Shrewsbury 'outer' cycling schemes
Mapping
Using the green button below, you can take a look at a map of the proposed new cycling routes in the outer areas of Shrewsbury. The map will open in a new window in your browser, so you can readily cross-refer it with the table on this page listing the schemes. You can zoom in on the map using your browser zoom function if necessary. This function can be found from the menu in the top-right corner of your browser.
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
- S.98
- Location
- Route along A488 from Hanwood to Lea Cross via Cruckmeole
- Recommendation
- Widen footpath along rural road, reduce speed limits and increase lighting
- Scheme name
- S.110
- Location
- Cross Houses to Atcham
- Recommendation
- Introduction of a ‘quietway’ (continuous, convenient route on less busy backstreets) along road
- Scheme name
- S.109
- Location
- Connection to Baschurch
- Recommendation
- Create rural cycle route (eg through creating passing places for cyclists, off-road shared use footpaths or reducing speed limits)
- Scheme name
- S.47
- Location
- Connection from Radbrook Road ( scheme S.82) in Shrewsbury out west to Hanwood along Hanwood Road
- Recommendation
- Create rural cycle route (eg through creating passing places for cyclists, off-road shared use footpaths or reducing speed limits)
- Scheme name
- S.48
- Location
- Connection from Radbrook Green to Longdon
- Recommendation
- Create rural cycle route (eg through creating passing places for cyclists, off-road shared use footpaths or reducing speed limits)
- Scheme name
- S.45
- Location
- Connection between Montford Bridge and to the northwest of Shrewsbury
- Recommendation
- Upgrade existing footpath to a shared path
- Scheme name
- S.46
- Location
- Connection between Ford and the A5 to the west of Shrewsbury
- Recommendation
- Provide segregated cycle lane/shared path by upgrading existing footpath and provide cycling provision around the roundabout
- Scheme name
- S.44
- Location
- Hadnall to Harlescourt along the A49
- Recommendation
- Create rural cycle route (eg through creating passing places for cyclists, off-road shared use footpaths or reducing speed limits)
- Scheme name
- S.54
- Location
- Connection between Bomere Heath and Shrewsbury along the B5067 Berwick Road
- Recommendation
- Create rural cycle route (eg through creating passing places for cyclists, off-road shared use footpaths or reducing speed limits)
- Scheme name
- S.73
- Location
- Connection between Upton Magna and Uffington
- Recommendation
- Create rural cycle route (eg through creating passing places for cyclists, off-road shared use footpaths or reducing speed limits)
- Scheme name
- S.52
- Location
- Connection to Uffington along old canal path
- Recommendation
- Remove chicane barriers that block cycle access onto Church Road from the canal path, improve safety along rural route and upgrade surface
- Scheme name
- S.06
- Location
- Improve existing infrastructure connecting Bayston Hill to Meole Brace and beyond, including bridge crossing of A5
- Recommendation
- Join up sections of existing infrastructure along Pulley Lane, give priority to cyclists on side roads, upgrade existing infrastructure to align with definitive national standards
- Scheme name
- S.05
- Location
- Connects Bayston Hill north along the A49 and over the A5 junction towards Shrewsbury town
- Recommendation
- Introduce segregated cycle lane along A49 from Bayston Hill to Meole Brace, improve provision for cyclists at the A5 roundabout and crossing on the A49 to the Meole Brace Retail Park
- Scheme name
- Location
- Recommendation
- Investigate potential of widened or new combined cycling and walking bridge across river adjacent to Hereford Road (A5191)
- Scheme name
- S.49
- Location
- Connection between Bayston Hill and Sutton Farm via existing footway around the quarry and along Sharpstone Way
- Recommendation
- Create rural cycle route (eg through creating passing places for cyclists, on-road cycle lanes and widening footpaths or reducing speed limits)
- Scheme name
- S.13
- Location
- Route between Shrewsbury Business Park and Uffington via the River
- Recommendation
- Upgrade river path to a segregated cycle/foot path and add a new river crossing
- Scheme name
- S.50
- Location
- Scheme along the A49 from Dorrington to Shrewsbury, provides connection for other villages along the route
- Recommendation
- Create rural cycle route (eg through creating passing places for cyclists, off-road shared use footpaths or reducing speed limits)
- Scheme name
- S.51
- Location
- Linking Cross Houses into Shrewsbury
- Recommendation
- Create rural cycle route (eg through creating passing places for cyclists, off-road shared use footpaths or reducing speed limits)
- Scheme name
- S.57
- Location
- Linking Condover to the A49, which has another proposed scheme along it (scheme S.50)
- Recommendation
- Create rural cycle route (eg through creating passing places for cyclists, off-road shared use footpaths or reducing speed limits)
- Scheme name
- S.56
- Location
- Connecting Stapleton to the A49, which has another proposed scheme along it (scheme S.50)
- Recommendation
- Create rural cycle route (eg through creating passing places for cyclists, off-road shared use footpaths or reducing speed limits)
- Scheme name
- S.70
- Location
- A53 to Shawbury
- Recommendation
- Create rural cycle route (eg through creating passing places for cyclists, off-road shared use footpaths or reducing speed limits)
- Scheme name
- S.53
- Location
- Connection between Harmer Hill and Shrewsbury along A528
- Recommendation
- Create rural cycle route (eg through creating passing places for cyclists, off-road shared use footpaths or reducing speed limits)
- Scheme name
- S.102
- Location
- Lythwood Road and Overdale Road through Bayston Hill
- Recommendation
- Provide local cycling route through Bayston Hill, including adding a cycle lane