Science_Vale_Map-Town_Maps.ai 3 24/03/2016 09:54 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 • Keep to the left. • Remove any accessories, such as lights or panniers and T E W L AWKS ORTH H L take them with you. O R C A 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 Wallingford • Wantage Wantage LE D DRIVE A Y • Get your bike security marked or post-coded. R A T around your local area W Didcot • Abingdon Abingdon M ILT O N R D A OAD R 5 N 413 I O VE 0 V 6 A 1 A map for cyclists for map A 5 A4 0 more easily. It is intended 130 4 B BA SI L HIL L R 0 OA 3 D to be useful to cyclists of 1 Ladygrove Park AY 4 W N ERSEY A Primary M F O www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/travelchoices O R School M X E TY H W T N TER A E A A O W all abilities and is designed S B AV SE 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 so that you can plan your D R L NO A LIAM N M E S A R M A V W E Vauxhall A N V route according to your own A Y 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 experience. O A Railway N ORDN D ANCE Centre O R D FREEM OAD AN All Saints G Stephen RO ROA N AD LS D C of E I Freeman L B D A D T A A LY Primary CommunityCommunity 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 E Bridleways and byways E D Manor L R A L T Didcot School S O B R We’ve combined bridleways and byways on the maps for R 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 clarity. These are off-road rights of way (paths) that are E H R 0 L HAD R DEN HILL D Y S OADWA W R B BROADWAY legally available for cyclists to use, along with pedestrians ESC O CR E D NT O OR E OXF D R and horse riders. They are shown on the maps as thin N Didcot T D E E OA S R WESSEX RO E GE T AD NTA R green dashed lines. Although cyclists can use these paths, A D D W R T O A A AD W S ES O O SEX O U R R B R H R L N OA they are not necessarily in a condition suitable for cycling. K 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 or muddy and difficult to ride on, particularly in winter. D RO A R N ROAD I I G A F O D P B A S S R D U H 3 Y D J B44 9 E N We hope in a future edition of this map to be able to show N Willowcroft M R A A L A R L Community E H O W G N R which paths have a good surface for cycling. E School N 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 Motor vehicles can use byways but not bridleways. In A Y SINO A BBOTT general, motor vehicles are few and far between on byways ROAD 544 Produced with support from D PO R A as it is normally more convenient for drivers to stick to T O W D R A A The Department for Transport Y O A D W roads. A restricted byway differs in that motor vehicles are R A Q U E 3 O E K E N R N through the Local Sustainable ED SWAY R W 4 I N not allowed, but un-motorised vehicles are (a horse and cart, T A R Northbourne OA F P D O C of E 6 Transport Fund 1 R 0 for example). This is not a legal definition of these paths, but C 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 R In addition, although there is no public access for motor G For more information about Travel Choices, 0¼mile Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright 2015 vehicles along bridleways or restricted byways, sometimes Science_Vale_Map-Town_Maps.ai 1 29/03/2016 16:40 and OpenStreetMap data ©Science_Vale_Map-Town_Maps.ai OpenStreetMap contributors 2 29/03/2016 16:39 S please contact: S there may be exceptions such as for farm access. Oxfordshire County Council To find out more, please visit the Countryside Access Tel: 01865 792422 D 3 ROA Abingdon RE 8 Wantage pages on our website: MO 1 OAD N 4 R U www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/travelchoices Y D A SPE www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/countrysideaccess B O U R L T E W R O O D T R T I O V E Science_Vale_Map-Town_Maps.ai 4 24/03/2016 09:55 N D E N National Cycle Network R C O H W A TW O D E R D The National Cycle Network (often known as the NCN) is LV T A E H O D A R Long Furlong R C A R O a series of, traffic-free paths and quiet on-road cycling and E A N Primary S D D O RO 5 R I TWallingfordULW H D I T I I School V CK L L A E A LA L walking routes that connect to every major town and city. O T NE I R N S EL FT Grove Wallingford IVE G W DR F TO O W S ONG E R C of E E O LSW L C U A I R N H N R O E Primary T D D V C Peachcroft A D D Be Safe A E A A A N RO CH G NG R CH DI O E WO School E WIL H R NOR O R P TH T E R D OA OXF R R A N D ORD E I Y O D • Plan your route: use this map or the online Oxfordshire B OU LANE BLACKSTONE R S A 4 R A O A AY 0 W D W M F P G 1 A D T D N P E OA 7 R R U A T N Journey Planner. D M L PEACHCROFT RO R SINODU PE E D E S R L A Northcourt M F O L T O O A A O Wallingford C Y R D R J D F O School D • Make sure you can be seen with lights, bright clothing D St Nicholas A S R I S H O D Millbrook C E O H A O D O O N L C of E R W L L L R L E School N D ’ S D O S I Infants’ and your position on the road.