Cycle training and cycling to school Safety and security

Each year Slough Borough Your bicycle must be If a course is not available The school will get a minimum • Make sure you can be seen. • If you are unsure or feel unsafe, Council applies to the roadworthy, including: through your school, your of three terms of this intensive Bright or reflective clothes and find a safe place to dismount Department for Transport for children are not yet in year 5, or engagement, and then will be accessories on you or your bike and walk; • good working front and rear help drivers to see you in poor funding to run level one and brakes. you are an adult looking for encouraged to start running the • Always lock your bike when two Bikeability training in training, you can book private initiatives in a more visibility; leaving it unattended. Invest in a schools. Any school can hold a • well pumped up tyres - lessons through the Bikeability independent way. For up to date • Use front and rear lights when good quality lock and try to lock Bikeability course, which is the punctures cannot be website (www.bikeability information about your local cycling in the dark and in poor it to something immovable; repaired, as time does not new version of the old Cycling .org.uk). area, visit the Sustrans website visibility. There are legal • Do not cycle with heavy Proficiency test. allow for this. under the Bike It section. requirements for lighting and shopping bags on your The council also work in bicycle reflectors; If you would like a course to be • freely rotating pedals. partnership with Sustrans Bike Sustrans are a leading UK handlebars as they can affect • Keep your bike in good working your balance and steering; held at your school please • a frame with no cracks on It to encourage children to cycle charity enabling people to travel order - for example, ensure the • Always use pedestrian contact the welded joints. to school. The Bike It officer by foot, bike or public transport brakes are functioning properly, transportdevelopment works closely with three schools for more of the journeys we crossings, they provide safer • a well oiled chain. and tyres are pumped up to the crossing points; and @slough.gov.uk. each academic year to run make every day. They work with appropriate pressure and are • a secure saddle and handle The courses are run by local events, lessons, competitions families, communities, policy- not worn out; • Beware of cyclists when bars. and assemblies to promote makers and partner crossing, just because you can’t qualified trainers, and will • Cycle within your capabilities. If a bike is not fit to be used cycling as a healthy and organisations so that people are hear them approaching doesn’t take approximately 8 hours to Do not be too adventurous; mean the road is clear. complete. due to a mechanical problem, environmentally friendly way to able to choose healthier, cleaner you might not be able to take travel to school. and cheaper journeys, with Bikeability courses are usually part in the course. Sustrans Bike It works better places and spaces to run for year 5 and 6 pupils. The move through and live in. number of spaces available is Level 1 Bikeability involves intensively with schools by limited due to funding, but we playground skills, which the having an Officer coming in to Rules of the road aim to get as many children rider will have to be proficient hold practical sessions, depart trained as possible. at before they are allowed on knowledge and assist in running the roads for Level 2. The events. You will need a bicycle and a whole of Level 2 is based on Bicycle users • When leaving your car, check helmet to take part in a the road. you are not opening your door Bikeability course. • Follow the Highway Code and in the path of passing cyclists; obey traffic signals; Photograph taken by Ralph Bagge • Do not stop on ‘advanced stop • Do not cycle on pavements, lines’ at traffic signals. These are unless signs or markings allow designed to allow cyclists space you to. Give clear signals when to position themselves to pull changing direction, so other away safely through the road users understand what junction; you are doing; Information Sustainable travel • Use dipped headlights when • At junctions, make eye contact approaching cyclists at night; with other road users; • When turning left, be aware of • When large vehicles are turning Slough Borough Council Other useful websites Encouraging Slough residents to Slough Borough Council cyclists travelling on the near left, give them plenty of room side, especially in queuing traffic switch to walking, cycling or public and avoid passing them on their contacts • www.bikeability.org.uk transport brings widespread - working for you or when you have just overtaken (cycle training) near side. Remember long them; and • Slough walking/cycling benefits to people and the Slough Borough Council works vehicles often move to the right department; Transport • www.sustrans.org.uk/ community. These include: closely with adjoining boroughs to before turning left; and • Allow cyclists extra clearance Section, 01753 475111 provide an integrated cycle and longer stopping distances in what-we-do/national-cycle- • Reducing congestion and • Where available, ‘advanced stop www.slough.gov.uk/ network improving the efficiency of the network linking surrounding wet weather as surfaces can be towns and villages. lines’ at traffic signals give you more slippery. Parking-travel-and-roads/ (the National Cycle Network) transport network, resulting in space to pull away safely, in full cycling.aspx time-savings for everybody; The council also works with local view of traffic. They are • www.bikeforall.net schools to develop Safer Routes to Sharing off-carriageway • Pothole reporting; Highways (general information on • Reducing pollution from petrol particularly useful for facilities and diesel fumes, improving air School to encourage school positioning yourself for a right- Section, 01753 477336 cycling) children to walk or cycle to school. www.slough.gov.uk/parking- quality, reducing asthma and turn. • Cyclists must give way to • www.skyride.com travel-and-roads/report-a- related illnesses; National Cycle Network pedestrians and wheelchair (Skyride) Pedestrians users. Alert other users to your highways-issue.aspx • Improving the health and fitness The ‘NCN’ offers more than 12,000 of cyclists and walkers, reducing • Where available, use designated presence; • Adult cycle training; How to get involved miles of walking and cycle routes the risk of heart disease, obesity on traffic-free paths, quiet lanes crossing points; and • When walking or cycling on Transport Section and diabetes whilst lowering Slough Cycle Forum and traffic-calmed roads. There are • Look out for children who are segregated paths (with one side 01753 475111 blood pressure; transportdevelopment@ several sections of NCN in Slough learning to cycle as they can pedestrians and the other for slough.gov.uk • Cutting long-term healthcare as well as links to neighbouring swerve unexpectedly. cyclists), stay on the correct Bike shops side; Local Access Forum costs, reducing sickness and ill towns such as Windsor (see map • Stows, 72 High Street, health problems for local overleaf). Motorists • When using off-road cycle localaccessforum@ businesses; and paths, remember that you must Slough, SL1 1EL • Do not break speed limits and slough.gov.uk still give way to road-users at 01753 520528 • Promoting access to leisure be prepared to slow down for side-roads; and www.stows.co.uk Please contact either of the opportunities and quieter parts cyclists if needed; email addresses above to be of Slough, improving people’s • Ensure you check properly for • Halfords, 380 Bath Road, • Allow at least one cars width added to their mailing lists or quality of life. traffic when leaving the path Slough, SL1 6JA clearance when overtaking Short cut to the hospital for further information about and rejoining the carriageway. 01628 603312 cyclists. This allows them room meetings. www.halfords.com to manoeuvre around hazards Don’t ride the blind spots such as drains and potholes; E N A L FAR AD NHAM L ARK RO N ANE P PA Y O R A T K L W A R R O T I W A E A D E

R E F LEGEND DODDSFIELD ROAD T H S T

E M

N A

A GR L H

E

W

X N wn A

N

E E

E E Y Borough Boundary

A

N

N W E S

o L A

TW

R

F P H

L

G Beechwood A 2 A 1

H 4 C A

ORTH R R AD I O D ROKES D GS R G BY ROA Secondary School R A H HILL D N K GE C N U ID H L R O N A H B to t Y A H R UX

R L DI A N O

S C O E AV L A M R T EL A BRITW E R

E R D

E E R K O

E NU

G A O T D cle N O

Lynch Hill E

R O A

y M L Primary ONKSFIELD WAY 3

5 St. Anthony’s RC

LB Arbor Vale 5

c A D School Cycle lane or ‘bus and cycle ’ lane; these facilities are on the carriageway

C Primary School H A School O O R G L te F L GARRARD R A E OAD Penn Wood I W Claycots u R IT Primary School L R Primary School Proposed cycle lane on the carriageway n A B Wexham Park N R i E LONG FURLONG DRIVE E S W FIR TREE AVENUE TOK Hospital LO E G W m REEN IN WEXHAM D RTON ROAD PAR S E K LANE

OR B KENNEDY PARK Shared path (adjacent to the carriageway shared between pedestrians

20 L M

E

A RECREATION GROUND E e N P NU AVE r

E LAND t and cyclists)

ER C D B

CUM A A en N H

S

O T ATT c I A

WH TTAKER ROAD R E

L R P I n

S O M NORTHBO B B ROUG w H R N OAD U O U BU R ‘Traffic-free’ path (away from roads e.g. through parks or along canal towpath) T A N

R ORT H Y

S R V H Y

AY E E AD RN

N A RO D LD

THORNDIKE IERS R H N A V LL OAD E VI

O M A I

E UE Wexham to to R D M Y F

R I A

O N C RI L DAY ROA P T A E L R V

A U L F Secondary School H

A AVENU e A H E SEX OWA S E U

N E l

R E S AD

H Our Lady of Peace C N RD

E AF R O A 20mph Zones U E C O L U V c

L R EN C A U R N O RC Junior School E E E AD U H EN y

D E AV L E VA

V NI L R c FU K

A A E O

K N V T I E

O GRANVILLE AVEN e

O UE S R

Priory Heybrook R E t D DRIV

B AY Canal towpath; cycling is permitted although cyclists should have permits W u E R

T Primary School College Baylis Court NO L 2 N

T n 1 E UE VEN i T HIRE A School

I AMPS A4 W H which can be obtained at this website; http://www.waterscape.com

L

R D D

E Our Lady of Peace m A

A D O

D O RC Infants School A R

R 0 O

E R GE E Wexham Court 1 AVENU D E ESTER I DE OUC LI L R N Primary School National Cycle Network; part of the official ‘NCN’ comprising quiet or ‘traffic G Godolphin B ROYSTON WAY R U I E EACH X D A U B R U EDI AVEN Junior School R O T F N OSE E B TR T N UR MON A A free’ routes suitable for unaccompanied 12 yrear olds GH E AVEN W D O C KN L Burnham U Godolphin TON WAY E S D Infants School E Station A Baylis Court R

BU E C Khalsa C K RO N ING Nursey School E H A School AM A AD N S D RO L L V R One-way street E OL FIE T NU SHEF E S O A O E T P H N T G I R O O W West Wing E O A N R V P St. Ethelbert’s RC I H

B T Arts Centre R E L NUE O E DF H AVE A O O ST Cippenham Safer Routes to School. R FA T K Primary School Maidenhead D A BEL LA

A D AVE O Toucan crossing (for pedestrians and cyclists) NUE M N

D DS A T M

P S

O D 2

2 miles T R IV 5

O R E

N

R James Elliman Off carriageway cycle route E

IPS A A4 V W OAD ICH M V Primary School R O R A TH OA LT EN BA D D ON St. Joseph’s Pedestrian crossing U AVE Herschel For further information please visit: N E THE UE Catholic FRITHE Grammar School FA ELL RM LANE IMA High School N AV LF LANE www.slough.gov.uk/parking-travel-and-roads/road-safety.aspx ENUE GY CA HAG Covered cycle parking Y ROAD D S OR CRES WHITB R D C F A E IVE W MIR N N DR A NGTO E N IVE T S I SH OO R

WA L R D

T M D N TO KENDAL A DL

S A AJA H E E

N U H AY X A A L Cippenham R W O VE VEN N AN A D

K O WE U M E BO R E R Play areas RE SME C Schools T R RAS D G

T O A

W GH

A A H

L

D S S W G A V The Lea Willow LA LEI A E B N ELG NMOR 3 N RAVE E 5 ROA Nursery School Primary School AY U D R 5 E OAD

4 E WAY R DRIV Iqra Slough Islamic M IS E DENN BOWY AD BAYLIS ROAD BR

O Primary School OA 0 kilometres ½ 1 1½ 2

R D MA

C S N T R I

E IP PAU K R

N P V LS OA A E BA L OA AV D L N R D NE E

H TH A ILL NU M AM R SALT H A E A L The Westgate O G L H AN AD A ROAD D O LD N E S S A IE E 4 T E O L NF P Secondary School R E P T I G R D BA W R C I 0 miles ¼ ½ ¾ 1 LO D ETERS W P O P FI A E M P LD A 2 A A O V 1 Y E EN R U H 4

K E L X SALT HILL E A A O E K D T N W PARK S O A E T O Ten Pin S ANE R S L Slough E November 2012 Y RL Bowling G A E A Station ID R RCIAN W B ME M X O U S OR T FURLON G BATH ROAD A4 M R DS Superstore A MERCIAN WAY IC R Bus R HA W Y REC. GRD. AY Station 'S W M R H E CIP O O PE D A UN EK NHA N Claycots D T M T W A E Western House S L E ELL D A M INGTO O R R N School Grand Union Canal RD N L ST R I E S Primary School VE A REET N S M W E N R D 4 AY E Montem O EL L E THA KE P M E R A L Sports Centre H D DGE V R I G Langley E I N N VE E

U E E L R

O L Station

A D D D

I ALDERB D Montem T M URY RO N Superstore AD A Primary School E HE O C C RSC R H H DOW U S HE IGH NS ROAD E R L ST N C E T ST R S SUTT N R E U St. Bernards Convent ON A O H R E EE ET VENUE I A S T S T T C E L EL REET S RC Grammar School F R AT O E T E R T D D H T X D E S S O RIV T S US P E E SE O X P L 5 H R LA A 5 CE

W E Chalvey C T C

Superstore V 3 E East S R

O A

ST 2 Early Years Centre K R E C EA Berkshire

HALVEY ROAD HU 1 G R LA N 4 Slough N C G

A A L

A A EY College

Y

L H LB P Grammar School RO E E E D A

S IG R D M N V T E

N A AD A L H S FIE

TR O LD L

A U S RO H R A

T E St. Mary’s CofE D T C T E Langley Hall R T E E EE 2 Upton A E BL T 3 4 Primary School Ryvers Primary K 1 R NUE 3 2 Primary T AN R A Hospital W School A R E School D DF M A Y AVE A

D The Langley Jubilee River G O O S R D R T Academy OO D Parlaunt Park O R OA W D N O R R UE N A S O Primary School Slough and Eton CofE E N Y D O 1 R E L A N LES R Secondary School V D O I A EL R 0 A W S D D E

N O SC C K

A U PAR L LA N TH

T T OR

m K RE E N H LA WNE P M4 UC Y S B AV Marish ENUE in D Primary D OA RE A T R School O R ut Long Close L DDI OU O NG R C N TON SEA School DO DR Y AD

U IV E

PTON COURT ROAD N E RO B e Jubilee River RO NT

5 A A AU D L 3 D AR

W P 3 A KEDERMISTER A 4 A S cy T

C PARK

A332 H E Langley COMM T MARLBOR E O N R c O N OAD R UG Leisure Centre H A O R O L

l A A D Y D N e to UPTON Langley Grammar A O B

W T

3 COURT School T 7 R U 6 PARK A S 0 M 7 A Castleview 4 T B t C Primary T O o E E M School R M w T O Holy Family RC S N Maidenhead H R n Primary School IG O H AD

CRICKET 2

c CLUB 0 M4 2

e 2 PO

0 CO RUGBY DITTON n 3 CK m B S PARK LAN CLUB t D E

ET A B3

ON 0 i

WI r O 26 Foxborough C n K RO e R AD H

G Primary School U u O M4

L E S TO te N R

O

A D cy D B D 3 A 0 A 2 O 6 O R

R

N c K O

R T

A T l I P e

River Thames D N

S Gate opening times O

L T t Ditton T O I o

U D L

G Manor ON

6am - 6pm Winter time

H DO

N t

2 R 6am - 8pm Summer time R 3 O O o 3 A

A D

A E D A N 4 w D A B

A L

3

O W 7 O n H 6 R D A D

E I A

F M G O R

E H H I M T R c

L A U S

O F

E S S T R O e R R J

RD VII AVE A

E A NU M N W E E D n O E

T D

T OA E R t

RT U r

& O

Windsor G C R N e M RIDI O EADO E & Eton S W LAN COL D Riverside Station NBRO N M4 OK I B Y-PAS W S A4 River Thames

H W IGH S B Windsor IN TRE ARRY D ET AVE S MAIDEN AD A309 NUE Castle O HEAD RO R R O A Windsor D Heathrow 5 & Eton Queen Mother 2 2 miles Colnbrook CofE M Central Station Primary School B Reservoir AT ARTHUR H ROAD RO VANS Datchet AD Pippins Primary Station School

ITTA

D

RT A

O

R R

OA A H

M O D R L T A O N CLARENCE ROAD R O A D

AD D H RO A ORT O DW R DE E L D Y A O O P R N O T R

O

H

S T A N W E L L C M LE O WE O R R RO R A O D A D

6 AD 7 RO 3 LL B E NW D TA A S O R

H HO S G RTO T LE U N RO ONA O AD RD'S ROAD L S

AD RO LD IE KF IN W Herschel Park Cycle parking at Parlaunt Park Primary School Jubilee River Cycling Route Signage for route Y Station Road to For further information please visit: For further information please visit: For further information please visit: Upper Common Road www.slough.gov.uk/leisure-parks-and-events/herschel-park.aspx www.sustrans.org.uk/bikeit www.sustrans.org.uk/assets/files/leaflets/Sustrans_Jubilee_River_NCN4 For further information please visit: This map was produced by Slough Borough Council. .pdf www.slough.gov.uk/parking-travel-and-roads/cycling-in-slough.aspx The map is reproduced by permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of HMSO Crown copyright and database right 2012. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100019446