Science_Vale_Map-Town_Maps.ai 3 23/09/2015 10:36 Cycle Path Etiquette Cycle Security Tips Didcot • Be prepared to slow down when passing walkers or • Always use a good quality, solid lock and try to secure horse riders and give them as much space as possible. your bike’s frame to a solid object. A map for • Use your bell to alert walkers of your presence but be • If the wheels can be easily removed, take off your front 30 Down 41 A L Hill A aware that this can also startle sometimes – always wheel and lock it to the black wheel and frame, using a A D 4 Y 13 Hill 0 GOOCH G slow down and be courteous when passing. second lock if necessary. R cyclists O V E T T • Keep to the left. • Remove any accessories, such as lights or panniers and E WKSWORT L HA H L O R take them with you. A C This map has been prepared W • Always use lights when dark. THEY A V E N • Keep a record of the frame number, model, colour and U D E A for you to be able to get G other identifiable features or your bike. D A L Wallingford • Wantage Wantage E D DRIVE A Y R • Get your bike security marked or post-coded. A T around your local area M W Didcot • Abingdon Abingdon ILT O N R D A OAD R 5 N 413 I O VE 0 V 6 5 A 1 0 A map for cyclists for map A A4 130 4 more easily. It is intended B BA SI L HIL L R 0 OA 3 D 1 to be useful to cyclists of Ladygrove Park AY 4 W N ERSEY A Primary M F O R www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/travelchoices O School M X E TY H W T N TER A E A A O W S A E all abilities and is designed B V S L L W AL I E H L L N R U E R F EIGHTS B4 R O RAN H 49 O K 3 A RO A D W P H A D I T D I T D R so that you can plan your L NO A LIAM N M E S A R M A V W E Vauxhall A N V A Y route according to your own UX E D U Barracks HAL OA D KIT L N R E E E R WA WORTH WAY ENT Y AM S Didcot A TR R D D TA L TIO A Parkway W O N O Didcot R R C O experience. A Railway N ORDN D ANCE Centre O R D FREEM OAD AN All Saints G Autumn 2015 Autumn Stephen RO ROA N AD LS D C of E I Freeman L B D A D T A Edition 1 Edition A LY Primary CommunitCommunityy A O M School R A Primary YDALL L S D 0 ROA R H 3 L D School D W 1 L A A RO A AY Y 4 A R B OAD O O A R R D ASENOSE H AN H R I O X M T ManorManor CH N O CO N C F SchoolSchool K B R O W R I A O Y LLS T DA I LY T A A T W CL D T E S www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/travelchoices E E Bridleways and byways D Manor L R A L T Didcot School S O R R B We’ve combined bridleways and byways on the maps for Girls’ School 4 O H L HIL 4 A G E I S 9 A EN D D H D H 3 41 D A 3 A E H clarity. These are off-road rights of way (paths) that are R 0 L HAD R DEN HILL D Y S OADWA W R B BROADWAY ESC O legally available for cyclists to use, along with pedestrians CR E D NT O OR E OXF D R N Didcot T and horse riders. They are shown on the maps as thin D E E OA S R WESSEX RO E GE T AD NTA R A D D W R T green dashed lines. Although cyclists can use these paths, O A A AD W S ES O O SEX O U R R B R H R L N OA K they are not necessarily in a condition suitable for cycling. E YNASTON D O ROAD G R S I C D D E Y E H A N A E Didcot O R U R W Some have good surfaces for cycling but many are grassy C D R OA N D U R Community D A A E T A E K O K R D O YN E I O V AS B C HoHospitalspital R A A TO L D RO A R N ROAD I I G or muddy and difficult to ride on, particularly in winter. A F O D P B A S S R D U H 3 Y D J B44 9 E N N Willowcroft M R A We hope in a future edition of this map to be able to show A L A R L Community E H O W G N R E School N which paths have a good surface for cycling. E I N DR Edmunds M N Y SA A Park W St Birinus D W School A O O What’s the difference between bridleways and byways? D Q R A UE E EN N M S U W D A Motor vehicles can use byways but not bridleways. In Produced with support from Y SINO A BBOTT general, motor vehicles are few and far between on byways ROAD 544 The Department for Transport PO D R A T O as it is normally more convenient for drivers to stick to W D R A A through the Local Sustainable Y O A D W R roads. A restricted byway differs in that motor vehicles are A Q U E 3 O E K E N R N Transport Fund ED SWAY R W 4 I N T A R Northbourne not allowed, but un-motorised vehicles are (a horse and cart, OA F P D O C of E 6 1 R 0 C for example). This is not a legal definition of these paths, but Primary 4 K E B S C School School O L O C a description of what you might experience if you use them. LOY C N Digital Cartography by Pindar Creative D ROAD E 0 500 metres E www.pindarcreative.co.uk For more information about Travel Choices, R In addition, although there is no public access for motor G Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright 2015 please contact: 0¼Science_Vale_Map-Town_Maps.aimile 1 18/09/2015 10:39 and OpenStreetMap data © OpenStreetMap contributors vehicles along bridleways or restricted byways, sometimes S Science_Vale_Map-Town_Maps.ai 2 23/09/2015 10:42 Oxfordshire County Council S there may be exceptions such as for farm access. Tel: 01865 792422 To find out more, please visit the Countryside Access D 3 Email: ROA RE 8 Abingdon O 1 Wantage pages on our website: M OAD N 4 R U Y A [email protected] SPE D www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/countrysideaccess B O U R L T E W R O O D T R T I O V N E Science_Vale_Map-Town_Maps.ai 4 18/09/2015 10:40 D E National Cycle Network R N O C H A TW W D E O LV R D The National Cycle Network (often known as the NCN) is E T A H O D A Long Furlong C R A R R E O Primary a series of, traffic-free paths and quiet on-road cycling and D A N S RO R D O 5 H School D IV I TWallingfordUL W I L A E T IC L O K A LA L walking routes that connect to every major town and city. R T N EL E I N T S F G TOW O Grove Wallingford IVE NG E R DR F O W S O LSW L U C C of E E N H A I R O E N R D V C Peachcroft Primary T D A A A D A OAD Be Safe CH E E N G R O H CH School WILDING R P W E R T OR NOR O TH D E E RO R A B OU A OXF R N D ORD O D R S I Y L E 4 AN BLA N • Plan your route: use this map or the online Oxfordshire A E CKSTO O A A 0 R Y M P A D 1 F W W A D G N P 7 R A T AD U E RO M L RO D PEACHCROFT T S DUN Journey Planner. E R INO D R Northcourt PE E F O L S A O M A L T O Wallingford A D R O C R Y D J D D School F R O A • St Nicholas Make sure you can be seen with lights, bright clothing D S O I O D S H O Millbrook C E W HO A L R C of E R E O N L L L D S L I School N D ’ O Dunmore V S A Infants’ and your position on the road.