The Cycleway passing allotments The Fallowfield Loop and open spaces near Gorton Start of Part of the Manchester Cycleway route Fairfield Station CYCLING OR WALKING THE LOOP Golf The Cycleway is almost all off-road and very easy to cycle, Club walk or ride. However, there are certain places where you should take particular care: Reservoir There are motorcycle barriers at frequent intervals A635 along the route which have to be negotiated. Fairfield There is a small section of the route on-road along Sherwood Street in Fallowfield. Wilmslow Road in Fallowfield should be crossed with Ashton Ol d Road caution using the pelican crossing. Fairfield Access from St. Anne’s Primary Station The Cycleway is a popular and The section of the Cycleway near Fairfield Station is Crayfield Road School enjoyable route quite steep and bumpy. 0 Gorton M6 The Cycleway creates a linear park and wildlife corridor Station Abbey www.manchester.ac.uk/sed/mapping Start of Hey Wright Robinson route Sports College Audenshaw Manchester 60 Reservoir Cycleway to Gorton, Abbey Hey Access from Sportcity Velodrome Primary Marley Road and Piccadilly School Allotments Gorton Upper Reservoir A57 Access from Gorton H de Holiday Acorn Close y Road Lower 4 Inn Supermarket 3A Reservoir Debdale Car park Park SCARISBRICK ROAD Fitness First E Route past N Hyde R doa Y LA A Access via Sainsbury’s W Avian Drive NGS KI Allotments Ryder Brow Debdale Station DE ACORN LSA 60 CLOSE G o AD rt L o IN H LL RO n D S AY CRINGLE A R O A D Reddish North Station St ta i ono R ad To Platt Fields ad A6 A5 BMX Track and A Ro 34 tr op s R 6 1 e N l o d 03 Universities Wi h To City r a A No th Fir Tree l t i e d Centre x Primary a n o oa n ra o gt S School R d r t. n W Fallowfield te R R e o Longfo dr Ro r ad a a b g Lindleywood Levenshulme West d d ur h P nches So r nc Ye Sherwood i s Road Levenshulme Ma w u ’s St. Kentigern’s Street e nLa e t Whalley Range Station h s School ham Road High School Wi brl a amh To Trans Pennine Trail and Wilbra R ado St c o o kp Reddish Vale Country Park A60 01 Tr m e R o e an o da Bro Roa Atholl L r 6 Alma Park t Access via e e Road d North d School Dean Road la To Salford Quays B Chorlton- 6 S ar o Reddish and Old Trafford l w cum-Hardy oad R R L d b o a h t M a d Houldsworth St. Andrew’s r d Sainsbury’s Highfield y a uldeth o oor Ma R oad Roa School N Golf Course ton Supermarket Country Park r Rodney 60 West g n Ro (Nature Reserve) doa Chorlton Access from wo House d a l a d Mauldeth Rd W wKing R doa R Wellin L n School o High ane GENERAL CYCLING ADVICE s ay a ilms R L W pN School e o Hough End r e Be assertive and be aware. l t g od o e s Centre a Chelsfield rn rw r u Keep your bike in good working condition. Playing E Cycle route to Chorlton Grove B Fields Burnage Trans Pennine Park Station Be seen in the dark, wear bright clothing and make sure you have Trail and the Burnage A6 To front and rear lights. Mersey Valley Stockport Nell 3 Withington 0 Always wear your cycle helmet. La 1 n 5 Chorlton Primary e A Know what’s around you. e School A34 N y Lan Hard A5 Make your intentions clear, signal before turning. 145 W E Keep your bike secure, buy a good lock. Cycling with a friend is safer. S If you haven’t cycled for a while, or need a confidence boost on your Off road cycleway Other cycle routes Bridge Railway line Access point Prominent building 0 1 km bike, get in touch with BikeRight! to arrange some cycle training. Phone 0161 230 7007 or email [email protected]. On road cycleway Major road Path or track Railway station 6 National Cycle Network Park/open space www.bikeright.co.uk 0 1 mile Discover Yourself Outside new landscapes for a civil society in a changing climate UK MAB Urban Forum Discover Yourself Outside new landscapes for a civil society in a changing climate Ambra Burls, Grant Luscombe MBE, Dr Alison Millward February 2010 The Urban Forum of the UK Man and UK MAB Urban Forum Secretariat contact: the Biosphere Committee is a network Nigel Lawson of managers, planners and researchers University of Manchester involved with the environment and nature School of Environment and Development conservation in urban areas. Humanities Bridgeford Street The Man and the Biosphere initiative Manchester, M13 9PL originated in the International Biological Tel: +44(0)161 275 3633 Programme and the ‘Biosphere’ conference organised by UNESCO in 1968. UK PROGRAMME United Nations UK National Committee Educational, Scientific and of Man and the Biosphere Cultural Organization Programme Front cover: Soil Inversion; Sunniside, Gateshead. Project delivery: Landlife for The Woodland Trust. new landscapes for a civil society in a changing climate Discover Yourself Outside Everyone wants their outdoor neighbourhood about their environment. The independent recognising that sites may also have potential to be attractive, stimulating, safe and well Biodiversity Policy Review1 carried out in 2007 to be corridors or stepping stones from one cared for – a place to be proud of. Everyone by Prof Ian Swingland OBE and Dr Susannah habitat to another and may contribute towards wants daily life to be more satisfying and Paisley, calls for projects that give people access achieving objectives set out in local biodiversity less stressful – to be able to go outside more to nature, and strengthen links between people action plans and green infrastructure often enhances personal well-being and helps and wildlife, to be given full UK government strategies. people to get to know and trust more of their support. This is what people want, it is what Climate change poses a threat, and societal neighbours. Achieving these aspirations, builds health practitioners advocate, it is what public trends such as long-term youth unemployment stable communities with positive outlooks to authorities should deliver to create liveable almost trebling by 20122 will put even more change. cities and promote social cohesion. pressure on civil society. New landscapes have Environmental justice seeks a fairer world Under Planning Policy Guidance 17 (PPG 17), a role to play in helping address both these in terms of people’s access to good quality local authorities should recognise that most problems. People can be engaged in adapting landscapes. It should also involve fairness in areas of open space can perform multiple their locality to climate change, and in the providing the information and opportunities functions, by providing visually attractive process, bring about positive social benefits for for people to participate in decisions green spaces close to where people live and themselves and their communities. Biodiversity Policy Review: An appeal for increased UK 2 Centre for Cities, Sticking Plaster or Stepping Stone. governmental action, both domestic and international. F. Shaheen, June 2009. S. Paisley & I. Swingland, 2007. page Discover Yourself Outside Civil society New lives Civil society can be achieved by starting conversations but the rewards are huge when it does. It requires patience New approaches to greenspace management and more with and between residents about the opportunities for and persistence, using approaches that capture people’s people with the right skills are needed in the development change, involving them in bringing about that change, imagination, stimulating a groundswell of community spirit and care of these areas. But, once the skills are acquired, the enabling them to appreciate and get the most out of capable of overcoming seemingly intractable problems. rewards are as great for those who create these spaces as their new surroundings, and then to communicate that Nevertheless efforts over the years have produced shining they are for residents. positive message and so spread the benefits into the wider examples of what can be achieved. community. In this way, more people start to use the communal outdoor environment which helps them to get to know more of their neighbours. This helps build a sense of pride in the The ‘Buttercup Boys’ in a new landscape, Huyton. neighbourhood which they will take steps to protect. Project Delivery: National Wildflower Centre. New landscapes are needed. Where there are now acres of uninteresting swathes of mown grass between buildings, there could be colourful wildflower meadows, reed beds and woodlands carpeted in daffodils and bluebells; landscapes in which people can sit, watch the birds, have picnics, play hide and seek, and stop off at a bench to admire the view and have a chat with a neighbour. Helping people to discover themselves outside involves using creative conservation techniques that reduce carbon emissions and respond to extreme climatic events. It results in new biodiverse landscapes by, for example, capturing rain and floodwater or inverting soil profiles. It makes places where nature can flourish for people to enjoy and learn by experience and observation. It creates subtle wildflower edge effects that stimulate calming alpha brain waves and entice people to venture out. Courage and perseverance are needed to make the best of such areas but this is sometimes hard to do.