Beat the Street Burnley

✨📲 SUMMER COMPETITION ✨📲

The perfect competition for all you Beat the Street players ☺️ Can Burnley beat Rossendale? Will your school come out on top?

Looking for an extra FREE activity this summer!
Bring trails to life on your mobile phone for free and maybe win a prize or two!

⭐The Burnley and Rossendale Primary School Competition starts tomorrow! ⭐

From the 20th July until 31st August complete as many Maprun courses as you can to give points for your school! Complete 3 or more courses to go into a prize draw for a £50 Amazon voucher and the school with the most courses completed wins a £250 Decathlon voucher to spend on school sport supplies! 🤑

Full details including 'how to guides' on downloading and using the app, plus where to get involved can be found on https://www.pfo.org.uk/news/burnley-rossendale-schools-maprun-competion 💻

Simply download the FREE Maprun run app (it does not even use data when in use!) to bring trails to life around you and complete the courses at ANY TIME.

🔴 IMPORTANT - Make sure when you sign up, you add the school code after your surname so we can see you in the results!

🗺️ Anybody can represent the school of their choice - so tag your schools, friends, family, neighbours and encourage them to get involved! 🗺

Burnley Leisure & Culture Burnley Council ParkPlay Burnley Park Yoga Burnley Friends Of Queens And Thompson Park Friends of Towneley Park Burnley School Sport Partnership Burnley Family Hub Pendle Forest Orienteers Page @

This is something for all you Beat the Street fans! 🙊 Watch this space and get the whole family involved with this summer! 🙌🏽

Something exciting is coming!!

We can't wait to partner with Rossendale and Burnley's School Sports Partnerships over the summer in an exciting new collaboration! 🚩

Which borough will come out on top?

Which school will have the most pupils active? ✨

Where are the prizes heading? 🤩

Come back on Monday for the big reveal!

Last few hours open at the pop up shop tomorrow! Where has time gone! 😬
Stock is limited but there are still some amazing bikes up for grabs, especially adult road bikes and even a great junior road bike for only £25! 🚲

They'll still be around in Burnley though, so keep your eyes peeled at Down Town 👀

It’s our last day at the pop up shop in Burnley tomorrow 🥹. We will be open 11-1.30

Although our time at the current location has come to an end we will still have a small stock of children bikes Available from Community Grocery Burnley thanks to The Calico Group for giving us some space there to carry on . Bikes will be available from there next week.

We just wanted to thank you for your support at the Burnley pop up - both by coming and buying bikes but also for donating and sharing the work we are doing . We’ve really enjoyed our time there .

Big thank you to Burnley Leisure & Culture Charter Walk, Burnley Burnley West Primary Care Network Breaking Cycles CIC for making this little venture possible !

Keep cycling ! Active Lancashire

🚲🚨 Final week alert! Our Active Cycles pop-up shop is closing after this week, so it's your last chance to grab a great deal on a refurbished bike.

Stay tuned to the Active Cycles page for updates on where you can find the recycled bikes in Burnley in the future.

And remember, the Accrington shop will remain open to serve your cycling need



Charter Walk, Burnley Burnley Council Burnley Leisure & Culture

❌The Active Cycles Pop Up in Burnley will be closed this Wednesday❌

Our Pop-Up shop in Charter Walk, Burnley will be closed on Wednesday . We are open Tuesday 9-12, Thursday 11-3 and Saturday 11-2 this week . Burnley Leisure & Culture Active Lancashire

⭐👀 ParkPlay Burnley are looking for ParkPlay Leaders for our up and coming ParkPlay at Scotts park 👀⭐

This is a paid role, £15 an hour for two hours on a Saturday morning 🙌🏽

Parents, grandparents, your neighbour, older siblings, whoever it may be.... The role of a park play leader is simply about encouraging people to come together and play 😊

Don't worry, no qualifications are needed and you do not have to commit to every Saturday morning (unless you want to).
We're looking for people who can support once or twice a month. Whatever works best for you :)

If you think you would like to get involved in the local community and become a ParkPlay leader, please email ✉️ [email protected]

Please tag and share away 👏🏽

❌ Please note the Active Cycles shop will be closed this Saturday 4th May ❌
We're sorry for any inconvenience this may cause ⬇️

We're still open tomorrow and full hours will resume as normal next week 🙌🏼

Burnley Leisure & Culture Charter Walk, Burnley

🚴What a great first week we've had at our pop-up shop in Charter Walk, Burnley! So much so, we're running low on bikes and need to amend our opening hours slightly this week to restock!
📆We’re closed this Saturday, 4th May, but will be open as usual Wednesday 1st and Thursday 2nd, 11am - 3pm, where you can pick up children's bikes for £25, or just £10 if you trade in, and adult bikes for £50!

Burnley Leisure & Culture

We know our Beat the Street players are pretty decent when it comes to getting their steps in.... So why not join the Big Burnley Walk this Sunday 28th April! 👣

Online registration has now closed with over 150 people registered to join us across all 3 routes! 🚶🏽‍♂️ But don't worry, you can still register on the day! 🙌🏼

Starting and finishing at Burnley Youth Theatre, each walk departs at a different time, so please make sure you get there a good 15 minutes or so prior to register and/or check in ✔️

Walks set off ⬇️

⏰ 9.30am – Big Walk – Long Route
⏰ 10am – Short route
⏰ 10.30am – Medium route

There will also be some art and drama activities on offer from around 11am for families and individuals returning from the short stroll! 🎨🎭

The event is FREE and all walkers will receive a finishers certificate 👏🏼

Get involved! 😊

🚲 Burnley's Active Cycles' pop-up shop is now open! 🚲

📍 You can find them on Fleet Street in Charter Walk, Burnley, where you can grab an adult bike for £50 or child's bike for £25 (£10 if you trade in an old bike) 📍

📆Opening Tuesdays, 9AM – 12PM, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 11AM – 3PM, and Saturdays 11AM – 2PM 📅

Burnley Leisure & Culture Active Lancashire

🚲Did you know an Active Cycles Pop Up Shop is coming to Burnley!?

You will be able to find the shop in Charter Walk, where you can grab an adult bike for £50 or child's bike for £25 (£10 if you trade in an old bike!)

A fantastic opportunity for a fraction of the cost. Lets get our borough cycling 💪

🚲Not long now until our pop-up shop opens its doors!
📆Opening Wednesday 24th April, the shop will be open Tuesdays, 9AM – 12PM, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 11AM – 3PM, and Saturdays 11AM – 2PM.
📍Find us at Charter Walk, Burnley, where you can grab an adult bike for £50 or child's bike for £25 (£10 if you trade in an old bike!)
Burnley Leisure & Culture

Wow! 🙌🏼
What a schedule of walks. Looks like there's something for everyone 👀

All the walks are FREE to attend and they're a fab way to meet others and learn something new whilst having a nice stroll 🚶🏼‍♀️

We've pencilled some in our diaries! Which ones will you go along to?
Hopefully we will see some of you at one of the walks 😊

NGT The Great Outdoors Burnley Leisure & Culture Canal & River Trust Burnley FC in the Community National Trust Gawthorpe Hall Friends of Towneley Park Burnley Council

Date for your diaries! ⬇️

We know how awesome our players are at navigating around our town to find the Beat Boxes, so why not give Orienteering a go!? Its basically the same thing as Beat the Street! 🚶🏼‍♀️

The team from Pendle Forest Orienteers Page are a friendly bunch and will be on hand for anyone new wanting to go along for the first time ☺️
So save the date, and check out their page for more info and events coming up 🙌🏼

Wooooop..... You heard it here. The fabulous volunteers at Trees for Burnley are adding an additional planting session this Sunday 🌳
Head along and show your support 🙌🏼 it's a fab way to look after body, mind and nature 💚

Join Trees for Burnley in Towneley for the last plant of the season on Sunday 7th April at 10 am. Meet in the old 9-hole golf car park on Deer Park Rd and we are planting on the edge of the event field below the car park.
Contact Simon on 07971033197

Looking for something to do this Easter..... Why not check out all the fabulous courses available for you to explore locally 👀

There's both permanent and virtual ones suitable for all abilities and adds a fun, free element to any walk or run ⬇️

Well what a way to end the planting season! Yesterday we arranged one final session for staff from Burnley Leisure & Culture and Burnley Council to plant their hard earned trees 🌳 and many more 💪🏼

Thank you to Afrasiab Anwar for joining too. He'd already planted with us previously but when he heard we were in his ward of Bank Hall, he had to join us 😊

A big thank you to everyone who has supported any of our tree planting days! Here's to a happier, healthier, greener Burnley 💚

Trees for Cities Trees for Burnley

Well what a beautiful day it was yesterday for our final community planting day of the 23/24 season 💚
We had lots of fabulous volunteers at Bedford Park who planted over 500 Native trees! 🌳
Amazing effort! 💪🏼

Thank you to all our amazing supporters, players, friends and family who have been along to any of the planting days 🙌🏼

We still have a couple more planting sessions with schools and business's this week, before we tally up the total. I wonder how many we have plated all thanks to you guys playing Beat the Street 🤔

Burnley Council Burnley Leisure & Culture Trees for Burnley Trees for Cities

Last week as part of National Social Prescribing day, the team from Burnley East Primary Care Network showed their support to the local community by helping plant our hard earned trees up Burnley Wood 🌳

In the photos are Burnley East Social Prescribers, and colleagues and GP from Burnley Wood Medical Centre Dr Santhosh Davis 🙌🏼

Thank you for all your support 💚





Burnley Leisure & Culture Burnley Council Trees for Burnley Trees for Cities

It really is so fantastic to see our young people rolling up their sleeves and getting stuck in 💚
Hopefully it won't be long until they begin to see the fruits of their labour 🍎🌳🍐

A big thank you to St Joseph's Park Hill School for their help with planting 🙌🏼

⭐Don't forget ⭐
Our final community planting date for this season is: -
🌳This Sunday 24th March.
🌳10-12
🌳 Bedford Park
🌳 What 3 Words - fillers.fuzz.wonderful

We look forward to seeing you there 💪🏼💚🌳



Burnley Council Burnley Leisure & Culture Trees for Burnley Trees for Cities

This is it guys! Our final tree planting session of the season! 🌳
Last chance for you to get down and plant your hard earned trees. It would be great to see you there 💪🏼💚

Join Trees for Burnley to help plant woodland trees at Bedford Park on Sunday 24th March from10 am. Wear warm clothes and waterproof footwear. Park on Abingdon Rd at https://maps.app.goo.gl/ErcR1uuNB8P4rPgcA?g_st=ic

On Thursday, Alexis arrived at the tree planting site at Burnley Wood Park to find the Councils CEO and COO getting stuck in 💪🏼
They managed to plant 8 fruit trees and collect one ridiculously large bag of rubbish🌳 🚯 It's great to see them leading by example. Thank you so much for all your help 👏🏼

We only have one or two more community planting days before the end of the season, so check out the link below as we'd love to see some of our wonderful players there 👇🏼

https://burnley.gov.uk/parks-green-spaces/plant/

Burnley Leisure & Culture Burnley Council Trees for Burnley Trees for Cities

More amazing staff and students from Broadfield Specialist School getting stuck in with tree planting last week 💚🌳

A big shout out to Alison from The Ernest Cook Trust arranging for the group to come along.
Working together to make our place and people happier, healthier and greener 👏🏼

Burnley Council Burnley Leisure & Culture Trees for Burnley Trees for Cities

🌳🌟 What a fantastic morning. A huge thanks to the staff and children from St John's CofE Cliviger for their epic efforts planting their hard earned trees at Rowley today 🌱🌟

Together, we rolled up our sleeves, dug in, and made a difference in our community. Looking after our body and mind, whilst looking after the planet too💪🏼🌍💚

Burnley Council Burnley Leisure & Culture Trees for Burnley Trees for Cities

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Coming out of hibernation for an appeal to our fabulous Beat the Street Community.........Get voting guys! 👏

Lets recognise all the fantastic organisations, the volunteers and people behind the scenes who work hard providing opportunities to keep our community active.
There are thousands of followers on here that may be involved in classes, sports clubs, community groups. 🏊‍♀️🏋️‍♀️🏌️‍♀️

If someone springs to mind when reading this, tag and share away, Or importantly...........Vote for them! ❤

If anyone would like to nominate someone but needs support with an application just reach out to Alexis...... [email protected] 🙂

🚨 REMINDER - this is your last chance to submit your nominations for the Active Burnley Awards 2024!

Don't miss out on the opportunity to recognise and celebrate the contributions and achievements of local people and the Burnley community 🏆

Submit your nominations here: https://uk.surveymonkey.com/r/FTMNV27

Thank you so much to some of the staff from Burnley East Primary Care Network who joined our tree planting session yesterday! 🌳

Looking after their body, mind and the environment! All round win 🙌🏼

They were the final group to join us this week... More special thanks to come to all our other fabulous organisations, schools and volunteers that helped throughout the week too 💚

Don't forget you can still come and plant your trees. Check out the link for remaining planting dates and locations 👇🏼

Burnley Council Burnley Leisure & Culture Trees for Burnley Trees for Cities

https://burnley.gov.uk/parks-green-spaces/plant/

It's amazing to see the lasting legacy of Beat the Street 2023 🌳💚

So many of our wonderful players along with volunteers of Trees for Burnley were out at the Lodge plantation in Towneley this morning planting their hard earned trees 💪

The planting was moved from Rowley to Towneley due to the ground at Rowley being unsuitabile to plant at this time. We do apologise for any confusion this may have caused anybody. Please remember to follow Trees for Burnley or the link below to keep up to date with planting dates and any changes that may occur 📅

https://burnley.gov.uk/parks-green-spaces/plant/

If you took any pictures please don't forget to to share them with us, using the 💚🌳
You could even enter them into the next Burnley Pride of Place Project photography competition.

Burnley Leisure & Culture Burnley Council Trees for Cities

Well guys, this is it... this is going to be the last post from us for a while, until Beat the Street returns. We look forward to seeing you all again soon!

Keep walking, cycling, scooting, running, and exploring our wonderful borough 🚴‍♂️🛴

Happy New Year, have a fantastic 2024 and we may see you again in 2025 🤩