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| 24 Feb 2011 | Download | Download | |
| 09 Jun 2011 | Download | Download | |
| 26 Jan 2012 (AGM) | Download |
Winter is not the ideal time to get out on your bike but barring hell and high water the benefits of empty bike racks at key points around the town and avoiding parking problems and charges mean there’s still plenty of reasons to break out the wheels and get pedalling!
As always, and especially as the light goes earlier and earlier, the most important thing is to be safe. Follow these tips and you increase your chances of making it through winter with a healthier heart and a fatter wallet!
If you are unsure how to service your bike take it to a qualified bike mechanic in a shop rather than take the risk on the road.
A little known cycle service makes it easy to cycle in France (and back)
The Eurotunnel Cycle Service operates 7 days a week carrying cycles on specially adapted trailers and cyclists in a spacious comfortable minibus.
Depending upon the volume of traffic and the discretion of the driver, you may be able to take advantage of the facilities in the UK and French Passenger Terminal Buildings.
The fare is the same for adults and children with cycles. Children accompanying their parents on a child seat travel free of charge. Tandems are charged by the number of seats, occupied or not. Trailer prices are dependent on the size.
| Standard single | £16 |
| Day Trip return | £16 |
| Standard return | £32 |
To make a reservation, contact the Sales Support Department on 01303 282201, Monday to Friday between 09:00 and 17:30. Unless otherwise specified, your booking cannot be refunded. Amendments can be made, subject to availability and up to 24 hours notice before departure.
Tickets for travel with Eurotunnel are covered by current Conditions of Carriage. Please read them before travelling for certain exclusions of liability.
In the UK the pick-up/drop-off point for cyclists is at the Holiday Inn Express Folkestone - Channel Tunnel. 08:00 and 15:30*
In France the pick-up/drop-off point for cyclists is at the car park of the Centre d'Affaires, (next to the Marques Avenue designer outlet centre). 12:30 and 18:00*
* Local times
A maximum of 6 cyclists and their cycles can be carried on any departure. Please contact the Sales Support Department to arrange travel for a larger group.
Exit M20 junction 12 direction Cheriton, A20. At the roundabout, take 3rd exit keeping to right hand lane direction Cheriton/Sandgate. Follow signs MOD, the Holiday Inn Express will be on your left.
Alight at Folkestone West Railway Station. Turn left out of the station onto Station Road. Turn left into Cheriton Road going into Cheriton High Street. Take left turn (towards Tesco’s). Follow signs MOD, the Holiday Inn Express will be on your left.
Parking at the Holiday Inn Express Folkestone - Channel Tunnel is available for a daily fee, paid directly to the hotel. No reservations can be made in advance and is subject to availability.
For further information call 01303 298 450.
A new website is coming soon. See cycleshepway.org.uk.
The Cycle Shepway (formerly Shepway Cycle Forum) AGM will be taking place at 7pm on January 26 2012 at Shepway Civic Centre. Cyclists who live or work in the area are encouraged to attend in order to help further cycling in the district.
National Cycle Route 2 west of Hythe has recently been extended to follow more of the path beside the Royal Military Canal. The increased traffic-free stretch extends beyond West Hythe to Aldergate Bridge following the southern boundary of Port Lympne wild animal park. You may even catch a glance of some of the animals in the park, as pictured.
The new path of National Cycle Route 2 can be seen on OpenCycleMap.
We’ve asked all of the candidates for councillors in Ashford Borough, Canterbury District, Dover District, Shepway District, Swale Borough, and Thanet District for their views on a number of cycling-related topics. Their answers can be found on our May 2011 election page.
Following on from yesterday’s post about the Shepway Cycling Plan, it was adopted last night. We now look forward to the improvements that it will bring for cyclists across the whole of Shepway district. Well done to everybody that campaigned to see its introduction, with particular congratulations to the Shepway Cycle Forum.
The councillors that sit on Shepway’s Joint Transportation Board will decide whether to approve Shepway’s Cycle Plan tonight. The plan has been in the making for several years. Shepway Cycle Forum and Spokes have been involved with much of the consultation on the document and have been campaigning for its introduction for quite some time. The introduction of the plan will allow developments within the district to be judged assessed against the plan for how they contribute to its policies. This means, for example, that new developments should provide cycle parking provision and, if of sufficient scale, cycle paths.
The final draft document can be found in the meeting’s agenda:
http://www.shepway.gov.uk/moderngov/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=150&MId=221&Ver=4
We look forward to a positive decision tonight.
Kent County Council and Kent Highway Services have put Shepway Cycling Plan out for public consultation. Shepway Cycle Forum have been campaigning for a cycling strategy for a number of years. We encourage you to make your representation to the plan.
Members of Shepway Cycle Forum had encouraging meetings with Conservative candidate Damian Collins and Lib/Dem candidate Lynne Beaumont in the run up to the General Election. Both pledged support for the forum, particularly in the protracted ongoing consultations with Kent Highway Services over a cycling strategy for Shepway.
With Damian Collins now installed as the new MP for Folkestone and Hythe, the forum looks forward to some heavyweight political clout in the campaign to raise the profile and facilities for cycling in Shepway. Meanwhile, Lynne Beaumont, who took a spin on bike on Sandgate seafront after her meeting, proved helpful in identifying local politicians with cycling sympathies.
The venue for both meetings was kindly supplied by the newly opened cycle and coffee shop The Hub in Sandgate High Street.
A brand new cycle shop, “The Hub Cycle Shop“, will open in Sandgate at 2pm this Saturday 8th May. British Olympic Gold Medallist Jamie Staff will open the shop which can be found at 61-63 Sandgate High Street. The shop also contains a coffee shop.