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Welcome to Walk Ride Denton

Words by Liz Hannaford Photos by Bryony Evens Our latest local WalkRide group had a lively launch at Denton Carnival in Tameside’s Victoria Park on 8 September. The group’s main focus is making the school run to the 13 schools in their area more civilised. To assist with getting the message across, they were helped […]

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Petition Launched to Pedestrianise Deansgate

A petition has been launched to pedestrianise Deansgate following successful direct action by Extinction Rebellion (XR) that has seen thousands of people enjoying the cross-city route on foot, using mobility aids and by bicycle. The XR action has invited people to envisage a more people-friendly street that offers space for people to move safely through […]

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Review: Marple Street Audit

Words by Peter Black WalkRide Marple held a sunny Street Audit on Saturday 24 August. 12 people aged 7 to 60 turned up to scour the streets for issues and identify potential to make our community a better place for people to engage in active travel. Marple is a small town 6km south east of […]

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Urge Your Councillors to Attend a Bee Network Workshop on 18 September

Greater Manchester Councillors have been invited to attend a Bee Network workshop on Wednesday 18 September and TfGM have asked for residents to persuade their councillors to attend. The workshop is to allow councillors the opportunity to learn more about active neighbourhoods and what support is available for community-led initiatives to introduce them, taking their […]

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Help the Greater Manchester Walking Voice to Grow Louder

Greater Manchester Walking Voice is inviting walkers in the region to join them at a Bee Network Engagement event on Wednesday 11 September. GM’s Walking and Cycling Commissioner, Chris Boardman, will be in attendance, along with fellow walkers, walking agencies, community organisations, population health and primary care specialists, local authority activity specialists, active transport policy […]

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Join Cycle to Work Day 2019

Tomorrow, Thursday 8 August is the annual Cycle to Work Day. Whether you are dusting off the old wheels or looking to make your commute more reliable and healthy, now is the time to get started, alongside thousands of others from the Greater Manchester area. Courtesy of the #cycletoworkday team, there are prizes to be […]

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Stockport Community Groups Encouraged to Support Tour of Britain

Community groups in Stockport have the opportunity to apply for funding via the council to provide a warm welcome to cyclists competing in the Tour of Britain. The fund has been introduced to help with materials for banners and flags to support the competitors on Saturday 14 September and can help to raise the profile […]

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Review: Chorlton Great Get Together

On the morning of Sunday 23 June, all seemed normal on Wilbraham Road, a busy thoroughfare going through the heart of Chorlton. Traffic was busy, as usual, and a handful of pedestrians were getting breakfast in the cafes and restaurants close to the Four Banks junction. At 11am that changed. Members of Walk Ride Chorlton […]

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Review: The Great Ancoats Street Swindle

This evening, hundreds of people attended a group walk and ride through the Northern Quarter and Ancoats to protest the Great Ancoats Street scheme revealed by Manchester City Council earlier this month. Those involved in the event included campaigners from Walk Ride GM, alongside people living, working and regularly moving through the area who require […]

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Report on the first ever Cycling and Walking Commissioners’ National Summit, 17 June 2019

  Over recent years increasing numbers of cities, regions and indeed city-regions have started to take cycling and walking more seriously, and have appointed regional Cycling and Walking Commissioners (or equivalent roles) to steer and oversee these processes of transformation in how we get around. On Monday 17 June the UK’s Cycling and Walking Commissioners […]

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Active Travel Summit By Jo Somerset

ACTIVE TRAVEL SUMMIT – March 2019   I attended the Active Travel Summit organized by Labour Cycles on 16th March. Despite the London-centric nature of the conference (raised eyebrows that we’d come from Manchester), there were some points that it’s worth Walk Ride GM considering.   Firstly, Sadiq Khan has a 20-year target for 80% […]

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Report of the recent Cycling Cultures: Insights and Methods conference by Jo Somerset

CYCLING CULTURES: INSIGHTS AND METHODS – MMU, 14th February 2019, by Jo Somerset I couldn’t resist a conference on ‘gendered cycling cultures’ at Manchester Metropolitan University last month. Although it used academic words like autoethnography (researching from personal experience) the day was peppered with interesting perspectives and fascinating facts, dealing with themes of women’s ‘physical […]