Cycling in Sheffield
The local cycling group hosted the CycleNation / CTC national conference and AGM on 15 October 2011, details at http://www.cyclesheffield.org.uk/conference/
Sheffield is the fourth largest city in England by population. Although hilly, it is compact and has few major trunk roads. The City has a developing strategic cycle network consisting of off-road cycle tracks, some on-road cycle lanes, bus lanes and traffic-calmed and 20mph zones and maximising the use of the city's river valleys. The council is developing a strategy for implementing a default 20mph speed limit in residential areas. The "Heart of the City" project, encompassing the route from the railway station up to the City Centre and including the Winter Gardens and Peace Gardens, has been commended for high quality design and access for all. The Cycle Ring Route, running parallel to the Inner Ring Road and passing the railway station, is well signposted and should get you started in the direction you want to go if you are a new arrival to the city.
The Trans-Pennine Trail, a National Cycle Network route running from Southport in the north-west to Hornsea in the East Riding passes through to the North and East of the city and a new section of NCN6, connecting Sheffield with Manchester via the Hope Valley, one of the most scenic parts of the Peak District, is being developed. There are many other cycle routes going along country paths in the woods surrounding the city. Mountain Biking is popular in areas such as Wharncliffe Woods and road biking is very popular in the Peak District into which the city's boundaries extend.
Monthly Friday night rides, timed to coincide with the full moon, are run by http://www.sfnr.org.uk/
Latest photos of the area
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Random cycle parking at Meadowhall station car park, and a narrow A-frame barrier obstructing the path that leads between the car park and an office block over to a hotel.
Waiting for the toucan crossing across Sheaf Street to change. It did take a while. Across the road is the city's railway station.
Some overly tall cycle parking stands, complete with a broken bike, next to the covered walkway between the bus station and the railway station.
One side of the double bridge on Shude Hill has been closed off to motor vehicles and is available for cycling. The roadway through the other arch is one-way.
The shared cycleway on Park Grange Road looking suspiciously like an ordinary footway, and certainly no wider than an ordinary footway.
Route signs at Spring Lane. The route to the left along Spring Lane appeared to go right through the tramstop platform.
A curious route sign advising cyclists on the (tram only at that point) tramway of an unspecified cycle route to the right at Castle Square.
A 20mph zone and shared footway at West Bar. I maybe should have taken the photo a little way back to show better how the dropped kerb is the wrong side of the 'give way' line at the West Bar roundabout, which could cause problems for a ... [more]
End of the long-term roadworks (see #112483), a cycle lane up Corporation Street, and more redevelopment work imminent.
A turn from Alma Street at Kelham Island signed only with a Sustrans sticker, although continuing along the street ends up at the toucan crossing at Borough Bridge anyway.
Temporary roadworks signage hinting at what's to come - the effective end of the cycle lanes through the roadworks zone. The dropped kerb allows cycle access to and from the riverside path, although there is a build-up of mud evident in ... [more]
An overrun area for U-turning vehicles on new Derek Dooley Way gyratory layout, but judging from the tyre marks on the footway, even this is insufficient.
Cycle markings through the junction onto Derek Dooley Way, where almost all traffic, in both lanes, turns right.
'Narrow Lanes Ahead - Give cyclists room'. Having looked at Streetview, I think the direction sign for 'city centre' refers to using the toucan crossings across Derek Dooley Way to get to Johnson Street. But if I was arriving here for th ... [more]
Long-term roadworks indicated by a sign fixed to a lighting column, and not a temporary sign dumped in the cycle lane!
A narrow island forming part of a staggered toucan crossing. This isn't going to work well if more than one person tries to use it at the same time in opposite directions.
Painted cycle lane on Wicker, and off-side bus lane leading to a bus gate at the Derek Dooley Way junction.
A toucan crossing across Wicker, and a point to leave the carriageway to either use the crossing or join the path to the riverside. I'm uncertain what the role of the bollard is.
Cycle access to and across Shalesmoor at the end of Bowling Green Street, although the toucan crossing is staggered.
A point to leave the A61 Shalesmoor dual carriageway and turn right using the toucan crossing, or turn left to access Bowling Green Street (at #112466).
Was the budget for the Cobweb Bridge so tight there was no money left for a proper sign at the turn, hence the use of Sustrans stickers?
A 'Cyclists Dismount' sign on the same pole as a sign saying cycling is allowed. Are cyclists only meant to dismount to go around the corner then remount?
The lack of a proper dropped kerb at the end of the Cobweb Bridge at #112458 encourages cyclists to use the footway in Sussex Street.
A shared-use footway on Broad Street West, which has been made one-way, so making it possible to continue using it both ways by bike.
A traffic boom across NCN6, with a little gap at the side. Would rising bollards (or even a cheaper padlocked drop bollard) not be more appropriate, leaving more space for those on foot and bike?
A poor transition between two bits of shared footway, and attracting mud. Why is this not on a straight through alignment for cyclists?
A cycleway on the footway at the huge Park Square roundabout, partly obstructed by temporary signs for roadworks.
A 'Cyclists Dismount' sign with no obvious reason why dismounting is advised. Maybe cyclists should join the carriageway here.
Bump up over the kerb to join this 10m long cycleway, dodge a sign and then bump down behind the give way line of a side road.
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