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Better by Bike – Twickenham Farmers’ Market
June 4, 2011 by admin, under Better by Bike, Community.
We love cycling and we love good local food, so we thought what better way to combine both than to dedicate June to encouraging you all to visit by bike on a Saturday morning. It runs from 9am to 1pm every week in the Holly Road Car Park in Twickenham – . Easily accessible by bicycle, it is great to see that they encourage people to cycle to the market on their info page with lots of cycle parking available, wouldn’t it be great if more local businesses did the same. Check out their Facebook Page for regular updates about the market and happy shopping! Be sure to let us know which your favourite stall is.
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‘Strictly Cycling’ Olympic Project Update
May 17, 2011 by admin, under Community.
Alongside the announcement of the Olympics coming to Richmond, launched a series of events through 2011 and 2012 to build a legacy from the games in the borough under the project banner ‘Strictly Cycling’. Here’s an update with more information on their events:
Grass Track Racing- Kneller Gardens - 9 & 23 June 2011, 6.30pm – 8.30pm (26 May Cancelled)
is similar to the racing in a velodrome seen at the Olympics – but on grass! Twickenham CC is organising turn up and try events for all ages at Kneller Gardens on Thursday evenings on the dates above. There is no charge and no need to book. You will need to have either a mountain bike, a racing style bike with knobbly tyres or a track bike with knobbly tyres. If you do not have a bike or are not sure if your bike is suitable, Twickenham CC will have some spare bikes on hand. In addition to the ‘have a go’ sessions, there will be grass track racing at Waldegrave School on Thursday 19 May, 2 and 16 June and at the Old Deer Park Bike Fest on 19th June.
Bike Fest - Old Deer Park - 19 June 2011, 12pm – 4pm
Taking place during (which runs from 18 – 26 June), there will be a led scenic family ride (starting at 10am) open to everyone, free bike safety checks with tips on bike maintenance from the Bike Doctor, information on all aspects of cycling including safe cycle routes and lots more. There will also be chances for everyone to have a go at grass track racing.
Olympic Route Sportive – 24 July 2011
The Olympic Sportive is scheduled for Sunday 24 July, starting at Orleans Park School and will follow a marked out route of the Olympic Road Race through Twickenham and out to Box Hill and back again, approximately 65 miles. Open to anyone aged 17 and above, entries will be online with an entry fee. More information on when the online entry goes live will be available later in May.
Flyers for Strictly Cycling activities are linked below:
Strictly Cycling – Event Program
Strictly Cycling – Grass Track Racing
You can also check out our Olympic’s road race information page, which includes more details on the route.
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All in One Survey 2010
March 2, 2011 by nick, under All Posts, Campaign, Community, Consultation, Cycling Liaison Group Meeting, manifesto.
On the for the Council’s Cabinet meeting on 24th February was the from the Borough’s conducted towards the end of 2010.
Top of the things that need improving is “Traffic and/or levels of congestion” chosen by 34% of respondents.
“Condition of roads” is 5th with 20%, just behind “Provision of parking“, 21%.
Cycling” is 14th on the list, chosen by 10% of respondents.
7% said cycling is most important to them in making their area a good place to live.
On the face of it the results are pro-car but the problem of congestion highlights the relevance of the work has done since March 2009.
Their aim was to ease congestion by encouraging an increase in walking, cycling, public transport and car club membership.
A variety of awareness campaigns, travel planning and infrastructure improvements enabled them to meet, or exceed, most of their targets.
With that programme ending on 31st March we are reading how the and will fill the gap.
E-mail with your comments.
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Crane Valley Park
March 2, 2011 by nick, under All Posts, Campaign, Community, Consultation, Cycling Liaison Group Meeting, Rides, Rides For Everyone.
RCC is excited about the 2012 Olympic Road Race coming to Richmond. With at least two chances to see it, on the way out and the way back, we think people will enjoy cycling around the Borough during the day. We’ve suggested working with the Council and TfL to resolve obstacles to spectators cycling to the race, identifying and agreeing routes:
- Into the Borough from the north, south, east and west;
- From, and to, train stations;
- To, and then along, the race route.
One of the routes we’re thinking about is along the River Crane which already brings cyclists to Twickenham railway station but read what the Friends of the River Crane Environment [] say in their Feasibility Study about the potential of the Crane Valley cycle route and as an alternative to the A316 Chertsey Road cycle path. [Note many of the suggestions have been done since the report was published in 2009]
E-mail if this is a route you use and have something to say about it.
Remember, Rides for Everyone Saturday 19th March includes the River Crane.
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Better by Bike – London Wetlands Centre
February 25, 2011 by admin, under Better by Bike.
Here in the Borough of Richmond, we’re lucky to have an excellent array of tourist attractions right on our doorstep, and what better way to visit them with your family than by bike. This week guest blogger, , reviews his visit to London Wetlands Centre in Barnes by bike with his family. You can check out his blog at .
If you’d like the opportunity of a guest spot on our website to write about your own favourite attraction in the Borough, get in touch.
Winter Sun at London Wetlands Centre
If you live and work in London you might, like me, sometimes get fed up with all the traffic jams, crowded tube trains and generally the fast pace that is living in a major city. There is however somewhere you can take the family; where you can unwind and experience nature at its very best. Somewhere you can recharge your batteries. Somewhere slap bang in the middle of London! Interested?
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Olympics come to Richmond and ‘Strictly Cycling’
February 11, 2011 by admin, under Community.
- Route of the Olympic Road Race
As you may have already heard, the Borough of Richmond is going to be part of the. You’ll be able to watch the competition, for free, from your doorstep, with both Richmond Park and Bushy Park forming part of the route as well as Richmond, Twickenham and Teddington town centres. The picture above shows the part of the route that passes through the borough, and the full map is linked below:
This presents an amazing opportuity to boost cycling in the borough and Richmond Cycling Campaign have released the following statement of our hopes for the event:
“Cycling in Richmond has always been popular, now the world’s Olympic stars will find out what a beautiful borough we live in. Not only do we look forward with great excitement to watching the best cyclists in the world race through Richmond, but also to welcoming the many spectators who will take the opportunity to cycle to and in our Borough. It will significantly increase the visibility of cycling in Richmond and we look forward to working in close partnership with LBRuT and TfL to ensure the Borough cycle network meets the needs and exceeds the expectations of those who will visit the borough by bicycle”
In addition, , with support from Richmond Cycling Campaign and local mobile bike club, The Turning Hub, is developing a series of events from this year and through 2012 under the project banner ‘Strictly Cycling’.
London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames are also partnering the project and are keen to ensure that it becomes an annual programme that can provide a lasting legacy of cycling opportunities across the borough.
Activities will include:
- A Bike Festival to be held in Marble Hill Park
- Mini-Sky Rides
- A Cyclo-Sportive event following the Olympic route
- School based coaching activities concentrating on grass track cycling and cyclo-cross in three local schools - Orleans Park School, Teddington School and Waldegrave School
- Coaching and recruitment of promising young cyclists for the Richmond-upon-Thames London Youth Games team
We’ll keep you informed, but it we’re really excited about the opportunities the Olympics provide to boost cycling in the borough. You can check out our Olympic’s road race information page, which includes more details on the route.
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The Turning Hub
December 17, 2010 by admin, under Community.
A mobile bike club called , run jointly by Richmond Cycling Campaign and Twickenham Cycling Club, has been successful in receiving funding from the Cycling Fund for London (CCfL), allowing it to continue to expand its activities across the Borough.
The club started out at during the school year (and even made it onto TV!). It then went mobile, bringing a range of cycling related activities to the doorsteps of schools and other organizations across the Borough. These included on road cycle training, off road sessions, playing Bike Polo and maintenance sessions.
Here are just a few examples of the wide range of activities the club has engaged in since start-up:
- - A variety of sessions & involvement in their
- – Maintenance and Bike Recycling project by the skate park
- – A regular drop in maintenance session working with Richmond Housing Partnership
- – working with the homeless charity with maintenance sessions and rides
The club continues to flourish. If you would like The Turning Hub to visit your school or organisation, check out their website – for more details.
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Award for Teddington Bike to Work Week 2010
December 2, 2010 by AJB, under Community.
At the recent , , was awarded the winning prize for Best Cycling Event. The Bike to Work Week, now in its second year, took place back in June and was organised by who coordinate the . It provided an opportunity for staff from 10 organisations in the Teddington area to get together to learn more about cycling and take advantage of free initiatives and offers.
Nick Bailey accepts the award from LAM Jenny Jones
Nick Bailey from SWELTRAC, collected the award on behalf of the members, paying tribute to all of the businesses involved in the events and reinforcing the hope that this sort of initiative will continue to be supported by Local Authorities in future years. The judges stated that they were particularly pleased to see many businesses proactively working together to promote cycling.
The Teddington Travel to Work Network, established in September 2007, is a group of 14 local employers covering almost 4,000 staff who are working together to improve the range of travel options for their staff and to reduce the number of single occupancy car trips to and from Teddington. The organisations involved in the events were (NPL), , , , , , , , and .
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Funding Bid
May 5, 2010 by joftek, under Community.
RCC have successfully bid for the second round of the Community Cycling Fund for London (CCFfL). Our bid is called ‘The Turning Hub’ and is a visiting bike club.
The aim is to build on the Orleans Park school after school bike club and take it to more schools, businesses and organisations in Richmond and Hounslow.
Use the contact form here to get in touch if you’d like to know more, volunteer to help or involve your organisation.
