Cycle Winchester: making Winchester and its surrounding settlements better by bike
We want more people cycling, more often, because it makes life better for everyone. Cycling improves physical and mental health and wellbeing, and it helps protect our environment by cutting pollution, congestion and carbon emissions.
We work in two ways:
- Engagement with local people and communities to promote cycling as a convenient, healthy, affordable and environmentally friendly way to get around Winchester and the surrounding area.
- Advocacy. Working with public bodies and other infrastructure providers to advocate improved cycling provision, so that more people of all ages and abilities can ride safely and confidently.
Whether you cycle every day, once in a while, or are thinking about starting, we’d love you to join us.
You can support our work – and gain discounts at local bike shops – by becoming a member, by signing up to our email list, by following us on social media, and by signing the Winchester Cycling Charter.
Latest updates
People who cycle in Winchester #5: Vicky
I’ve been using bikes for transport almost all my life. It started when I was growing up in Devon: my dad, who knows the area like the back of his hand, showed me how I get to my grandmother’s and my aunt’s along country lanes with minimal traffic. The sense...
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We want to hear from you!
We hope you are enjoying meeting some of your fellow cyclists in our Profiles series. We are looking to build a diverse picture of our local cycling community so that decision makers have a more informed picture of who we are – replacing easy stereotypes. Our aim is to avoid...
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People who cycle in Winchester #4: Benjamin
Hi, I’m 11 years old and live in Weeke. My bike is a B’TWIN from Decathlon. My earliest memories of cycling are when I was 5 years old. I can remember my Dad running after me along the cycle path by St Catherine’s Hill while I was learning to ride...
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Status Report, October 2020
Cycle Winchester has recently prepared its first status report. We felt it was about time after three years of quiet but determined action! We are sharing this report with our supporters today via website and social media, to provide an insight into what we have done, and some of the...
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People who cycle in Winchester #3: Valerie
Hi, I’m a 64-yr-old non-lycra wearing, all-weather cyclist! I have two bikes, Gertie a Raleigh and Daisy, a Triumph. Gertie is the sturdier and heavier of the two bikes: my workhorse for work and shopping. She was rescued from the tip and restored for me. Daisy is a gift from...
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