The Government has asked each Council across the country to create a Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP). This is an important document as it shows what the Council wish to achieve relating to Active Travel for the next 15 years. For our area, the Councils for Derby City, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire have…
The intricacies of planning procedures means that we need your help again. You may recall that back in late 2020, planning applications for the Darley Abbey to A38 (Ford Lane) section of the Cycleway were submitted to both Derby City and Erewash Borough Councils. The southern part of the planned route falls within the City,…
The bridge across the Derwent from Darley Abbey to Darley Abbey Mills was suddenly closed earlier in the year when safety issues were identified. After a lot of confusion as to who was responsible for the bridge, Derby City Council undertook to provide a temporary replacement. This temporary bridge (planned for 12 months usage) has…
Derbyshire County Council are holding an event on the 28th September 2022 to inform the public (and to collect feedback) on the plans to convert the disused Little Eaton branch line to a cycle and walking route. The scope is to connect directly to the National Cycle Network route 54 at the junction of the…
Back in 2020 planning applications were submitted to both Derby City Council (responsible for the southern section) and Erewash Borough Council (responsible for the northern section) for the necessary permission to build the Derwent Valley Cycleway from Darley Abbey to the Ford Lane junction with the A38 across the fields near to the River Derwent….
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…
This Spring term we are again benefitting from the services of an intern, Domas, from the University of Derby. We last had University interns back in the Autumn term of 2020. Domas brings expertise in media production, and is working with a camera mounted on a drone to film overhead footage of the cycleway route. Results…
Derek Latham (75), Chair of the Derwent Valley Trust, was nearly home when cycling from Sutton on the Hill last Sunday. He had just passed the A38 roundabout on Duffield Road going North. Looking over his shoulder to check no one was immediately behind, he put his right arm out to signal a right hand…
We wrote about Pushbike Paul in our December 2020 Newsletter, and the brilliant fundraising work he does. Are new bikes on your family’s Christmas list? Are you having a sort out of those old bikes in your shed? Please donate your old bikes to Push Bike Paul who restores and sells them in aid of…
Just in time for the Christmas shopping season, we have set up Derwent Valley Trust as a “cause” on Easyfundraising! You can now go via this link and register with Easyfundraising, naming Derwent Valley Trust as your cause. Then every time you go online to shop, go via Easyfundraising.org.uk to the retailer’s website and it…