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Cycling Routes and Improvements – Please Keep Your Suggestions Coming!

11/08/2023JuliaArchive, LCWIP

Surrey County Council is developing a Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) for Guildford Borough to help determine where best to prioritise improvements. G-BUG, Guildford Borough Council and others are actively working with Surrey County Council’s contractor Atkins to produce a 10+ year prioritised programme of infrastructure schemes that require investment, so that when funding becomes available the councils immediately…

London Road – Ideas for Consultation Questions

23/07/2023JuliaArchive, London Road

Surrey County Council have launched a Miro board exercise. Here you can post questions you would like to have answered as part of the London Road Active Travel project consultation, due in September. The Miro Board is only open until Tuesday evening, so please make your thoughts known. Examples of questions you might like to…

Tour of the Greensand Sunday 6th August

22/07/2023JuliaArchive, Events

Tour of the Greensand is a gentler 31-mile, 2,400 ft ascent, alternative to the Tour of the Hills starting after the Tour of the Hills group depart at around 10.15am from Shere Village Hall, Gomshall Ln, Shere, Guildford GU5 9HE. Groups will be led by West Surrey Cycling Club ride leaders, or you can self…

Update: London Road Active Travel Scheme

14/07/2023JuliaArchive, London Road

You may be wondering why it’s all gone a bit quiet. Well it hasn’t. The Stakeholder group of interested local parties, including G-BUG, has met twice, and will meet two further times by end July. The Group’s purpose is to help design the public consultation package that will give you your chance to express your…

Walking and cycling improvements in Guildford – what would you like to see?

12/07/2023JuliaArchive, LCWIP

Surrey County Council is developing a Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) for Guildford to help determine where best to prioritise improvements. Pinpoint your suggestions on their interactive map here. If you have suggestions for whole new routes, add them to plotaroute.com (its free to sign up). Name the route “G-LCWIP Suggestion A to B”, include…

Next Kidical Mass Guildford Ride: 24th September

03/07/2023JuliaArchive, Events

Kidical Mass Guildford are aiming to organise another mass bike ride to coincide with Guildford’s car free day on Sunday September 24th. Put it in your diaries! To hear about further details, please join the G-BUG community, or visit our Events page for updates.

Tour of the Hills – Sunday 6th August 2023

08/06/2023JuliaArchive, Events

Tour of The Hills is on Sunday 6th of August, starting in Shere. Entry fee includes excellent drinks and snacks before, during and after the ride. The Audax event is run by our local Cycling UK affiliated West Surrey Cycling Club. The ride is tough; 76 miles with 7200 feet of climbing. However, because the course…

600 kids and grown-ups take to the streets across Surrey to call for safe cycle routes

09/05/2023JuliaArchive, Events

Yesterday the streets of Guildford and Redhill were alive with crowds of children celebrating the joy of cycling and highlighting the need for more safe cycle routes in Surrey. Over 300 people of all ages took part in Guildford and 280 in Redhill, from babies in trailers to grandparents on e-bikes. Despite the damp weather,…

Kidical Mass Ride Guildford, Monday 8th May

03/05/2023JuliaArchive, Events

Kidical Mass Guildford are organising their first ride around Guildford! These rides are organised to demonstrate the need and demand for better cycling infrastructure so children can cycle safely. A slow-paced, marshalled community bike ride designed for riders of all ages and all abilities (children must be accompanied by a grown-up). We will start and…

Walnut Tree Close – Success!

01/05/2023JuliaArchive, Walnut Tree Close

Following the one-way trial along Walnut Tree Close, G-BUG is delighted that Surrey County Council have decided to make it permanent. The scheme has many benefits including better air quality, improved safety for all road users. It creates a dedicated, safe cycle route from the university and A25, from Ladymead to Guildford’s town centre and the railway station, and turns a dangerous commuter rat…