mastodon 4.6.8We campaign for better cycling infrastructure in the city and surrounding area so that everyone, regardless of age or ability, has a choice of how to get about.
Let's make Norwich a fine city for cycling!
School Streets - could they be the answer to solving the school run problem? We take a look at what's involved.
https://www.norwichcyclingcampaign.org/safer-school-runs-why-norwich-needs-camera-enforced-school-streets/
Great turnout for our campaigner's workshop on Tuesday night with Duncan Dollimore, Cycling UK's Head of campaigns. The upcoming local government reorganisation will offer many challenges, but there will be opportunities too!
We’re excited to announce we’ll be running a FREE campaigner’s workshop on Tuesday 24th March with Duncan Dollimore, Head of campaigns at Cycling UK as our guest speaker.
What will a mayoral authority mean for Norfolk and Suffolk, and what should we be asking of the new mayor?
Everyone welcome. The View Room, First Floor, The Forum, Norwich from 6-8pm.
Register here: luma.com/pyggw8l3
After years of lobbying, the damaged wands on the Earlham Road cycle lanes have finally been replaced. The wands are a new design without the wide black base, something we have been pressing for, so we’re pleased to see this.
Today in a Westminster Hall debate entitled “Women’s Safety While Walking, Wheeling, Cycling and Running”, Norwich North MP Alice Macdonald highlighted our Women’s Cycling Safety Audit as a vital model for gathering data on women’s lived experience of cycling.
The everyday barriers women face when cycling aren’t minor issues - they’re shaping national conversations about safety.
But we need more local voices. If you’ve ever felt held back from cycling because of safety concerns - whether it’s infrastructure, traffic or how safe you feel - please share your experience in our survey: https://www.norwichcyclingcampaign.org/womensaudit-survey/
Your lived experience is evidence — and it helps push for change.
We’re hosting a zine-making workshop as part of our Women's Cycling Safety Audit.
We’re inviting women, girls and gender-diverse people to use collage, drawing and writing to create zines — handmade mini-magazines — about their experiences of cycling in Norwich. It’s not about being “good at art” — it’s about telling stories that don’t always get heard.
No registration required — just come along on the day!
Find out more about the audit:
https://www.norwichcyclingcampaign.org/womensaudit
This Friday 30th January! First Critical Mass Norwich ride of 2026. Meet outside the Forum. 6:00pm for a 6:30pm ride start.
As part of the Women's Cycling Safety Audit, we’re holding drop-in sessions across the city in February and March. Our first session will be at the wonderful Bread & Roses Community Cafe on Vauxhall Street.
We want to hear from women, girls and gender-diverse people about cycling in Norwich — what works well, what doesn’t and what makes cycling feel difficult or unsafe.
There’ll be:
- Mapping activities
- A short survey
- Creative activities
- Free refreshments
- Free cycling goodies
Drop in, share your experiences and help shape safer cycling in Norwich.
Find out more:
https://www.norwichcyclingcampaign.org/womensaudit/
This spring, Norwich Cycling Campaign is launching a Women’s Cycling Safety Audit — a city-wide project to understand how safe cycling feels for women, girls and gender-diverse people in Norwich, and what needs to change to make everyday cycling work better for everyone.
Across the UK, women are less likely to cycle than men. This audit looks beyond the statistics, centring the lived, everyday experiences of women cycling in Norwich.
Over the coming months, we’ll be running activities across the city to gather women’s experiences. These will feed into an after-dark, on-the-ground audit of Norwich’s cycleways, and a final report with clear, practical recommendations for change.
If safety or street design has shaped your cycling choices, your experiences are central to this work. There are lots of ways to take part — including drop-in sessions, group rides, a zine-making workshop, an online survey and the audit itself.
Find out more:
https://www.norwichcyclingcampaign.org/womensaudit
Too often the assumption is that making streets safer "for everyone" will naturally make cycling safer for women too.
This latest blog explores why women-centred approaches are essential if cycling is truly going to be accessible to all.
https://www.norwichcyclingcampaign.org/when-for-everyone-isnt-enough-what-it-takes-to-make-cycling-work-for-all/
New video on the dangerous crossing being proposed for the A47 at Longwater.
Norfolk County Council knew in 2014 that a dedicated walking and cycling bridge was "essential" (their words) to provide a safe crossing, so why are we still going ahead with a narrow “get off and push” footway inches from HGVs?
https://youtu.be/zNPzeGPXV5k?si=vW4qiESUGlHuhCNI
Our season of social rides got off to a fine start today as we headed out to Ketteringham and Hethersett.
On the way there we took in the massive roadworks at the A47 Thickthorn junction from the top of the old footbridge.
