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For more detailed information go to the Bath & North East Someset website by clicking here.
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Click here to download the Colliers Way Cycle Map and here to download the ride description.
The Project - This initiative (previously known as the Bath to Frome Shared-Use Path and Rail Project), is part of National Route 24 of the National Cycle Network. It is intended for use by cyclists, pedestrians and wheelchair users. Wherever possible, horse-riders are able to use the route as well. However, the traffic-free sections of the route are generally permissive paths, and their availability to horse-riders depends entirely upon the conditions negotiated by Sustrans with the landowner.
NCN24 will eventually run from Dundas to Southampton and Portsmouth, and from Longleat House it will link to Route 25 to Poole and Route 26 to Weymouth. It re-uses surviving lengths of former railway lines, connected by quiet country lanes. Construction will progress as funding becomes available, so you may find that some sections are incomplete.
From Dundas to Monkton Combe, the path largely follows the route of the old Hallatrow to Limpley Stoke Branch Line. Between Midford and Radstock, National Route 24 follows the route of the old Somerset and Dorset Railway to provide an off-road traffic-free route wherever possible. At Radstock, the Colliers Way links with the Greenway that enables further traffic-free cycling to Midsomer Norton.
From Radstock to Great Elm, the path will follow the route of the old Radstock to Frome Branch Line that was built by the Great Western Railway (GWR). At Great Elm, the path will leave the railway route as the line is operational at this point and carries stone from Whatley Quarry. The end of the off-road section will again be linked to Frome by relatively quiet country lanes.
Website: www.bikeforall.net
Resource: The National Cycling Strategy Board and the Department for Transport has produced a user friendly eye catching 'bike for all' website to promote cycling to potential cyclists of all ages.
Parents and children who want to know where can they get training, where the safest traffic-free routes are and what sort of bike should they buy should go to the Bikeforall.net website which is designed to provide answers to these and other questions.
Selectamark Security Systems Plc
1 Locks Court
429 Crofton Road
Locksbottom, Kent BR6 8NL.
Tel: 01689 860 757
Fax: 01689 860 693.
E-mail: sales@selectamark.co.uk
Website: www.bikeregister.com
Resource: The scheme is operated in conjunction with major bicycle retailers and manufacturers to effectively assist with the return of stolen bikes to their rightful owners through state-of-the-art bike ID and an on-line recovery register.
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CTC (Cyclists’ Touring Club)
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Cotterell House
69 Meadrow 217
Godalming
Surrey, GU7 3HS
Tel: 0870 873 0060
E-mail: cycling@ctc.org.uk
Website: www.ctc.org.uk
Resource: National organization offering information on cycling. The UK’s national cyclists’ organisation campaigns for improved cycling facilities in urban and rural areas, justice for injured cyclists and for the right to ride whether that be on or off-road. Benefits of membership include free third party insurance and legal claims service, discounts off holidays and many products in local cycle shops, a magazine and a free copy of Cyclists Welcome a commercially available directory of UK accommodation and services for cyclists. For more information visit the CTC website.
Simon A. Holt & Co. Solicitors
89 Fishergate Hill
Preston
PR1 8JD
Tel: Freephone 0800 387 815
Website: www.cycleaid.co.uk
E-mail: injuries@cycleaid.co.uk
Resource: For legal advice on cycle accidents. Cycle Aid provide a FREEPHONE helpline 24 hours a day where a fully qualified Solicitor or Legal Executive will provide initial advice on your potential claim.
Hill View, Rock Hill
Wrantage, Taunton
TA3 6DW
Tel: 01823 288 973
E-mail: Holmorp@aol.com
Webiste: www.cyclesomerset.org.uk
Resource: Actively involved in campaigning for better provision for people who cycle in and around Somerset. Cycle Somerset organise a variety of rides, ranging from a couple of hours to week long tours and believe cycling should be a pleasure not a race or an endurance test. The club has members from all walks of life, male, female, young and old. Families are particularly welcome and account for a large proportion of their membership. Click here for an online membership application form.
86 Colston Street
Bristol
BS1 5BB
Tel: 0117 929 0440
Fax: 0117 927 7774
E-mail: post@lifecycleuk.org.uk
Website: www.lifecycleuk.org.uk
Resource: Life Cycle UK's vision is of healthy individuals, inclusive communities and an unspoilt natural environment. They work towards these goals by promoting a form of travel that is simple, affordable and equitable - the bicycle! Through a range of innovative, practical projects Life Cycle UK helps people discover - or rediscover - cycling.
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National Cycling Strategy
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Zone 3/17
Gt Minster House
76 Marsham St
London SW1P 4DR
Tel: 020 7944 2977
Fax: 020 7944 2167
E-mail: TAL@dft.gsi.gov.uk
Website: www.nationalcyclingstrategy.org.uk
Resource: The National Cycling Strategy aims to increase the use of bicycles for all types of joutney. It has a target to quadruple the number of trips made by bicycle by 2012 on 1996 levels.
35 King Street
Bristol, BS1 4DZ
Tel: 0117 929 0888
E-mail: info@sustrans.org.uk
Website: www.sustrans.org.uk
Resource: For information about National Cycle Network routes, Safe Routes to Schools, and free information sheets, send for a catalogue to the address above or visit the Sustrans website.
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Somerset Adult Cycle Training
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Unit 11
Belvedere Trading Estate
Taunton
TA1 1BH
Tel: 01823 272 479
Somerset County Council
Somerset Tourism
County Hall
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 4DY
Sylvie Phillips
Information Officer
Tel: 01823 355 255
Fax: 01823 355 529
E-mail: scphillips@somerset.gov.uk
Website: www.somerset.gov.uk/celebratingsomerset and
www.somerset.gov.uk/celebratingsomerset/visitors/pages/subs/cycling
Resource: For information about leisure cycling in Somerset including route information and accomodation.
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