Leicester Cycling Campaign Group is a pressure group formed in 2012 to improve conditions for people who cycle in and around Leicester. With over 300 members, we represent a strong and independent voice for cyclists in the city and beyond. Our aim is to ‘make cycling normal’ by advocating for improvements to Leicester’s cycling infrastructure. We hope this will encourage more people to cycle for work and pleasure, leading to fewer cars on the city’s roads, less congestion and a safer environment for all.
EVENTS
Our next OPEN MEETING will be on Tuesday 29 September at 7pm. All welcome. We continue to look into options for a face-to-face or hybrid meeting, so do let us know if you have a suggestion for an accessible, central location, preferably free of charge. Otherwise, we will continue with online meetings, so keep an eye on this page for details. Minutes are posted in Our Meetings page in our Documents section.
Thanks to all those who came to our Annual General Meeting in March. As well as the usual business (see Our Meetings for draft minutes), we heard from Kate Carpenter, Vice President of the Chartered Institute for Highways and Transport. Kate’s fascinating talk highlighted the correlations between access to active travel options and health inequalities. Kate gave a similar talk at the Active Travel Cafe on 10 March, which can be watched on their YouTube channel:
We also watched the documentary film City of Cars, about poor driving standards and lack of safe provision for walking and cycling in Birmingham. Sadly, we only had time for a limited discussion of what we could learn from the film for our context here. We will be coming back to the main points the film raises in our regular open meetings, so do come and join us at one of those (see above).
INFRASTRUCTURE RIDE with The Ranty Highwayman – Saturday 12 July 2025.
We had a great time with Mark Philpotts (aka The Ranty Highwayman) on our tour of Leicester’s cycling infrastructure on what turned out to be a very hot day. Mark was the guest speaker at our AGM (see below) and, after many years as a highways engineer, has a great eye for the good, the not-so-good and the pretty terrible of cycling provision. You can read Mark’s comments on his blog
https://therantyhighwayman.blogspot.com/2025/10/liveable-leicester-redux.html
We will write up our thoughts and share them here and on social media.
LCCG ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2025
We held our first AGM since 2019 on 17 April, as an online meeting. Our guest speaker – The Ranty Highwayman, aka Highways Engineer Mark Philpotts – shared photos and stories of his latest visit to the Netherlands, including lots of lovely (and some not-so-lovely) cycling infrastructure to whet our appetite as to what might be possible here in Leicester and the country as a whole. A recording of Mark’s talk can be viewed on Youtube.
Mark’s talk was followed by a successful AGM in which we welcomed two new members to the Committee and agreed the appointment of long-time committee member, Neil Bastock, as our new Treasurer. Draft minutes of the AGM are available here and the Committee’s annual report to members can be read here.
INFORMATION FOR CYCLISTS IN LEICESTER
The City and County Councils’ Choose How You Move website has useful information for new and not-so-new cyclists, including suggestions for ‘brilliant bike routes’ that have been checked out by British Cycling ride leaders. Also, check out the websites for national organisations like Cycling UK and British Cycling.
The Town Hall Bike Park is becoming part of the Active Leicester network and it will be necessary to have a key card or fob to access it: the same one used for Active Leicester leisure centres and the St Margaret’s coach station cycle hub. Find out more at www.leicester.gov.uk/cycleleicester Cycle Hub access costs £10 a year.
JOIN US
If you’d like to get involved or for more information, see our Get Involved and Membership pages. Membership is free.
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