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Work 6mi Sun 17 Sep
ReaPang 6mi Sun 27 Aug
CunningManAny 6mi Fri 21 Jul
CunningManAny 6mi Fri 21 Jul
CunningManGravel 7mi Fri 21 Jul
Burghfield 7mi Wed 28 Jun
Reading station approach 2mi Fri 16 Jun
Reading to Caversham Premier inn 2mi Thu 13 Apr
School run 1mi Wed 12 Apr
Mereoak P+R 1mi Thu 30 Mar

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Reading bike hire launches on June 10

29 May 2014

Reading is the latest town to get its own bike hire scheme, with 200 bikes setting sail under the Readybike banner. The system is set to launch on June 10th,…

Days Out

Weekend rides

Find somewhere to cycle this weekend. Here’s our route-planner’s top picks around Reading:

The Old Post Office · 6mi one-way
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Cliveden · 38mi round-trip
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National Cycle Network

Cycle routes in Reading

The National Cycle Network is a great way to find traffic-free routes and quiet lanes. These routes pass through Reading:

To Basingstoke, Winchester, Eastleigh, Southampton, Cowes, Newport and Shanklin.

To London, Weybridge, Windsor, Maidenhead, Thatcham, Newbury, Devizes, Trowbridge, Bradford-on-Avon, Bath, Bristol and Chepstow.

To Wallingford, Didcot, Abingdon, Oxford, Woodstock, Banbury, Stratford-upon-Avon, Redditch, Bromsgrove, Birmingham, Brownhills, Cannock, Stafford, Stone, Stoke-on-Trent, Alsager, Sandbach, Middlewich, Winsford, Northwich, Frodsham, Ellesmere Port and Chester.

Knowledge

Share your tips for cycling in Reading

What are the roads like? Which are the most cycle-friendly cafés? Where’s your favourite place for a Saturday afternoon spin? Share your knowledge with other local cyclists.

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A note on our PDF maps

30 Oct 2022 · 2

When you’re planning a route, cycle.travel has always offered the option to export a print-ready PDF in one of several scales. PDF maps are great as a fallback for electronic…

cycle.travel now has Ordnance Survey maps

2 Apr 2021 · 2

Ordnance Survey maps are justly famed for their clear, detailed coverage of the British countryside. Generations of cyclists have planned their adventures with an OS map or two stuffed in…