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0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.21.4 1.6 Scale of Kilometers 2 A1 This product includes mapping data licensed for Ordnance Survey with the permission of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. © Crown copyright and/or database right 2009. All rights reserved. Licence No: 100015871 (2010). Cyclists’ Training

Cyclist Training is widely available throughout the county to cyclists of all ages and abilities. Whilst it is offered to all primary schools in Essex for year 6 pupils either Share the space as part of the Essex Cyclist Training Scheme or

the new National Standards ‘Bikeability’ Training, Whether you cycle on the road or on designated

older children and adults can also take part as cycle paths you will have to share the space. Cycling map Cycling individuals. On shared off-road facilities please remember: Both schemes will provide training in real on-road situations with a hazard awareness Pedestrians are more vulnerable than a cyclist approach. Keep an appropriate speed for the type of track If you are interested in finding out more about you are using and the amount of other users – if the training that is available please contact you want to speed along please use the road. [email protected] or telephone Essex Lights are still required at night – other users County Council Road Safety Team on 01245 need to see you and you need to see where 437131. you’re going

On the road: We all have an equal right to the road space Be safe, be seen whether on two wheels or four Be decisive and hold your line Ensure you are visible to others. Wear fluorescent items in the daytime and reflective at night. The Cycling and cyclists benefit everybody by

extra visibility given by these materials can give reducing congestion and maximising road capacity

a driver those few extra seconds of ‘reaction Jumping red lights and riding on pavements is Witham time’. not only illegal it is also dangerous and reinforces When cycling at night you must have a white negative attitudes about cycling front light, red back light and reflector – all in Advance stop lines and cycle lanes are for good working order. Apart from the safety risks, cyclists’ safety it is a legal offence to cycle at night without lights and reflectors. As a driver, look out for cyclists and give them lots of room Keep all lights and reflectors clean and clear of obstruction. You can also use spoke and pedal HGV and cyclists need to both take special care reflectors with most types of wheels and pedals. – don’t filter up the inside of large vehicles; they may not see you

Where can you cycle? Further Information

The majority of the road network is available to For more information on places to visit and things cyclists and can be cycled on legally. to do please contact: Visit Essex - Essex Tourism This leaflet is issued by Off-road cycleways have been provided in most By telephone: 0845 600 7373 of the larger towns to provide a safer route for Essex County Council Highways Management. By post: leisure, commuter, novice or young cyclists. Essex County Council You can contact us in the following ways: You can cycle on these if it displays the blue Essex Tourism and white cycling symbol. Usually these signs By telephone: 0845 603 7631 County Hall are accompanied with white lining symbols for Chelmsford CM1 1LX By post: Essex County Council, cyclists and tactile paving across the cycleway. By email: [email protected] Highways and Transportation, If a blue sign is not displayed or a round red Visit our website: www.visitessex.com County Hall, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 1QH and white cycle sign is displayed, you should not cycle on these but instead use the road. Cycling By email: [email protected] on footways is illegal and if caught you are liable for a fixed penalty (currently £30). Country Parks Visit our website: www.essex.gov.uk Bridleways and byways are available for use by By telephone: 0845 603 7624 cyclists however cyclists must give way to horse By post: riders and pedestrians. Essex County Council The information contained in this Public Footpaths are generally not available to Country Parks leaflet can be translated, and/or made cyclists – if in doubt use the road or walk your County Hall Chelmsford CM1 1QH available in alternative formats, on bike. request. Sustainable School Travel Published June 2010 Gillian Mills Sustainable School Travel Advisor This map was produced by CycleCity Guides for Essex County Council. Whilst every effort has (covering Braintree & Witham) been made to ensure the accuracy of these maps, Essex County Council, their partners and By telephone: 01245 437783 CycleCity Guides cannot be held responsible for By email: [email protected] any errors or omissions. www.cyclecityguides.co.uk All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be Sustainable Business Travel reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, Harvey Panrucker photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the Sustainable Business Travel Manager permission of the publisher and copyright owner. Working with businesses to promote and develop sustainable travel choice within Essex. By telephone: 01245 437515 By email: [email protected]