Cycling in Stoke-on-Trent

Stoke-on-Trent has been awarded Cycle City status by Cycling England who work for the Department for Transport. We are one of 11 towns and cities across England to be awarded with this accolade.

For Stoke this means an additional £4.8million of cycle funding will be available up to March 2011. This will be spent on projects to improve the image and promotion of cycling,  the availability and accessibility of cycling and also more cycling infrastructure such as more parking facilities and cycle routes. For an overview of what projects we intend to carry out in our City please click on the Cycling City link.

Cycling Strategy

Cycling benefits your health, the environment and your pocket. We want to encourage more cycling by introducing:

• on and off-road cycle routes;
• safer routes to schools;
• traffic calming and local safety schemes;
• more cycle parking in schools and town centres;
• more workplace travel plans; and
• education and cyclist training programmes.

You can follow this link to view our Cycling Strategy or contact us to request a copy.  E-mail transportation@stoke.gov.uk or phone 01782 232066.

Stoke-on-Trent Cycling Video

If you want to see a short video about cycling in Stoke-on-Trent please follow the link on the right called 'Cycling in Stoke-on-Trent video'. 

Cycling map and guide

In partnership with Staffordshire County Council we have produced a Cycling Map and Guide for North Staffordshire. It contains lots of useful information for cyclists.  Follow this link for more information.

Cycle Routes 

We are creating a more joined up cycle network in our city by making cycle routes more continuous. We now have around 125 kms of cycle routes: greenways, canal routes, river routes and on-road cycle lanes.

Cycling on Canal Towpaths

Did you know you need to a permit to cycle on canal towpaths? You can download a free permit from British Waterways by visiting www.waterscape.com

Cyclist Training

Training is available for all ages.  Follow this link for information on cycle safety and training.

Contact us

For more information about cycling please contact us on e-mail transportation@stoke.gov.uk or phone 01782 232066.