Leith Millennium Project
Mobility Management
- ACCESS - Eurocities for a new mobility culture
- Clean Urban Transport - European Commission site
- EPOMM (European Platform on Mobility Management)
- ELTIS (European Local Transport Information Service)
- MOST
- Toolbox for Mobility Management Measures in Companies
Organised holidays, accommodation & other services for cyclists
- Baytree Press Accommodation guides
- Bicycle Beano - Vegetarian cycling breaks in England & Wales
- Byways-Breaks (Shropshire, Chester, Welsh borders)
- Caravan Club
- Carefree Cycling Tours - Weekend breaks and tours at home and abroad
- Capital Sport (Thames, Cotswolds, Chilterns)
- Company of Cyclists
- Country Lanes
- CTC cycling holidays
- Cycle Breaks - Self guided tours of Suffolk & Norfolk
- Cycle People - Accommodation and holiday listings (UK and International)
- Elenydd Wilderness Hostels - 3 hostels set in the Welsh Cambrian mountains
- Enjoy England - Quality assured accommodation inc. cyclists welcome
- Globetrotter Inns - A small chain of independent hostels offering cycle hire
- History on your Handlebars (cycle tours in Wiltshire)
- Holiday Lakeland - Provide supported holidays on a range of routes
- Hostelling International Northern Ireland
- Independent Backpackers Hostels Scotland
- Northumbrian Tent Camping Association
- Alisdair Sawday Publishing - B&B information
- Let's Go Devon - Cycling and walking holidays in the West Country
- Saddle Skedaddle - Organised cycling holidays
- Scottish campsites
- Scottish YHA
- YHA
Public Transport
Tourism & regional information
- VisitBritain
- VisitScotland
- Wales Tourist Board
- The Man in Seat Sixty One - How to travel comfortably & affordably without flying
- Loco2 - Low Carbon Travel Adventures
- Empty Roads - Enjoy the view car-free in the UK
- Englands North West
- Scotexchange.net - the official site of the Scottish tourism industry
- Waterscape - includes information on where to cycle on the waterways
- Discover Devon
- Welcome to Inverness
- Guide to Lydford (on Devon Coast to Coast)
- Independent Travellers Norfolk
- Kennet and Avon Canal
- North Cornwall Tourism
- North York Moors National Park
- Peak District online
- Petersfield Museum
- Snowdonia Society
- South Yorkshire Rural Links
- The Thames Path Online Guide
- Visit Caerphilly
- Visit the Peak District
- Independent Traveller's Norfolk
- i-uk.com - information for overseas visitors in 18-35 age group
- Jurassic Coastline
- Rural Ways - online gateway to the South East's rich rural landscape
Working in partnership
- British Heart Foundation
- British Horse Society
- British Waterways
- British Railways Board
- Cadw
- Campaign for Better Transport
- Caravan Club
- Countryside Agency
- Central Scotland Countryside Trust
- CTC (Cyclists Touring Club)
- Countryside Council for Wales
- English Heritage
- English Nature
- English Partnerships
- Environment Wales
- Every Action Counts
- Forestry Commission
- Forward Scotland
- Groundwork
- Hi-Views arts project
- Historic Scotland
- Lee Valley Park
- Living Streets
- Millennium Commission
- National Federation of Anglers
- National Trust
- New Opportunities Fund (NOF)
- One Planet Living
- Paths for All
- Play England
- Rail Property
- Ramblers' Association
- Royal Bank of Scotland
- RSPB
- Scottish Natural Heritage
- SEED Programme
- Soil Association
- Stirling Surveys
- Thames Gateway London Partnership
- Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
- Woodland Trust
Safe Routes to Schools
Please visit the Safe Routes to Schools links page.
Research & resources
- A to B magazine - information on folding and electric bikes
- Atmosphere, Climate and Environment Information Programme
- BikeBiz
- Bikelane
- Cycleweb UK
- Cycle1st
- International Bicycle Fund
- Raging Bike
- Resource for urban design information (RUDI)
- Road Safety Officers Association
- Transport Research Laboratory
- US Dept of Transport - report on Non-Motorised Transport, inc. Bibliography
Transport & environmental campaign organisations
- Clean Air Network
- Count me in calender (online list of charity campaigns)
- Ergo
- FEASTA
- I Count (Stop Climate Chaos Coalition campaign)
- Information for Action
- Roadpeace
- Save a tonne (10 simple ways to save money, energy and a tonne of CO2)
- Street Party (meet your neighbours in your traffic-free street)
- The Waterfront Group
- Treesponsibility
- Yorkshire & the Humber Transport Roundtable (YHTAR)
Travel Plans
- Association for Commuter Transport
- TransportEnergy Best Practice programme
- Dept. for Transport - Travel Plans
- National TravelWise Association
Please note: All the sites listed here have been checked for suitability. However, the constantly changing nature of the internet means some sites may alter after we have visited them. Sustrans is not responsible for the content of external websites.