Market Drayton cycling schemes
Mapping
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Scheme details
Please note that some of the following cycling schemes may also feature walking elements in order to ensure that the schemes cater for all users where possible.
- Scheme name
- MD.34
- Location
- Route along the public right of way Bottom Lane running to the south of Market Drayton
- Recommendation
- Upgrade off-road path, ensuring no user loses their right of access (eg equestrians), by surfacing, trimming foliage and providing signage
- Scheme name
- MD.33
- Location
- Route along Kilnback Road connecting Walkmill Road to Shrewsbury Road
- Recommendation
- Consider closure to through traffic
- Scheme name
- MD.36
- Location
- Connection along public rights of way along the river between the A53 and Buntingsdale Road
- Recommendation
- Upgrade off-road path, ensuring no user loses their right of access (eg equestrians), by surfacing, trimming foliage and providing signage
- Scheme name
- MD.35
- Location
- Route connecting Shrewsbury Road to the river path, along pathway running to the eastern side of the business park
- Recommendation
- Upgrade off-road path, by surfacing, trimming foliage and providing signage
- Scheme name
- MD.38
- Location
- Canal towpath, north of Market Drayton
- Recommendation
- Enhance integration (eg connections onto/off the path and signage)
- Scheme name
- MD.37
- Location
- Canal towpath through Market Drayton
- Recommendation
- Enhance integration (eg connections onto/off the path and signage)
- Scheme name
- MD.40
- Location
- Disused railway corridor, parallel to Prospect Road (Greenfields Lane to The Paddock)
- Recommendation
- Investigate greenway along disused railway corridor
- Scheme name
- MD.39
- Location
- Route along Shrewsbury Road between Alexandra Road and Shropshire Street
- Recommendation
- Investigate parking restrictions and lightly segregated cycle lanes
- Scheme name
- MD.26
- Location
- Connection between Hinstock and the RAF base along the A41
- Recommendation
- Provide parallel off-road path or cycle lanes
- Scheme name
- MD.25
- Location
- Connection between Norton in Hales and Market Drayton along Maer Lane
- Recommendation
- Provide ‘quietway’ (route where special attention must be paid to walkers, cyclists and horse riders including protection from speeding traffic) along narrow, hedged lane
- Scheme name
- MD.28
- Location
- Connection between Adderley and Market Drayton along A529 Aldereley Road
- Recommendation
- Widen footway to shared path
- Scheme name
- MD.27
- Location
- Connection between Hinstock and Market Drayton along A529 Newport Road
- Recommendation
- Widen footway to shared path
- Scheme name
- MD.30
- Location
- Connecting western settlements to the northern industrial park and future employment site avoiding having to go through the town centre
- Recommendation
- Provide parallel off-road path and cyclist/pedestrian provision across the roundabout
- Scheme name
- MD.29
- Location
- Route through eastern residential area
- Recommendation
- Investigate introduction of a 'low traffic neighbourhood'
- Scheme name
- MD.32
- Location
- Route along Alexandra Road connecting to Market Drayton Junior School
- Recommendation
- Investigate introduction of a wide shared path to support active travel to the local schools or implementation of a school street on Alexandra Rd
- Scheme name
- MD.31
- Location
- Link along Dealands Estate connecting Salisbury Hill View and Shrewsbury Road
- Recommendation
- Investigate introduction of cycle lanes
- Scheme name
- MD.08
- Location
- Connection between Longford and Market Drayton along Longford Road
- Recommendation
- Widen path to create shared facilities
- Scheme name
- MD.21
- Location
- Route through the western residential area
- Recommendation
- Ensure slow traffic speeds (20mph)
- Scheme name
- MD.06
- Location
- Alternative route from Market Drayton to the RAF base along public rights of way, alternative to scheme MD.07
- Recommendation
- Trim vegetation for visibility and provide signage to promote the route
- Scheme name
- MD.09
- Location
- Connection between Longford and the Tern Valley Business park along rural road and public right of way
- Recommendation
- Widen path to create shared facilities
- Scheme name
- MD.22
- Location
- Connection between Hodnet and Market Drayton along the A53
- Recommendation
- Provide parallel off-road shared path
- Scheme name
- MD.07
- Location
- Route between Market Drayton and the RAF base along Mortimer Road and public rights of way
- Recommendation
- Consider off-road shared path
- Scheme name
- MD.24
- Location
- Connection into Market Drayton from the southwest along the A53 Shrewsbury Road
- Recommendation
- Provide parallel off-road shared path
- Scheme name
- MD.23
- Location
- Link from the RAF base to the A53 providing a connection to Market Drayton along the A41
- Recommendation
- Provide parallel off-road path or cycle lanes
- Scheme name
- MD.15
- Location
- Local route through the central residential area
- Recommendation
- Ensure slow traffic speeds, consider 'low traffic neighbourhood' or one-way
- Scheme name
- MD.16
- Location
- Route through the central residential area connecting into Market Drayton Infant and Nursery School, along Clive Road, Longslow Road and Manor Gardens
- Recommendation
- Ensure slow traffic speeds, investigate wider access to Frogmore Road
- Scheme name
- MD.13
- Location
- Route around the southeastern part of Market Drayton along Berrisford Road, connecting to the Grove School
- Recommendation
- Improve step-free access to canal, extend footway along carriageway or provide off-road path
- Scheme name
- MD.14
- Location
- Route along Great Hales Street and the High Street, providing a bypass of Stafford Street
- Recommendation
- Consider making eastern end one way with contra flow cycle facility
- Scheme name
- MD.18
- Location
- Route through the northern residential area along Greenfields Lane and public right of way connecting to Blandford Way
- Recommendation
- Remove gate access public right of way from Greenfields Lane, upgrade public right of way to a segregated path and make the existing road more cycle-friendly through improved visibility and lighting, ensuring no user loses their right of access (eg equestrians)
- Scheme name
- MD.17
- Location
- Route along A529 (Smithfield Road) acting as a bypass of the town centre
- Recommendation
- Propose light segregated cycle lanes, although should investigate bi-directional segregated cycle path
- Scheme name
- MD.20
- Location
- Eastern access into the future development site
- Recommendation
- Create a pathway/cycle way from Maer Lane into the future development site
- Scheme name
- MD.19
- Location
- Connection into the future development site (Sych Farm) along Western Way from the A53 roundabout
- Recommendation
- Provide cycle lanes
- Scheme name
- MD.02
- Location
- Route through central Market Drayton
- Recommendation
- Trial removing parking on Stafford Street to the west of the A529 roundabout, on High Street north of Shropshire Street and on Shropshire Street between High Street and Frogmore Road. This will allow space to deliver a two-way segregated cycle path
- Scheme name
- MD.01
- Location
- Route along Shrewsbury Road between the A53 and Alexandra Road
- Recommendation
- Investigate two-way segregated cycle lanes
- Scheme name
- MD.12
- Location
- Link from Shrewsbury Road to the country route the RAF base (scheme MD.07) along Buntingsdale Road
- Recommendation
- Widen path to shared path to Buntingsdale Park then light segregated cycle lane from the park onwards (include double yellow lines)
- Scheme name
- MD.03
- Location
- Route along Newcastle Road and Stafford Street from the east into the town centre
- Recommendation
- Propose shared path along Newcastle Road to Grove School then a light segregated cycle lane from the Grove School to the town centre
- Scheme name
- MD.10
- Location
- Route through the centre of Market Drayton from the town centre to the north, along Cheshire Street and Adderley Road
- Recommendation
- Propose light segregated cycle lanes outside the core town centre and priority given to cycles/pedestrians at side street crossings
- Scheme name
- MD.11
- Location
- Route through the southern residential area along Christ Church Lane, Quarry Bank Road, Salisbury Hill View, Dalelands Estate, Walkmill Road and Newtown
- Recommendation
- Investigate the addition of cycle lanes
- Scheme name
- MD.04
- Location
- Western access towards the town centre through the western and central residential areas, along Bridge Road, Longslow Road and Prospect Road
- Recommendation
- Investigate the addition of cycle lanes
- Scheme name
- MD.05
- Location
- East-west route from central Market Drayton connecting to the industrial park, along Maer Lane
- Recommendation
- Investigate the addition of cycle lanes
- Scheme name
- MD.42
- Location
- Provision of a route south from Market Drayton along Sandy Lane and public rights of way
- Recommendation
- Upgrade public right of way by resealing, improving lighting, trimming back foliage and improved signage as active travel and equestrian route
- Scheme name
- MD.41
- Location
- Frogmore Road connecting the town centre to Prospect Road
- Recommendation
- Improve existing pathway, introduce dropped kerbs on side street crossings and investigate a lightly segregated cycle lane
- Scheme name
- MD.44
- Location
- Route along Frogmore Road between Shropshire Street and Cheshire Street, provides an alternative route around the town centre
- Recommendation
- Introduce fully segregated cycle lanes
- Scheme name
- MD.43
- Location
- Public right of way along Rush Lane between the A53 and Longslow Road
- Recommendation
- Provide paved active travel connection from Longslow Road to A53 (through existing gate and across current grass verge), ensuring no user loses their right of access (eg equestrians)
- Scheme name
- MD.45
- Location
- Route from the Station Road/A53 junction to the Shropshire Union Canal by the Wharf Tavern via Stoke on Tern, Heathcote, Wistanswick and Lightwoods
- Recommendation
- Ensure low traffic speeds, trim back foliage, add signage to promote route