Norwich Cycling Campaign

Anglia Square Plans scrapped

Marriott’s Way missing link plugged

Welcome to the Norwich Cycling Campaign

We campaign for better cycling infrastructure in Norwich.

We are not some special sub-set of society called “cyclists”, we are just people who get around by bicycle.

Almost anyone can ride a bike, it’s very cheap and probably the fastest way to get around the city. It’s healthy, riding a bike is good exercise and it’s a very enjoyable way to travel.

The only real problem is caused by traffic and in particular cars. We need properly designed cycle tracks to keep riders separate from motor traffic, the sort of thing you’ll see in many towns and cities in Europe and increasingly in the UK.

Norwich has made a start, but a lot of what’s been built over the past few years is below the standard we should expect.

Mobility is the mark of a free society and everyone from the young to the old deserves the right to get where they want to go safely and independently.

The Norwich Western Link

The proposal to build a link road across the Wensum valley is a very live issue in Norwich.

Norwich Cycling Campaign are opposed to the plans to build the Norwich Western link road. Road building of this type is always detrimental to Cycling, especially when fast dual carriageways sever existing quiet roads connecting the city to the surrounding countryside, but also because this road if built will enable the development of suburban sprawl around the north-west of Norwich and that will increase car dependency.

Notwithstanding this we will continue to engage with Norfolk County Council and Highways England in trying to secure adequate provision for cyclists on and around the Western Link, if it is ever built.

Our formal objection to the scheme will be that the plans do not meet the requirements of Government policy as set out in:

1: Design Manual for Roads and Bridges: A number of new and revised documents in the DMRB series, relevant to walking and cycling, published 2019-2020.

2: Gear Change – This important Government policy document was published in July 2020.

3: Cycle Infrastructure Design LTN 1/20 – This document, published July 2020, sets out in detail design requirements for walking and cycling facilities.

Norwich Cycling Campaign

Cycling advocacy and sustainable active transportation in Norwich UK

Anglia Square Plans scrapped

Marriott’s Way missing link plugged

Open letter to Cllr Wilby

Tombland – letter to Norfolk County Council

Tombland – an unfolding problem of inept design

CLOCS for Norwich

Anglia Square Plans scrapped

Marriott’s Way missing link plugged

Open letter to Cllr Wilby

Tombland – letter to Norfolk County Council

Tombland – an unfolding problem of inept design

CLOCS for Norwich

Anglia Square Plans scrapped

Marriott’s Way missing link plugged

Open letter to Cllr Wilby

Tombland – letter to Norfolk County Council

Tombland – an unfolding problem of inept design

CLOCS for Norwich

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