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
Bike thefts in Winchester 2024
There was a welcome reduction last year in thefts from both Winchester city and the railway station (British Transport Police) following the drop the previous year. But thefts remain a big problem; earlier this month we heard of the theft of a brand new electric foldable bike from the supposedly...
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Let’s get cycling!
Announcing an open meeting where we will look at how we might encourage new, nervous, reluctant, and inexperienced cyclists to (get?) get on a bike - without having to wait for Mass Ride No. 9!...
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M3 Junction 9 cycle crossing – what’s happening?
The key points The National Cycle Route 23 crossing of M3 Junction 9 will be closed from 7th April until (probably) the end of this year. There will be a signed diversion route in place but it’s not ideal. See our map for the official diversion route and some alternative...
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New Mass Ride route for Oliver’s Battery, Badger Farm and Stanmore
Thanks to the masterminds behind the Oliver's Battery Bike Bus, we have new start locations and a new route for the (formerly) Badger Farm mass ride route...
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Bike bus celebrates 1st birthday
Congratulations to the children and parents of the Oliver's Battery School Bike Bus, which celebrated its first anniversary on Friday 14 March!...
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