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Bedford Borough has lots of opportunities for you to walk, cycle or ride for both leisure and business journeys.
You can improve your health, discover the most attractive parts of the area, learn about history and even travel more quickly.
We have lots of options for walkers of all abilities, including:
These organisations can help you get the most out of cycling in the town and countryside of Bedford Borough:
We offer reduced rate cycle training for any resident within Bedford Borough. Sessions are £5 and are bespoke to suit individual needs.
So if you’re a complete beginner, or want to gain some confidence to get back into cycling, you can book a session by emailing stuart.duncan@bedford.gov.uk.
Three Wheelers is a non-commercial (members only) club enabling adults with physical disabilities to get back to feeling “the wind in their hair”.
Three Wheelers has semi-recumbent trikes you can “pedal” either with your feet, your hands or even with your prosthetics if you haven’t got hands or feet.
If you can transfer and sit on a chair then you can balance on a semi recumbent tricycle. You will get an individual assessment required to see if it’s right for you - a small cost can apply.
If it works for you, and you join the Three Wheeler (Bedford) club, regular rides take place on Wednesday afternoons and Friday mornings at Mowsbury Park, Bedford on a pay as you go basis.
Phone Jennie on 07830 147002 or email threewheelersbedford.@gmail.com.
A combination of cycle lanes, National Cycle Network routes and the National Byway makes Bedford Borough a great place to cycle.
If you are a developer, please read our Cycle Parking Design Guidance (Chapter 5 of Parking Standards for Sustainable Communities: Design & Good Practice SPD 2014) which states numeric and design requirements for each type of development (Planning Use Class).