Projects

At Walk Wheel Cycle Trust, formerly Sustrans, we've been making change happen since 1977.

We have recently changed our name but we're still the same charity making it possible for everyone to walk, wheel and cycle.

Our projects across the UK are championed by people-powered movement.

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A man and two young girls riding a tandem bike over a bridge

Big Walk and Wheel 2026

A traffic free National Cycle Network route on a sunny day with shrubbery either side and an access gate in the middle of the path

Accessibility improvement begins on stretch of C2C route

staff member dianne at an information stand with two women holding cycling literature at cycle to work day event outside in Belfast City Centre

Leading the Way with Workplace Active Travel

Active travel is helping re-energise the coastal town of Ardrossan

Volunteers from Edinburgh & Lothians Regional Equality Council (ELREC) on a litter pick on National Cycle Network Route 75.

Love Your Network support for community groups on the National Cycle Network in Scotland

Upgrading Lakenham Way: A Greenway for Everyone

Walk Wheel Cycle Trust staff member stands posing for a photo with staff and pupils from Maes Derw pupil referral unit after they achieved their Silver Active Travel School Award.

Maes Derw, the Swansea pupil referral unit, leading the way for active travel

Children holding lit up umbrellas at The Circus of Light

ArtRoots Funding for the National Cycle Network in Scotland

The magic of sharing something that matters: encouraging active travel in schools

How we made the National Cycle Network’s first accessible cobbles

Canalside improvements in West Edinburgh are making local journeys smoother

Tynemouth Art Installation - Life’s Adventure

We're making the Spen Valley Greenway better for all

pupils in classroom raising their hands

Hands Up Scotland Survey

Lots of scooters stored in a shelter in the grounds of a primary school.

Take two: The benefits of re-engaging an old school

Three men stood smiling outside of one of Walk Wheel Cycle Trust's walking and cycling hubs in Tees Valley two of the men have cycles

Tees Valley Walking and Cycling Hubs: Improving the lives of local people with active travel

A group of primary school children wearing orange high-vis vests stood outside smiling in the sunshine

Creating safer school streets in Sefton

Connecting communities in Inverclyde through walking, wheeling and cycling

How new connections are making walking, wheeling and cycling in the Scottish Borders accessible to all

Improving the Leeds and Liverpool Canal

Volunteers litter picking on the National Cycle Network route 7 in Renfrewshire

How volunteering on the National Cycle Network is helping people with learning disabilities feel part of their community

The E-Move handbook: How to set up and run a community e-cycle scheme

Connecting communities along the Trans Pennine Trail

Two men wearing high-vis vests and helmets stood with their bikes smiling on a section of the Network

Welcome Ways: How free cycles can change lives

Connecting the Lune Valley Greenway

a group of children walk on the pavement outside their school

Creating safer school streets on main roads: a case study in Islington, London

Invite your school to take part in Big Walk and Wheel

Partnership working on the Cinder Track

A volunteer mechanic fixes a bike in a green space attached to a women and children's refuge.

Cycling in a refuge: rebuilding women and children’s confidence

Cyclist and walker on Coventry traffic-free path

Helping local people cycle and walk more in the West Midlands

How we’re transforming the Lias Line in Warwickshire

Bringing disabled people into the heart of transport planning

Improving Route 57 between Horspath and Littleworth near Oxford

Children Playing In A School playground

Active travel resources for teachers in Scotland

Two Walk Wheel Cycle Trust staff members look at iPads at school desks alongside children using Minecraft to explore engineering

Child's play: Young people explore engineering through Minecraft

Young people cycling on segregated infrastructure on Dumbarton Road.

Strategic Partnerships in Scotland

Two children look at a decorative metal barrier featuring phrases in the Caithness dialect that has been installed in Wick.

Community leads redesign of historic lanes in centre of Wick

A school pupil is shown jumping on a piece of outdoor equipment in the grounds of their primary school.

Easter Carmuirs: Pupils and staff redesign routes into primary school

Schwalbe: A model of sustainability and inspiration for St Anne’s students

Transforming temporary Low Traffic Neighbourhoods into permanent public spaces

Transport to Thrive

Welcome Wheels: Connecting refugees and people seeking asylum with their communities

Two young people walking on a residential street on a sunny day

The active travel network designed with Stirling's young people in mind

School children and Walk Wheel Cycle Trust schools officers Gemma and Eric smile at the camera in the school gymnasium after a Bike It activity.

The legacy of the Walk Wheel Cycle Trust Bike It project in Peterborough

#AndSheCycles ambassador programme

How to set up an #AndSheCycles group in your school

From pixels to pavements: Inspiring future engineers through Minecraft

A man wearing a black Walk Wheel Cycle Trust top smiles at something off camera with children on bikes behind him in a school playground.

Active School Travel in Northern Ireland

Hands Up Scotland Survey 2023

Discover art and culture along the National Cycle Network in Scotland

How I Bike is helping West Lothian secondary school pupils to make happier and heathier choices

Mum walking to school, holding hands with her twin daughters smiling at the camera

Active Journeys Programme in Wales

Young boy and girl cycling on cycle path with woman walking a dog

Scottish Greenways Programme

Walk Wheel Cycle Trust staff pose with local residents by the side of the Bristol and Bath Railway Path, holding a public consultation banner.

Improving the Bristol and Bath Railway Path for all

Bikeability widening participation project: Incorporating cycling into secondary schools

traffic calming dragon outside school in exeter

Investigating the impact of light-touch traffic calming measures outside schools

newly improved active travel route, tree lined and lots of greenery either side.

Route upgrade: Knightshayes, Devon

s PartPupils Share Environmental Messages A Of Walk Wheel Cycle Trust's Air Quality Programme at St Lukes Primary School in Brighton

Big Street Survey

A man cycles through CS Lewis square in Belfast

Active Travel Hubs in Northern Ireland

Forth Meadow Community greenway volunteers at National Standard Level 1 cycle training, standing with their bikes on the bridge at Springfield Dam in May 2021

Forth Meadow Community Greenway: Volunteer Cycle and Walk Leaders

two men and two boys cycling at sunset along the foyle greenway with a graphic of a map of the north west greenway network to the right

North West Greenway Network

woman on a cargo bike filled with boxes

Cargo Bike Scotland

Supporting the community Holiday Activities and Food programme in East Sussex

A group of people stand in front of a lattice gate across a road, which forms a temporary closure for cars during school drop-off and pick-up times. The sun is shining, the people are smiling and the mood is happy.

Healthy Streets Officers programme in London

Children enjoying School Streets at St Mary's Primary School

St Mary’s School Street: creating safer spaces for walking and cycling to school

Graham Hill on Walk Wheel Cycle Trust’ side-by-side tandem bike at the Active Travel Hub in C.S. Lewis Square, Belfast. with Brain Injury Matters staff

Pedal Power: cycling for people with brain injuries

pupils in classroom raising their hands

Hands Up Scotland survey 2022

A man and a woman smiling cycling along a path with greenery either side on National Cycle Network Route 754 at Bowling Basin and Maryhill Locks, Glasgow

Community Active Travel Support Service

cycling in the cummer sunshine

Active Steps for refugees: Providing independence with free cycle loan scheme in Hastings

A group of three women happily chatting in Walk Wheel Cycle Trust's Active Travel Hub in Kilmarnock

Activate Mentoring: Scotland's peer mentoring programme

Raising awareness of air pollution around primary schools in East Sussex

A Woman Standing At Some Traffic Lights In Edinburgh

Places for Everyone

People Walking And Cycling Along The South City Way In Glasgow

COP26 Schools Resource

Two girls in school uniform on bikes in their playground

The Walk Wheel Cycle Trust Big Walk and Wheel goes international

Willow Tit perched on a branch. Approximately 11.5cm in length with a black cap (top of the head) and small black bib (neck), white cheeks, brown feathers on its back and pale grey feathers underneath.

Protecting rare species on the Trans Pennine Trail

Mother and daughter cycling in Chrisp Street, Tower Hamlets

Helping women and families access cycling in Tower Hamlets

Case study Claire Griffin cycling her folding bike on new segregated cyclepath in Belfast - Middlepath Street, Belfast with red car passing in background

Policy and influencing in Northern Ireland

person walking and many people cycling in urban area

Remote Active Steps: Helping employees in East Sussex to stay active through lockdown and beyond

Two women standing with their e-bikes in Barry

E-Move: Piloting e-bike and e-cargo bike loans in Wales

School street outside with many children and chalk on road

How to steward a School Street or Play Street scheme

Cyclist at crossing on Rosendale Road

Improving walking and cycling safety in Lambeth

Man and child cycling on a greenway path

Greener Greenways: The project that defined how we work with wildlife

A group of birdwatchers gather by a sign on the National Cycle Network route 76

Building Roots: How a local conservation group is supporting refugees

A group of young people walk through a vibrant city

Walk Wheel Cycle Trust in Scotland joins commitment to provide jobs for 150 working-class people

A fox's face is painted in detailed and vibrant colour on a tunnel in Almondbank

Route 77 in Perth and Kinross transformed by community art

child crossing road to school

How we're increasing children's activity and play in Southwark

Before and after shot of the Ripple Greenway in London. Left photo shows an abandoned, overgrown walkway, and the right photo shows the newly built greenway.

The Ripple Greenway: bringing neglected greenspace to life

Branded cargo bike

How loaning e-cargo bikes has helped good causes in Edinburgh

People practicing physical distancing on Bruntsfield Place following Spaces for People interventions

Busting myths about Spaces for People

The Big Spin Business Challenge in Scotland

girls on bikes in Walk Wheel Cycle Trust hivis on a grass hill with blue skies

Girls’ Bike Club: building confidence and self-belief for secondary school girls

Active Commute Club: Join us to rethink the commute this March

Join Scotland's #ActiveCommuteClub this March

Photograph of three teddy bears looking at a paper map

Amazing bear journeys: Go on a family bear hunt through Chandler's Ford

Gardens and benches within Craigie Street Pocket Park, Dundee

Pocket Places Scotland

Child in school uniform on bike on road outside school

School Streets for social distancing: our experience in Brighton and Hove

A woman rides an adapted cycle with a trailer on the front, in which several young children sit.

Hounslow’s inclusive cycle hub: There’s a cycle for everyone

before and after of improvements made to path

Route upgrade: Kennington Meadows, Oxford

Person cycling a long a blue segregated cycle route lined with green trees as a family with bikes stop and chat to a friend next to the route.

Brum Breathes clean air champions

Estreham Road in Lambeth: Community engagement key to success

Lydden Spout Dover coastal path

Route upgrade: Lydden Spout Coast Path, Dover

An active travel champion takes their colleagues on a lunch time walk

Our Active Travel Champions in Scotland

Route upgrade: Marsh Mills, Plymouth

Children on bikes outside of a Walk Wheel Cycle Trust stand in London

Community-led design in Marks Gate

Children observing traffic and taking notes outside of school

Liverpool School Neighbourhoods in West Derby

Stay active with Walk Wheel Cycle Trust in London

People walking and cycling on a road whilst social distancing

Spaces for People: Making essential travel and exercise safer during Covid-19

Children in school uniform walking and cycling

Street design at Carr Junior School, York

ictured launching the new Glider cycle shelters are L-R Richard Anderson, Translink, Martha Robb, Walk Wheel Cycle Trust and Clive Robinson, Department for Infrastructure.

Secure cycle parking in Northern Ireland

Leg it to Lapland: keeping students travelling actively through the winter months

families walking and cycling

Family cycling: Taking Bike It to the wider school community in Eastleigh

School children playing in the street

Supporting Southampton schools on their active travel journeys

girl parking her bike at school

Increasing school engagement with active travel in Wokingham

Workplaces: Setting a good active travel example

Cleaning the air at South Malling School

Bringing active travel to workplaces in Southampton

Active travel on the Isle of Man

Helping York schools cut congestion

Toddler with helmet and yellow coat on, riding a red bicycle

How we helped Sefton Council mainstream cycling to school

How we got over 20,000 people walking and cycling

Removing transport barriers for asylum seekers in Stockton

primary school children look at lichen on a tree

Investigating air quality at St Sidwell’s School

Two residents stand together discussing designs for their high street on big photography boards pinned to a railing

Residents at the heart of transforming Dumfries neighbourhood

Woman cycling on residential street wearing helmet and backpack

Developing Bicester Sustainable Transport Strategy

Walking and cycling networks, East Sussex

A Woman Unlocking Her Bike At A Bike Parking Stations In Oxford

Developing Oxford’s cycle vision and strategy

Children In Cheltenham Mapping A Safe Cycling Route Map

Family cycling in Cheltenham

Embleton road after the project was completed. Flowers line the road which has been painted with colourful illustrations

Co-design in action in Southmead, Bristol

Air Quality Poster Designed By School Child

Air quality awareness in East Sussex schools

Bike It Plus London

Mum walking to school, holding hands with her twin daughters smiling at the camera

Walk Wheel Cycle Trust School Streets

An Aerial Shot Of Pupils Spelling Out 'We Love Clean Air

How one school in Leicester marked Clean Air Day 2018

Pupils drawing on the streets to make them cycle friendly

Child friendly streets: Fairisle Road, Southampton

A close up photo of the legs of some school children walking to school

Engagement to encourage active travel to Damers First School’s new site

people walking on traffic free path in park

Age-Friendly Tyburn

Teenagers painting a dragon mural under a bridge

Tracks of the Ironmasters historic route

Walk Wheel Cycle Trust schools officer with dad and son on bike

Working in partnership to transform the school run in Scotland

Finding solutions to help children get to school by bike

Three children on bikes on a traffic-free path of the National Cycle Network. Their grown up cycles behind. The path is surrounded by trees in full leaf. It is a warm, bright, sunny day.

Free leaflets and maps for Wales

commuter walking bike down the steps at Waverley station

Workplace Travel Challenge

Selfie of Walk Wheel Cycle Trust volunteer, Gordon, with a group of colleagues wearing helmets and posing with their bicycles

Active travel training for workplaces in Scotland

Award presentation with four people posing with the award

Cycle-Friendly Employer Accreditation Scheme in Northern Ireland

pupils on bikes with their Walk Wheel Cycle Trust I Bike cycle training instructor

I Bike - increasing physical activity and tackling the school run

cutting the ribbon with the community to celebrate new street design in Dumfries

Street Design in Scotland

Woman in blue polo shirt showing leaflets to woman in purple jacket over counter

Health walks in Kilmarnock

London butcher chooses e-bike power to meet customer demand

Three people posing with a bike outside a shop with flyers in hand Pedal Perks launch in Northern Ireland

Pedal Perks Cycle Reward Scheme in Northern Ireland

Man on bicycle on protected cycle lane, passing a bus stop

Healthy streets and liveable neighbourhoods in Lewisham

girl parking her bike at school

Policy context for school active travel in Scotland

Young boy and girl cycling on cycle path with woman walking a dog

Implementing the One Path Initiative on the Comber Greenway

Woman cycling over a road crossing in London

Scheme to improve road safety in Brent

women repairing bikes in active travel hub in Scotland

Active Travel Hubs in Scotland

Sefton Council boosts cycling to school

Skelton Bridge - Linking communities in Leeds

Bridge in town with pavement, road, pub building and dog walker

Dunblane Stirling Street redesign

commuter walking bike down the steps at Waverley station

The Scottish Workplace Journey Challenge – Edinburgh Fringe Society Team

Walk Wheel Cycle Trust schools officer fixing a bike with two children

Welsh school curriculum resources