www.dudley.gov.uk/cycling B E IR T M T Your Key to the Map Cycling across the borough I Hints and tips for an IN N G G H A S M R We want to help people make more D N O enjoyable journey D National Cycle Network routes R O E A V W D E R R journeys across Dudley borough by bike. D O O A O A D • Plan your route carefully. Use this map and Cycle routes on quieter roads L E M recommended by cyclists We have committed to: R Y O D others available to find the safest route. A A D L Off road route • Identifying key strategic and local cycle WOODCROSS R • When using canal towpaths, remember you O W R O Cycling D E A A N routes that serve residential areas, O K I need a free permit. These are available from A N Canal tunnel with towpath D O E L L R R 63 NCN81 B V O Y 4 A R O E V T O W British Waterways. N R R industrials estates, schools and E H U D H D O Countryside walk N M C S A O A N T R L A shopping centres. R M E E • Ensure your bike is safe for you to ride. routes in Dudley Alder T E N E H P LA T R OSS T R Footpath W DC Coppice O O O O A A N W • Carry lights and use them when it is dark and • Increasing provision of cycle parking. Y D The E Y R LE LANE T. T IER O G T Rosewood Canal or river I S BR S I when visibility is poor in the daytime. B . A S N B B School T Your guide to cycling routes throughout O O G D S N R i D NE • Improving infrastructure to assist C S r A S H A L D H G m R SE C S Cycle parking H O A K U N A O H • Make sure your tyres are inflated to the correct I I O a i V H L L n D I W n L L A L R cyclists where appropriate and g L D a Dudley borough C h A R l A R R pressure. This makes cycling easier, and R H B a Steep gradient (arrow points downhill) D O O E O I m H R COSELEY S HURST HILL A R A A practicable (for example toucan L U L M Alder L D The D E A AD M reduces the risk of punctures. I L N O G A N R Coseley M Tourist attractions D Coppice N G H I ROVE E H E crossing, advanced stop lines). G K G R D School Coseley U E Primary EL A I E B GF T HURST ROAD O R B • Wear light, bright clothing (fluorescent is ideal) R IN M School SPR ON RISE E N G Christ Church C E U EA E H D N H B E R Sedgley Hall A I GE School or College O N C.E. Primary L R R L O D E I O C G T T E L • Signing of cycle routes. G M S A and add reflective clothing for after dark. Park O R S W School H R T N C O O H R R H L S Hurst Hill R L I D A Wallbrook T F O Hospital W T A A D T L D R Primary L A • Carry tools and a puncture repair kit. N B A O Primary • Provision of cycle training for children A D SEDGLEY E O A E R GE N Y E GOR School School H T T S S Rail line and station D B E T and adults. RE G R • Follow the Highway Code, which has a special R ST I A N N M D O E I ST Q L IL E T E B M Y L U T T A Queen Victoria E S section for cyclists. E O Health hub E NG N B LA E A This map provides an overview of key LA R. PPrimaryrimary School Hursthill A Y C N D R L E N D N E R K B P E S E I D Woods P S T. S L S L D U U • Wear a cycle helmet to minimise the risk of Y R L R O A LeisureB centre R IL strategic routes between centres, and the LS H H V U Y UR Y B R The Dormston O T IV NS GOS ER B R E P I . L EL H A head injuries. ANE EN T D D R School T OAD E T. D S D EN G local network feeding into them. A series L E E Cycle dealer with service & repair facilities N L N E E E LA P TUR R ROSEVILLE T N S L T I S HILL R E S T A • Never cycle on the pavement unless signs O D S E N G R T FOU of local route maps are also available. D TI T . P E S St Chads R.C. U T D O N . Silver A Digital Cartography by Pindar 01296 390100 www.pindar.com D N clearly show it is allowed. N R E PPrimaryrimary School O L R O Jubilee WALLBROOK O U V R The map is reproduced from Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty s E A S D O Y D A A Stationery Office. © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Cotwall End Park A B D M O Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council LA76309. 2010 L D R • Be considerate. Always slow down to pass PrimaryPrimary R E I O H R A O A F N School A C D O N E K C E I M LA D pedestrians and other cyclists. Don’t try to R C L LI E O O Y W 1 H G O T L 0 /2 1 mile D A R N C D A B N T S squeeze past. IP D E The WoodsettonWoodsetton TO N R RO Bramford L School D A D K L U • Be especially cautious at blind spots such as PrimaryPrimary School R A D A F LA NCN81 borough Dudley P V 01/2 1 kilometre W L ELL T E ST. junctions, bends, and entrances. O Y C M R O O Q SED • Fit a bell to warn pedestrians or call out a throughout routes cycling to guide Your Baggeridge Country Park D A G U The High D LE E E L D Y A N IL A R Tipton O H Arcal School OA N Cotwall End R D D R L ROA A friendly “hello” but don’t forget that some R L S HA L LD Nature Reserve Y S E E T I B S F K S people have impaired hearing or sight. R E R Y R D B G Dudley in routes D O LE U N T A Mons I Y C R W R H A E L P OA S D Hill M D E A W R A E R I ST T N E O S UPPER GORNAL T N G R PAR EE C H E K R E T L T L A A FoxyardsFoxyards N S S S E A W N E M T. T ES E Cycling V PrimaryPrimary Straits S R N T LL E W I E N S School O Primary H E N E Whites T A N W School The Ellowes L E D Wood R E U R T D V Hall School W O E E L E . T K A E R I S Y N D T S K G C R R O S AD Y T Wrens Nest O . RO A K Geological & A W R D B PA T O U Nature Reserve E D H L R L D E L N T O A S D A O T L O R A HO N A S R I Playing O R T R R W O E S E Fields D U J A WrensWrens Nest D PRIORY ROAD R I D A O T O C T PrimaryPrimary School R TIPTON O O EE A R L T E F N S L W O H S N M E B R S T G A R E Black Country I E E L E Himley Hall T B B A SE S H . Living Museum O U R E U D D T L L G www.dudley.gov.uk/cycling R O B L A B irm E . T W R Y DUDLEY High Arcal D O LANE T L O in RO S A P N R Canal . LOWER GORNAL R RobertsRoberts T A A gham Wood E K E O D T R R D PORT S E A I H R E A D S M S PrimaryPrimary ED P E HIM T T O D C A C L T EY .