Confirmed panellists are: Frances Haigh, Horsham East (Lib Dem) David Hide, Horsham Riverside (Lab) Andrew Baldwin, Horsham East (Con) Peter Shaw, Southwater & Nuthurst (Green) Come to the Horsham Cycle Debate and ask the candidates in the West Sussex County elections how they will make our streets safer for everyone, including people on bikes. Each of the main […]

In a study published today the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) says that road building and its associated development simply generates more traffic, which in turn creates pressure for more road building. The study into the economic benefits of road building found that any respite from congestion provided by a new or widened road […]

The fledgling East Grinstead cycle forum has chalked up its first success as a cycle contra-flow closed since 2011 is finally reinstated! The new cycle forum was set up by local residents Paul Brown and Ros Furley in frustration at the lack of safe space for cycling in the town and after being inspired by attending the West […]

Forum members attended a workshop organised by Cycling UK for the relaunch of the Space for Cycling campaign. The focus of the event held in Southwark Town Hall was on a simple inclusive message that will resonate with the wider public, not just people who cycle. We are all familiar with the benefits that cycling brings – better […]

UPDATE 20/12/16: The inaugural meeting of the EG Cycle Forum will take place on Saturday 14th January at 11:00am in the activity room of East Grinstead library. Please contact Paul Brown (brownempaul@gmail.com) for further details. Inspired by the West Sussex Cycle Summit and frustrated at the lack of safe space for cycling in the town, local […]

It is occasionally and erroneously stated that underpasses are unsafe and difficult to build. However, underpasses are already used safely and successfully in Horsham, e.g. the North Street Subway, the track to the Horsham golf club and also the newly created tunnel under the M23 at Handcross. All are safe and not intimidating when properly designed […]

We have submitted the following response to the planning application for the old Waitrose site in Piries Place. DC/16/2506 | Partial redevelopment, conversion and change of use of numbers 1-17 Piries Place, the former Waitrose service area for mixed uses comprising A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, C1, D2 uses, new Piries Place public realm extending […]

At the West Sussex Cycle Summit held in County Hall, Chichester on the 30th September delegates heard of the huge economic benefits that investing in cycle infrastructure can bring to the county, and how businesses are calling for high-quality cycle routes that will enable employers to safely get to work. Cllr Peter Smith, Cabinet member […]

I last visited Amsterdam over 30 years ago so a return trip was long overdue. My teenage son came along and whilst we ostensibly came to see the Dutch Masters and eat chips with mayonnaise out of paper cups we could hardly not take the opportunity to ride a bike in this self-styled “cycling capital of the World”. You don’t […]