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Lanes to Chedworth Some advice about cycling 25 - 70 mins Duntisbourne Abbots Voxhills Walking or cycling as many of your everyday journeys Farm as possible can save you a great deal of money over Which routes should I use? North time and will reduce your CO2 emissions. Children The maps show the whole road network around Cirencester Cerney who regularly walk or cycle to school do better in their Cerney Churn Valley graded according to the degree of skill and experience you House Duntisbourne Dartley Merchants’ off-road trail along studies and are much less likely to need time off school A417 Farm North need to cycle each route. If you are a beginner or haven’t Leer Downs bridleway to North Cerney Downs or become obese. Nutbeam Cerney cycled for some time, you should build up your confidence on Farm Ampney New Barn Downs Farm the yellow roads, where traffic is lighter and speeds lower. As A435 Bagendon A429 Walk locally your cycling skills increase, start to explore the green roads. House Only when you are able to deal with more traffic should you Manor Try to walk trips within Cirencester if you can. Journeys Farm venture progressively onto the blue and pink routes. Middle Bagendon on foot are often more direct than in a vehicle and you Baunton © Cotswold Conservation Board Duntisbourne Downs Duntisbourne Bagendon can ignore the one-way signs! There are also many Duntisbourne Rouse Downs You can use the maps as a do-it-yourself tool to plot your Grove church and quiet lanes Hinton’s footpaths and routes through parks that provide short- Gorse Bagendon The routes according to the kind of roads that you wish to use at 12 - 40 mins Downs Perrot’s Brook The Dillies Warren cuts and more pleasant routes for you to enjoy. Farm Perrott’s House Farm any particular time. Duntisbourne Home Brook Rouse Daglingworth Farm Rectory Grove The Farm Forty Acre Sisters Cirencester Ramblers Cycle training Copse Barnsley Wiggold Park Cirencester Ramblers Copse Map Travel The best way to keep yourself safe - as well as to make your Pewets Copse Smith’s organise weekly walks, A417 A435 Eldon Covert cycling more enjoyable - is to learn how to share the roads Overley Daglingworth Wood Raggedhedge monitor paths and work Wood Trinity Covert with other traffic. This will be a benefit to all ages, not just Cirencester Farm Golf Club to enable access for all. Wiggold children, and is not as difficult as it might at first seem. Farm For more information visit Barnsley Daglingworth Baunton Active www.cirencesterramblers. Manor National Standard Cycle Training is delivered through Manor btck.co.uk. schools to children in Gloucestershire. Adults can book Farm one-to-one sessions with accredited independent instructors To report a problem with B4425 which are tailored to individual needs. You will learn how to Cirencester Glebe a Public Right of Way Wellhill Plantation Wellhill Copse A435 Farm be comfortable on your bike, how to control it properly, how Ampney footpath go to Riding to anticipate the behaviour of other road users and how to Bowers Farm www.ramblers.org.uk. River Churn Yellow School make manoeuvres safely and confidently. Tuition is also Copse available in the more advanced skills needed to share busy A429 The roads with fast traffic. To find a trainer near you, visit Furlong A417 www.ctc-maps.org.uk/training/ Overley Wood B4425 Crucis A435 Park Go further by bike Cycle parking and security Farm Cirencester Park With cycling becoming more popular, bikes are increasingly Short walk from town Stream Cycling is a speedy way of getting about and for Daglington Suggested walking CIRENCESTER Norcote Your guide to walking journeys up to about 5 miles it’s often quicker than attractive to thieves. Keep your bike secure by locking the routes shown A429 No cycling in park A435 by car and journey times are more reliable. It’s also frame to an immovable object such as a cycle stand. For A417 Ampney and cycling in and around best security use a D-lock. When you leave your bike, take Ampney Brook Crucis much less difficult to find somewhere to park a bike, Cecily Hill, Cirencester care not to cause an obstruction to pedestrians. Cirencester Park Ampney at no cost. Beech Moss Park Cirencester, with useful Copse Copse A419 A419 It takes just 10 minutes to cycle a mile at a leisurely A417 A419 Waterton information and detailed maps Farm pace, 5 minutes at a moderate pace and only 3 A419 Waterton minutes at speed. The captions on the map give House Kemble View A429 A417 the range of typical journeys times (using both the Plantation Waterton A419 Copse There is a great deal of evidence that the fastest and the most pleasant routes) - you may be Church sedentary lifestyles that many people lead are Farm Coates Preston surprised how short they can be! A429 A419 a key factor in the increase in overweight and Glebe St Augustine Farm Village Farm Sapperton canal tunnel Farm obesity related health problems. A principal Manor 15 - 75mins House reason why so many people take too little exercise is that they are inclined to use a car Harnhill Fosse Hill How long toA41 cycle9 a mile? for short journeys that could easily be walked Farm Trewsbury River Churn House Upper or cycled. Siddington 10 minutes at leisure Trewsbury Swallow Ermin Farm Farm A429 Copse 5 minutes at a moderate pace Manor Siddington Farm 3 minutes at speed Driffield When you’re thinking about travelling by car, Ewen Barracks Copse A419 especially for local trips, consider whether Potholes? Bad surfaces? Austen’s you could make the journey by walking or Copse Airfield cycling instead. 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Farm railway Golfto CourseCricklade Purlieu The maps in this guide grade the road River Thames Farm Quiet lanes Fosse Hill View Farm Kemble station or Isis 6 - 20 mins Farm network according to how easy it is for cycling Clayfurlong 15 - 45 mins Farm Dukes A429 Fox Brake All trains carry bikes Covert and show places of interest suitable for day Cyclecraft River Churn Out and about in Cirencester but you may need Ewen South Leaze Chapter Farm South Manor by John Franklin to book Mill Cerney trips on foot or by bike. Use this map to Stuck for ideas about what to see and do in Kemble Farm Old (Publisher: The Stationery Office Covert see whether walking or cycling could be a Cirencester? Cross Road ISBN 978-0-11-703740-3) Farm 6 practical alternative for your journey. Kemble House Pop in to the Local Information Centre, Dyer Street or R Shorncote iver Tham B4696 A429 The definitive guide to safe and The Downs to Visitor Information, Park Street. 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It is closely associated with Farm Kemble Websites for more information Bikeability and the National Cycle A429 Wood Glebe Training Standard Farm Country Park Cirencester Town Council: www.cirencester.gov.uk 12 - 35 mins Cerney Wick Official Cotswolds website: www.cotswolds.com Ashton Down Cotswold Cotswold Water Park Trust: www.waterpark.org Poole Water 0 Kilometres 1 2 Keynes 3 4 5 Park Somerford 0 Miles 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 Keynes © Cheltenham & Tewkesbury Cycling Campaign 2014 B4696 B4696 A417 LANE DOWERS' Y A W E A T 417 I H W Pewets’ Daglingworth Copse OV ER LEY RO AD Mill Lynch Brake Cirencester Town Cirencester Golf Club Cycle and outdoor shops South View Farm 1 Ride 247, 6 The Wool Market A 4 1 7 2 Independent Bikeworks, Unit 3, The Exchange, Brewery Court R T O H E 3 Halfords, 28a Cricklade Street M W A H I N Baunton T E R W O A 4 D&J Sports, 75 Cricklade Street A Y D 5 Mountain Warehouse, 11 Cricklade Street Mill 6 Cotswold Outdoor, Spine Road East, South Cerney E N LAN NTO BAU Daglingworth Place Recreation Ground Places of interest LINK Stratton S VE IW Cleeve O Park VER LEY G L House RO L C AD O R U NO 1 Parish Church of St.