About us

We're the charity making it easier for everyone to walk, wheel and cycle

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Imagine what could happen if we changed how we travel.

If our streets were safer, if our air was cleaner. If we connected with our communities. If we reconnected with the world around us.

If every person in every community could connect with the things that matter to them safely, healthily and joyfully.

If our everyday actions added up to something much, much bigger. Imagine if one small change could do all that.

We’ve been making that change happen since 1977. Making it possible for every one of us to roll, ride, amble, gambol, stroll, stride, trek and tread.

And today, we’re gearing up to do more than ever. Uniting under a new name and a renewed mission to deliver more joy per journey, more peace per pedal, more smiles per mile.

To work with communities to affect change on the ground and evidence the impact to influence policies that pushes those changes further. It’s grassroots action with added oomph.

We call it people-powered movement.

Because when we change how we travel, we change everything. Our health. Our wellbeing. Our world.

  • A group of adults and children walk along a concrete beach promenade, a child is riding a bike, another is on an adult's shoulders, one is in a pram.

    A year in review

    The positive difference we’ve made together this year in communities across the UK.

    A year in review
  • Two women cycling along a traffic-free path using a side-by-side tandem tricycle

    Discover the National Cycle Network

    We're the charity behind the National Cycle Network - a network of signed paths and routes that connect people and places across the UK and provide traffic-free spaces for everyone to enjoy.

    More about the National Cycle Network
  • Two people chatting over coffee outside cafe with bikes

    Healthier places, happier people

    We believe the places we live, work and enjoy ourselves should be planned around people, not cars. And we want to see a reduction of the traffic in our neighbourhoods, resulting in flourishing communities and thriving businesses. 

    How our work contributes to healthier places and happier people

We’ve been working on walking, wheeling and cycling since 1977

Our latest projects

Please support our work

Your donation enables us to continue caring for the National Cycle Network and working hard to improve walking, wheeling and cycling for everyone.

Give a single donation
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Our policy work

We're working to improve everyday journeys for everyone. We make contributions that assist in the development of all official active travel policy and guidance.

Read about our policy work

Working together to make change happen

  • Three volunteers litter picking on the National Cycle Network

    Volunteer

    Our volunteers across the UK support their local communities and wildlife, and help to look after the National Cycle Network. We'd love for you to join us.
    Volunteer
  • Su McNab and Walk Wheel Cycle Trust directors in a meeting

    Our directors

    Meet our executive team of directors.
    Our directors

  • Our board of trustees

    Find out more about our Board of Trustees.

    Our board of trustees

A clear vision for the future

  • Walk Wheel Cycle Trust's Walking and Cycling Index

    Walk Wheel Cycle Trust's Walking and Cycling Index (formerly Bike Life) is the UK's biggest ever study of walking, wheeling and cycling in urban areas. Download the report now.
    The Walking and Cycling Index
  • The cover of the Disabled Citizens' Inquiry report, showing a group of people walking and wheeling down a street on a sunny day

    Disabled Citizens' Inquiry

    Bringing disabled people’s voices into the heart of decision-making can improve walking and wheeling for everyone. Find out more about the research.
    Disabled Citizens' Inquiry
  • Person walking dog and two people riding bikes on shared path

    Our plans to improve the National Cycle Network

    We have an ambition to improve the whole of the Network over the next few years to benefit everyone.

    Our plans to improve the National Cycle Network

Railway Paths Ltd

Railway Paths Ltd is a charity we work closely with. It was set up in 1998 to manage a large portfolio of disused railway land for transforming into walking and cycling routes.

Find out more about Railway Paths Ltd

Donate

As a charity, the money you donate helps us to deliver real change that benefits everyone

Volunteer

We can achieve so much more with the generous help and support from our volunteers