Cycle Gosport

Good news in for once! 🙂

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Gosport Police on X MADE IT: Right, that's it, we're all retiring now! 🤣 We've made BBC Breakfast! And the New York Post. 😁 Hope the little legend, who loaned us his bike, is loving his fame and celebrity status! We also hope his mum sees this post, so he can view his TV appearance! (14328)

For anyone who fancies a culture fix... tomorrow is National Cinema Day and tickets are only £3 at most cinemas.
https://nationalcinemaday.uk/

Volunteer run No 6 Cinema in Porstmouth historic dockyard is showing summer Blockbuster Barbie tomorrow. (No bike parking on site though).
https://www.no6cinema.co.uk/films/barbie

National Cinema Day | Celebrate the big screen experience on National Cinema Day Celebrate the big screen experience on National Cinema Day, Saturday 2nd of September. All tickets to all shows from just £3. Find your nearest participating cinema today!

Shared from Portsmouth Cycle Forum post. If you're a regular Portsmouth rider worth responding to this new Public Consultation.

“Vehicles that don’t follow traffic rules put all road users at risk, especially people who walk and cycle.

As part of our plans, we will use smart cameras to identify vehicles not complying with the road rules across Portsmouth. Currently only the police can monitor and enforce incidents.

Before applying for these powers, we want to hear from you. We’re consulting on the proposed changes for a six-week period from 18 August 2023 to 28 September 2023.

Your feedback will help us understand any issues with the locations chosen, inform any changes to the proposals and help to shape our next steps.”

Moving traffic enforcement - Travel Portsmouth We’re investing into Portsmouth’s transport network to help ensure everyone can get to where they need to go safely and reliably.

Coming up on Weds 30th & Thurs 31st August Sustrans and My Journey are running Cycle Skills sessions for 3-8 year olds. The 1.5hr sessions will help to learn to ride without stabilisers or just build confidence and bike handling skills. Please share.
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Kids Summer Cycling Sessions Fun sessions to help children Ditch Those Stabilisers and for those who are new to cycling and pedalling independently with Bike It Johns fun bike course and games!

Do you or to the (or would if safer?). Please take part in consultation on potential new cycleway & junction improvements to make easier. Closes midnight this Sunday 26th.

Gosport Town Centre Walking and Cycling Improvements To promote active travel for cyclists and pedestrians.

I wonder & will make a feature in Hampshire County Council Festival of Climate Change.

Active Travel is one of the easiest ways to make small changes to improve your local environment and health plus it helps saves you money too. It's a win win!! 🌳🚴🚶🌻

🌱♻️💚 The Festival of Climate Change is coming to Hampshire Libraries this February half term! Take part in a range of fun activities - there is something for everyone.

Find out about our bookable events through our shop, and book your places today as spaces are limited: https://bit.ly/3JyhcKe

For our Festival we are operating a Pay What You Decide Scheme. This is your chance to contribute to our work supporting healthy and creative communities in Hampshire, by making a contribution when you attend a free event or activity in our libraries. https://bit.ly/3RghOpM

Hampshire County Council Smart Living - Hampshire

Registration for We Can Week 6th to 10th February 2023 is open! 👏

The event is a celebration of well-being that aims to increase children’s understanding of their physical and mental health 🚶‍♀️🚲🏃‍♂️

Energise Me provides a wide range of resources and activities, covering five themes across five days:

🤔Mindful Monday

🍎Tasty Tuesday

💤Well-being Wednesday

🗣Together Thursday

🏃‍♀️Physical Activity Friday

Schools, early years settings, HAF providers, home-school and community groups can find out more and register by visiting:
https://www.energiseme.org/schools/we-can-week-about/

Energise Me

Tomorrow (Sunday 29th) there's a drop in event at Explosion Museum Cafe from 11:30am to 1:30pm where Hampshire County Council staff will be on hand to chat about design options for improved & routes to the . Come and share your views.

The online consultation runs to late February. Please share!

Gosport Ferry Hampshire Cultural Trust
Stoke Road Caroline Dinenage Discover Gosport

The roads to the Ferry and town centre are some of the most dangerous in the area which puts a lot off people off . It's a crucial commuter, utility & leisure route and could be great for linking to local tourist attractions with safety improvements.

Hampshire Highways have secured funding for the initial design stage of new cycleways along Mumby Road and South Street. Improvements to side road junction crossings to make safer are proposed too. The Council are looking for your input and feedback on the design options.

Check out the online consultation and come along to the drop in sessions.
- Tomorrow - Tuesday 17 January at Gosport Discovery Centre from 3:30pm to 6:30pm

- Sunday 29th January at Camber Lights Cafe (Explosion Museum) from 11:30am-1:30pm.

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Gosport Town Centre Walking and Cycling Improvements To promote active travel for cyclists and pedestrians.

Next weekend is a Portsmouth's Kidical Mass bike ride and picnic. Autumn days are lovely for a scenic spin!

Kidical Mass is a worldwide movement with people riding to highlight the need for child friendly design in our roads and streetscapes.

🚲Route update 🚲 we will ride from Victoria Park to Southsea Common via Kent Street, St Georges Square, High Street and Clarence Esplanade and finish by Watkins and Faux Cafe. Do not forget to bring your own blanket and picnic! 🚲

Hopefully there will be lots of opportunities to comment of these proposed changes which seem like a massive backward step for . A cycle registration and insurance system and could deter lots of current and potential riders.

Gosport has high levels of cycling with many school, commuting, leisure and shopping trips made by bike. Lots of older people carry on riding when they give up their cars. It's great for , and it's the cheapest form of travel after .

With a climate, health and cost of living crisis making our streets and policies more bike friendly is more critical than ever, especially in a regeneration town like .

Cyclists could be made to have registration plates and insurance – report Whitehall review is also said to suggest cycling speed limits, along with licence penalty points and fines

There's a planning application in which affects Gilkicker and the undeveloped area of Stokes Bay. New cycleway proposed - not sure on detail but there's concern about impact on greeenspace value and access. Closing date for comments is this Thursday.

Today's the day (and so is tomorrow!) for former HMS Daedalus consultaion event at the Hovercraft Museum. See what is planned for the waterfront and share your views.

Live presentations of the vision and proposals will take place at:
Friday 15th July at 2pm, 4pm and 6pm
Saturday 16th July at 11am, 1pm and 3pm

going along to check out what's on offer for , & . Be great site for and watersports biz too!


Energise Me Lee Residents' Association
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Come and see our vision for Daedalus Waterfront development at a public consultation at the Hovercraft Museum on 15th and 16th July - Daedalus Waterfront You are invited to come and see the first draft proposals for the Daedalus Waterfront development. UPDATED.

First look at Daedalus plans at open day consultation events next week at Hovercraft Museum. Do go along and share your thoughts.

Friday 15th July 11am to 7pm
Saturday 16th July 10am to 4pm

They say that "health wellbeing and environmental sustainability underpin all elements of the proposals" and that walking and cycling routes will be provided. Let's hope they're good.

Come and see our vision for Daedalus Waterfront development at a public consultation at the Hovercraft Museum on 15th and 16th July - Daedalus Waterfront You are invited to come and see the first draft proposals for the Daedalus Waterfront development.

A well put together video from a Derby school ride Mum - highlights all the key design issues.

the school run

Something to toddle across the Bridge to Hardway for if you're around today...

The Friends of Hardway are helping to promote the small business hub on Priory Road.
It's only on 11am-2pm today so perfect for a lunchtime stroll and break from home working!

From Hardway to Stokes Bay and Lee on Solent the past is still visibly present on Gosport's shores and many people in the community still remember these events first hand. Take a moment to reflect next time you ride or stroll by.

6 June - Gosport Heritage Open Days Today in Gosport’s Past:-on 6th June 1944, the invasion of Normandy took place – that’s D-Day to you & I. Preparations had been taking place for a couple of years, with huge concrete caissons for mulberry harbours being constructed at Stokes Bay, and the building of hard slipways at Hardway, B...

Great interview with this morning on BBCR2 Saturday Breakfast show. (Find it from 9:05-9:15am on BBC Sounds app). Chris talks about his Active Travel England job and other interesting tid bits from his cycling career and work with British Cycling Secret Squirrell Club which transformed team GB into a cycling medals machine.

has one of highest levels of cycling in the UK and we're very lucky to have traffic free routes like the , Railway Path and Lee on Solent - Stokes Bay seafront routes.

Hopefully the work of Active Travel England will help communities like Gosport fill in the gaps and make our streets safer and more attractive for & . Great for &
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Portsmouth Cycle Forum Cycling UK Sustrans

Funny and insightful video on the Invisibility of Motorcycles which is just as relevant to bikes. Some top safety tips too.

Invisibility Training for Motorcyclists It’s a little known feat outside our circles but given that motorcyclists have the power to be invisible to other road users, we thought it would be worthwhi...

Long post ahead - important stuff for 🚲 tho!

Cycle Gosport have been working hard to try and get the designs for the new Station scheme improved. The plans are likely to make and more difficult and dangerous with bus access and new pick up and drop off points cutting across exisiting the pedestrian and cycle routes). There has been no monitoring of levels and patterns of use by pedestrians and cyclists at this key commuter, shopping, leisure & tourism hub which has one of highest levels of cycling in Hampshire. It's crucial link for Gosport Ferry commuters to/ from and is one Sustrans NCN Route 2 - a major national tourist route.

This is a missed opportunity to improve accessability for all in and have a truly integrated and public transport hub which improves waterfront access and enables greener healthier lifestyles.

Our other major design concerns are:
- Mumby Road and South Street already have high accident rates which are likely to increase.
- Reduced cycleway on/off slips to /from ferry
- Views of harbourside blocked by long low bus shelter (which has minimal space to wait/move around and likely to feel cramped inside).
- Relocation of pick-up drop off is further to walk to ferry. Hardest for people with limited mobility. Likely to cause dangerous parking on cycleways as people try to park closer.
- A new one-way Bus Gate across the currently pedestrianised High St at South & North Cross Street (by Lloyds Bank). Buses & delivery vehicles will travel at 20mph here. Cycle access only one way too and alongside buses.
- Loss of almost 40% tree cover which will take 25yrs to regenerate. Climate emergency?

We'd love to hear your thoughts, how you use and travel to waterfront and High Street area and if/ how this scheme will affect you.
Did you see Planning Notices at Falkland Gardens in February/ March, link in Spring Coastline Magazine which appeared too late for many to respond or local fb posts? Did you look at the Planning Application? Please Share.

The Planning Application was was not well promoted and only had 9 responses when the original consultation had over 400 responses and the Waterfront SPD one had 380+ replies.

We have succeeded in ensuring that this major scheme is decided by the HCC Regulatory Committee and not just by Officers and we will report back next week. Watch this space.

Caroline Dinenage Portsmouth Cycle Forum Cycling UK
My Journey Energise Me Friends of the Millennium Bridge, Gosport Gosport Tourist Information Centre Discover Gosport Stoke Road

Plans for new Gosport bus station set to be approved by county council PLANS for a new bus station to be developed on Gosport’s waterfront are set to be given the green light next week.

We are all about the community aspect of the space, while that is creativity 9 out of 10 times it’s good to get together for a social event once in a while and let our hair down.

Why not come along to our open day on the 14th between 1500 and 2000 and see what we have to offer.

Hampshire Constabulary are currently offering discounted bike locks to improve cycle security and encourage us to keep bikes locked up even in our sheds.


Locks can be purchased from the Gosport Police Counter at the Borough Council Offices Tuesday's & Thursday's 9am-4pm and
Saturday's 9am - 3.30pm.
(closed 12pm - 1pm on all days)

Pompey peeps can get locks from the Investigation centre on Airport Service Road.

As the weather improves it's a great time to get out and and explore. Sometimes we overlook the things on our doorstep. Why not take advantage of this offer from - people living in PO postcodes can save loads on an annual Explorer pass.

Local Offer Live Local, Explore Local. Residents with PO and SO postcodes have the rare opportunity to benefit from discounts on Ultimate Explorer tickets. The Ultimate Explorer ticket gives 12 months of entry to all the attractions on site in Portsmouth and Gosport including HMS Victory, the Mary Rose Museum,...

Ride Anywhere Week is here! From 21 – 27 March, pick a pledge to receive the knowledge and support you need to feel confident riding:

💛 For health and fitness
🚲 For transportation
🏕 For adventure
🧒With kids
Register now at lovetoride.net/ to receive lots of helpful tips, tricks and tools to get you riding!

Please be aware that the bridge will be unaccessible between 13:30 and 14:15 on Wednesday 23rd March to allow a vessel to pass.

If you enjoy seeing and hearing the birds on the Harbour shores when you're out riding then this event could be right up your street!

Harbour Birds Guided Walk - Gosport Join our friendly rangers for a free guided walk along the harbour shoreline and meet some birds who make their homes here.

Take extra care today on the railway path - all lights are out at Military Rd/ Station Road juntion and temporary traffic signals stuck on red leading to some very dodgy driving. Reported to company. No signals for cycleway!

It's still a lovely day for a bike ride though!

Edinburgh Napier University and British Cycling are researching e-mtb riders to better understand demographics, motivations and where people like to ride. If you own or a thinking of buying an e-mtb they would love to hear your thoughts. Survey closes tomorrow, valentines day.

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