Whitchurch cycling schemes
Mapping
Using the green buttons below, you can take a look at maps of the proposed new cycling routes in Whitchurch. The maps will open in a new window in your browser, so you can readily cross-refer them with the table on this page listing the schemes. You can zoom in on the maps 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
- W.48
- Location
- Highgate
- Recommendation
- Investigate introducing segregated cycle lanes
- Scheme name
- W.47
- Location
- Newport Road
- Recommendation
- Convert existing on road cycle lanes to a more segregated cycle path
- Scheme name
- W.18
- Location
- Yardington
- Recommendation
- Investigate shared path and double yellows (no parking)
- Scheme name
- W.12
- Location
- Bridgewater Street
- Recommendation
- Improve existing cycle lanes, investigate widening of shared path. Improve footway continuity across access roads (eg Lidl) and review crossing provision of main carriageway
- Scheme name
- W.22
- Location
- Access into the railway station
- Recommendation
- Reduce width of vehicle access to the railway station to improve the pedestrian environment. Widen footway
- Scheme name
- W.14
- Location
- Church Street
- Recommendation
- Reduce speed limit to 20mph and provide space for cyclists where possible
- Scheme name
- W.38
- Location
- Talbot Street
- Recommendation
- Reduce parking with double yellows on one side and maybe residential permits. Improve footway quality. Reduce speed limit to 20mph
- Scheme name
- W.37
- Location
- Connection between Tilstock and Prees Heath
- Recommendation
- Create a ‘quietway’ (continuous, convenient route on less busy backstreets) along route, investigate parallel off-road shared path
- Scheme name
- W.40
- Location
- Egerton Place cut-through to town centre
- Recommendation
- Widen footway to provide shared path along edge of park away from traffic
- Scheme name
- W.39
- Location
- Egerton Place connection into the hospital
- Recommendation
- Reduce parking with double yellows on one side and maybe residential permits. Improve footway quality. Reduce speed limit to 20mph
- Scheme name
- W.33
- Location
- Queen's Road
- Recommendation
- Add cycle symbols to road and improve signage (potential 'low traffic neighbourhood'), reduce parking with some double yellows, implement a 'school street'
- Scheme name
- W.32
- Location
- N-S route through O3 along The Firs
- Recommendation
- Upgrade existing path to a fully paved and lit route
- Scheme name
- W.11
- Location
- Chester Road between Pear Tree Lane and Bargates roundabout
- Recommendation
- Widen existing cycle lanes to be aligned with definitive national standards and extend them east to reach the roundabout. Provide improved crossing of roundabout for pedestrians and cyclists
- Scheme name
- W.10
- Location
- London Road and Brownlow Street
- Recommendation
- Improve existing cycle lanes and review crossing provision of London Road as well as side roads
- Scheme name
- W.34
- Location
- Beech Avenue
- Recommendation
- Create a 20mph zone for the western section on Beech Rd (connecting up to the off-road path) and then improvements (lighting, widening of path) on the off-road paths to accommodate pedestrians and cyclists. Then, a 20mph zone on the easterly connection point where the off-road path intersects with Waylands Close/Waylands Road
- Scheme name
- W.13
- Location
- Hatton Way and Wayland Road
- Recommendation
- Upgrade pathways to provide space for cyclists and improve signage to the railway station
- Scheme name
- W.19
- Location
- The Bullring, pedestrianised street
- Recommendation
- Improve integration with active travel network and improve urban form
- Scheme name
- W.35
- Location
- Park Avenue and connection to Sherrymill Hill including path through Jubilee Park
- Recommendation
- Enhance paths through Jubilee Park to act as hub for active travel in Whitchurch, potentially with mobility hub
- Scheme name
- W.29
- Location
- Connection from new estate to the east of Whitchurch into new employment at Waymills Industrial Estate
- Recommendation
- Provide active travel provision between new developments
- Scheme name
- W.05
- Location
- Ash Road to Ash Magna, Ash Parva, Ightfield and Calverhall
- Recommendation
- Deliver parallel shared path off-road
- Scheme name
- W.06
- Location
- Tarporley Road
- Recommendation
- Improve existing cycle lanes by aligning with definitive national standards
- Scheme name
- W.30
- Location
- Crossing of Waymills within the industrial estate
- Recommendation
- Provide active travel provision between new developments
- Scheme name
- W.08
- Location
- Doddington
- Recommendation
- Investigate cycle lanes
- Scheme name
- W.07
- Location
- Alkington Road
- Recommendation
- Investigate widening footway for shared path on one side and potentially double yellows on one side for improved cycle safety
- Scheme name
- W.31
- Location
- Whitchurch C of E School and Whitchurch C of E Infants and Nursery School access from Station Road
- Recommendation
- Improve safety at access point and enhance footways and crossing points (consider raised table)
- Scheme name
- W.09
- Location
- Back route around the town centre via the bus station
- Recommendation
- Develop safe route through car parks, including reducing vehicular circulation and access points
- Scheme name
- W.03
- Location
- Heath Road connecting to Prees Heath
- Recommendation
- Widen footway to shared path and paint double yellows
- Scheme name
- W.02
- Location
- Back access to Waymills Industrial Estate from the southern residential areas following public rights of way
- Recommendation
- Upgrade corridor and improve signage, ensuring no user loses their right of access (eg equestrians)
- Scheme name
- Location
- Recommendation
- Provide crossing of A525
- Scheme name
- W.26
- Location
- Prees Higher Heath to industrial estate
- Recommendation
- Investigate shared path on A41 and/or parallel to the B5065
- Scheme name
- W.25
- Location
- Connection between Prees Heath and Prees Higher Heath
- Recommendation
- Investigate cycle lanes and/or an off-road shared path
- Scheme name
- W.04
- Location
- Road to Prees
- Recommendation
- Introduce off-road shared path and/or cycle lanes
- Scheme name
- W.27
- Location
- Prees to Sandford Industrial Estate
- Recommendation
- Make a ‘quiet lane’ (route where special attention must be paid to walkers, cyclists and horse riders including protection from speeding traffic) and investigate addition of footway and/or parallel off-road shared path
- Scheme name
- W.21
- Location
- Connection along the college
- Recommendation
- Widen footway into shared path
- Scheme name
- W.28
- Location
- Connection to Tilstock
- Recommendation
- Make a ‘quiet lane’ (route where special attention must be paid to walkers, cyclists and horse riders including protection from speeding traffic) and investigate addition of footway and/or parallel off-road shared path
- Scheme name
- W.36
- Location
- Prees Road to A41
- Recommendation
- Create a ‘quiet lane’ (route where special attention must be paid to walkers, cyclists and horse riders including protection from speeding traffic) for the rural section and a 20mph zone for the residential part (Sedgeford/Dodington junction). Includes provision at the Heath Rd (A41)/Prees Rd Roundabout and the A525 (Whitchurch Bypass)/Prees Rd Roundabout
- Scheme name
- W.20
- Location
- Station Road and Waymills
- Recommendation
- Limited width for cycle provision, without removing parking. Consider widening footway on one side into shared path to station
- Scheme name
- W.01
- Location
- Claypit Street
- Recommendation
- Create a 20mph zone along route
- Scheme name
- W.15
- Location
- Sedgeford between Newport Road and B5476
- Recommendation
- Widen cycle lanes and consider also a shared path northbound side
- Scheme name
- W.23
- Location
- Rural access to the college from the southern residential area
- Recommendation
- Improve provision of path
- Scheme name
- W.16
- Location
- High Street and Green End
- Recommendation
- Consider closure to traffic, or as a minimum, contra flow cycle lanes
- Scheme name
- W.24
- Location
- Salisbury Road connection into school
- Recommendation
- Add cycle symbols to road and improve signage (potential 'low traffic neighbourhood'), reduce parking with some double yellows, implement a 'school street'
- Scheme name
- W.17
- Location
- Smallbrook Road through western residential area
- Recommendation
- Investigate adding cycle lanes and no parking on one side
- Scheme name
- W.51
- Location
- Connection to Edgeley along Edgeley Road and connecting into Ash Road
- Recommendation
- Upgrade existing pathway, limit through traffic
- Scheme name
- W.50
- Location
- Edgeley Road
- Recommendation
- Minor upgrades to pathway and improved signage
- Scheme name
- W.44
- Location
- Access into the hospital site from Claypit Street
- Recommendation
- Reduce speed limit to 20mph
- Scheme name
- W.49
- Location
- Sandstone Trail along the Llangollen Canal
- Recommendation
- Upgrade trail and integrate it into the active travel network
- Scheme name
- W.35
- Location
- Park Avenue and connection to Sherrymill Hill including path through Jubilee Park
- Recommendation
- Enhance paths through Jubilee Park to act as hub for active travel in Whitchurch, potentially with mobility hub
- Scheme name
- W.41
- Location
- Wrexham Road
- Recommendation
- Investigate lightly segregated cycle lanes
- Scheme name
- W.43
- Location
- Waymills between railway station and A525 roundabout
- Recommendation
- Introduce cycle lanes or shared path. Provide cyclist and pedestrian provision across roundabout
- Scheme name
- W.42
- Location
- Connection between Prees and Prees station
- Recommendation
- Investigate parallel route or off-road path for active travel to Prees Station
- Scheme name
- W.46
- Location
- Route along Bargates from High Street roundabout to the Chester Road roundabout
- Recommendation
- Make a 20mph zone
- Scheme name
- W.45
- Location
- Connection along Sedgeford from B5476 junction to the A525 roundabout
- Recommendation
- Extend shared path north to connect with scheme W.02