As part of the response to the Derbyshire Key Cycle Network consultation, we’ve created a document laying out the arguments (and supporting data) for the Derwent Valley Cycleway. This document shows how strong the benefits from creating the cycleway are, and, we believe, makes the overwhelmingly argument for including the Cycleway as a priority in the Key Cycle Network.
The document can be found here (3.5MB).
Did you know that Saturday, April 30th, was Local Bike Shop Day ?! To celebrate this auspicious day our Chair, Derek Latham, visited local bike shops with his wife Pauline. Pauline is MP for Mid-Derbyshire, and a staunch advocate of the Derwent Valley Cycleway. She can now promote the shops on her website, encouraging more…
Aside from the Fiver for Wyver campaign, our team has been active applying for funds. During November we have applied to British Cycling, Derbyshire County Council Youth Action Grant, and Toyota Manufacturing UK Charity Trust. All of these were for sums of less than ten thousand pounds, but winning any one of them (or more…
Representatives of the Derwent Valley Cycleway were at the Belper Goes Green festival today and generated lots of interest in the project. Loads of people expressed their support for the project and stated how much it was needed and how they would make use of it. About 50 people signed up to be kept informed…
The Derby Cycling Group (a supporter of the Derwent Valley Cycleway) have published a “tube” map showing the quality of existing cycle routes in the Derby area. The latest version of the map can be found here Of particular interest to the Derwent Valley Cycleway is the obvious lack of adequate cycling provision in the…
The Ramblers’ Don’t Lose Your Way campaign has found 49,138 miles of rights of way missing from the definitive map in England and Wales, which it is now racing to save by 2026. 49,138 miles of historic paths – enough to stretch around the world nearly twice – are missing from official maps in England…
The Peak Cycle links project to produce a circular route from Matlock through Bakewell and Buxton is currently in a consultation phase and your comments would be welcomed. This route will complement the Derwent Valley Cycleway (DVC) and, by providing a link from the northern end of the DVC to the route around the Peak…