Spokes Blog

Spokes attended Canterbury City Council’s Development Control Committee meeting last night and were pleased to hear that some student accommodation at Parham Road got granted planning permission. Part of the development includes plans for a riverside cycling and walking route. This route, together with an existing section behind Sargeant’s Parade, and other sections soon to be delivered through to Kingsmead will enable cyclists and pedestrians a much safer and more pleasant route to and from the city centre. We look forward to seeing the St. Radigund’s Street to Kingsmead section developed now to extend the cycle route into the city centre itself. We’d also like to see the cycle route extended behind Asda.

For much more background on the overall riverside cycling and walking route within Canterbury please take a look at these pages from the Future Routes section of our website:

• St. Radigund’s Street to Kingsmead bridge
• Kingsmead bridge to Barton Mill
• Barton Mill to Vauxhall Avenue

In addition to the riverside route the planning application will provide funding for the conversion of Mary Green Walk, on the opposite side of Sturry Road, to be converted to allow cycle access. This will create a much needed cycle route over to the Canterbury Christ Church University campus from the new student accommodation.