Connecting people and nature
We connect people to nature and green spaces in towns and cities across the UK
We help people enjoy the benefits of connecting with nature in their everyday lives. By making it easier for everyone to walk, wheel and cycle, we're opening up access to green spaces across UK cities and towns for even more people.
Walk Wheel Cycle Trust empowers communities to choose healthier, greener ways of getting around by making walking, wheeling and cycling easier for everyone.
Our work supports the creation of greener, connected urban places so that more people can enjoy safe journeys through thriving local landscapes.
We’re helping transform towns and cities into healthier, accessible environments where people can enjoy nature close to home everyday.
More nature. More movement. Better journeys for everyone.
Our latest projects connecting people with nature
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Making the Spen Valley Greenway better for all
We're making the Spen Valley Greenway better for allThe Spen Valley Greenway is loved by communities. Our work to improve the route means that everyone will be able to use and benefit from it.
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How we’re transforming the Lias Line in Warwickshire
How we’re transforming the Lias Line in WarwickshireWe’ve transformed a disused railway in the heart of Warwickshire by creating nearly 5 miles of off-road sealed surface track, and Warwickshire’s longest greenway providing a haven for wildlife.
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Improving the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
Improving the Leeds and Liverpool CanalThe historic Leeds and Liverpool Canal was once a bustling transport line between the two industrial cities. We’re working with partners to revive these connections as green commuter links, nature walkways and heritage trails.
Design guidance
Walk Wheel Cycle Trust designs safer, greener and more welcoming streets and neighbourhoods that make it easier for people to walk, wheel and cycle every day.
Our team of expert designers works with the community to create healthy and accessible places for the people living in it.
We design streets and neighbourhoods with green and blue infrastructure at the heart of towns and cities.
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Our traffic-free routes and greenways design guide
Walk Wheel Cycle Trust design guideOur traffic-free routes and greenways design guide provides guidance for the planning, design, construction and maintenance of new traffic-free routes and greenways. It covers key principles relating to inclusivity, design, construction and maintenance and it addresses land and legal issues, planning and consents, and ecology.
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Green and Blue Infrastructure Design Guidance
Green and Blue Infrastructure Design GuidanceWalking, wheeling and cycling networks are - by their very nature - green. They help people to reduce their personal carbon footprint through facilitating active travel. However, they have the potential to tackle many more of the challenges that the climate emergency presents if they include green and blue infrastructure.
How to partner with us
Walk Wheel Cycle Trust works with hundreds of clients and partners throughout the UK to make it possible for everyone to walk, wheel and cycle.
Since 1977, we've been providing support and consultancy on a wide range of schemes which make active journeys safer, easier and more appealing to even more people.
Together, we’re helping transform towns and cities into healthier, greener places that benefit communities and empower change.
Read about our latest advocacy work
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Can farmers help us create new routes for walking, wheeling and cycling?
Can farmers help us create new routes for walking, wheeling and cycling?Dan Simpson, our Senior Policy and Parliamentary Officer, explains why funding for farmers and landowners to open routes for walking, wheeling and cycling is an important step forward.
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Four takeaways from our National Cycle Network Scotland Impact Report
Four takeaways from our National Cycle Network Scotland Impact ReportFrom accessibility to artwork, from Gourock to Glencoe. Our National Cycle Network Director, Carole Patrick, shares some highlights from our work on the Network in Scotland over the last year.
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Placemaking as a form of climate change resilience
Placemaking as a form of climate change resilienceIn this blog, Walk Wheel Cycle Trust urban designers in Wales, Paria Mundhra and Tiegan Salter, talk about the importance of placemaking and how it can be used to deal with the effects of climate change.
Discover how our work makes a difference to people's lives across the UK
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Volunteers helping nature to thrive on the National Cycle Network
Volunteers helping nature to thriveSome of our incredible volunteers spent the day planting wildflowers along the Lias Line in Warwickshire. Find out more about why making space for nature on the Network is so vital.
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Sharing the wonders of walking with women of colour
Sharing the wonders of walking with women of colourSince childhood, Sophia Brown has held a deep connection with the natural world. In 2021, she decided to share her passion for walking in nature with other women of colour. We spoke to Sophia to hear the inspirational story of how she founded Steppin Sistas, the first walking group of its kind in Bristol.
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Restoring biodiversity to the National Cycle Network: Will’s story
Restoring biodiversity to the National Cycle NetworkWill Duckworth is an ecology volunteer with Walk Wheel Cycle Trust. Here, he shares his experience of supporting the wild animals and plants of his local route, the Bristol and Bath Railway Path, and why this work is necessary to improving the biodiversity of the area.
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Enhancing green space in Redbridge, London
Enhancing green space in RedbridgeWe’re proud to have collaborated once again with the London Borough of Redbridge. We are bringing our expertise in developing active leisure routes and improving infrastructure for walking, wheeling, and cycling.