New bike shelter and racks installed in Winchester city centre

The racks are on Kings Walk, next to Bespoke Biking and South Downs Social café, and the new shelter is in Middle Brook Street car park. 

They are suitable for ordinary push bikes as well as cargo bikes and trailer parking, with a number of larger racks now available. 

Cycle Winchester shared the news on Twitter yesterday, praising Winchester City Council for the new additions.

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The local community action group aims to make Winchester more cycle-friendly by campaigning for better cycling conditions.

Their target is to reduce traffic congestion and pollution around the city by encouraging people to travel by bike. 

Winchester City Council responded to Cycle Winchester’s post on Twitter indicating that there is another bike shelter being built in Colebrook Street car park that is near completion.

The success of the council movement strategy depends on reducing car usage in the city centre, hence the expansion of park and ride and work to see how cycle routes can be improved.

Secretary for Cycle Winchester Rob Jordan said: “It’s great that there’s more capacity for parking, which is something that we’ve been asking for and waiting for, for a long time. So, I do appreciate that the city council have been pushing this along as fast as they can. 

“It’s great that there are cargo cycle spaces. I know we have a number of people who are involved in Cycle Winchester who are riding alternative bikes and find it difficult to use conventional spaces,” he added. 

“It feels really good, because sometimes it feels like it takes forever to get things done, so I do appreciate when something new gets delivered.”