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It was once a railway town. Today its biggest industry is making cars. And yet the best way to get around Swindon is by bike.
Paths connect the many estates together, making a ready-made network of quiet, easy cycle routes. Though the New Town age saw relief roads and (famously) roundabouts sprouting everywhere, it’s still a town of little residential roads and hidden cut-throughs which the canny cyclist can employ to get places fast – and safely.
6 Mar 2015
The bike café boom has come to Swindon with the opening of @The Hub on Fleet Street. The new café also offers repairs and kids’ bike sales. Co-owner Kerry Richards told the …
24 Feb 2015
The long-held dream of a safe cycle route from Wootton Bassett to Swindon is inching closer, with Sustrans and Wiltshire Council working together to design a new route. The Gazette and Herald reports…
13 Feb 2015
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Swindon cyclists are campaigning for an old railway to become a cycleway to the nearby town of Highworth. Highworth has a population of 8,000 and is just four miles from…
29 Aug 2014
Small businesses, charities and other Swindon organisations can get free bike parking for their premises – courtesy of the local council. Swindon Borough Council, working with charity Life Cycle, is…
18 Mar 2014
A Swindon school has won Sustrans’ annual competition for the number of kids cycling to school every day. Ferndale Primary School won the 2014 ‘Big Pedal’ by a clear margin,…
3 Mar 2014
The Western Flyer, perhaps the most popular traffic-free cycle route in Swindon, is receiving a much-needed upgrade. The route links West Swindon to the railway station, starting at the busy…
5 Dec 2013
A group of cyclists in and around Swindon have raised £17,000 for the Great Western Hospital – and are now setting sights on their next challenge. The nine-strong GWH Cycle Challenge…
11 Sep 2013
Remember Wacky Races, the ’60s cartoon series where a dozen different drivers competed to win the title? Swindon commuters restaged the event on 10th September – but this time,…
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