Cycling in Oxford
2007-03-09 03:04 AM | Posted by Tejvan Pettinger | Permanent Link | urban cycling
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"About 20,000 cycle commuters steam into Oxford city centre each day, negotiating more than 36,000 cars, lorries and kamikaze buses, potholes, cobble stones and disoriented tourists en route. Oxford is one of the three top cycling cities in the UK, home to a dynamic bunch of biking enthusiasts and a network of quiet cycle routes, riverside paths and scenic short cuts."
Cycle Paths Oxford
Barracks Lane is an amazing inner-city nature ride that runs from Horspath Road emerging at Bartlemas Road in east Oxford. Once here, cut to St Mary's Road to avoid the snarled Cowley Road almost to the Plain.
TO avoid the Plain cut down Union Street, across St Clements Street to Marston Road and Ferry Road, and on to the gorgeous parks cycle route through a water meadow with cows, birds and flowers, to emerge at the university science area, allegedly adding only two minutes to his daily commute.
Thames Towpath
The newly resurfaced Thames towpath (via Meadow Lane) from Donnington Bridge to Folly Bridge is a bafflingly underused, speedy and scenic route from east Oxford.
The canal towpath from Wolvercote to Hythe Bridge Street is a great way to avoid Banbury or Woodstock Roads, though don't do it at dangerous flood times. Thorns and bumps mean that you may need to hobble off at Walton Well Road for a repair at friendly Walton Street Cycles.
- Tips for Cyclists in Guardian
- Oxfordshire CTC
- Cyclox Cycling campaign for Oxford
