The Harrogate District Cycle Campaign Group
A new parallel crossing of Oatlands Drive was completed last week, giving priority to people walking and cycling on Slingsby Walk. Crossings of Wetherby Road and Oatlands Drive were to be built by 31st March 2024, but were repeatedly delayed.
This is an outline for our presentation to Harrogate Town Council (HTC). This post is structured as follows: 1) About Harrogate Cycle Action When and why we were set up, and what we do. Our efforts to work with the
We sent out our Winter 2025/26 Newsletter on 31st January 2026. Read it here.
Here are suggestions for the new Harrogate Town Council (HTC) as to how it can help improve Harrogate’s cycle network. The town council’s influence is limited by the fact that North Yorkshire Council (NYC) is the highways authority; part of
North Yorkshire Council has published a short report about HTIP – the Harrogate Transport Improvement Programme. It’s a report about a much longer HTIP document that the council received from consultants in July 2024. As it’s the second consultants’ report
North Yorkshire Council (NYC) have published their 2025 Active Travel Capability Self-Assessment. They asked to be upgraded from Level 1 to Level 2, but Active Travel England (ATE) decided that their performance means they must remain at Level 1. The
This post contains background information for York & North Yorkshire’s Active Travel Commissioner, in advance of a meeting. 1) About Harrogate Cycle Action We were set up to work with the councils (at the time, Harrogate Borough Council and North
North Yorkshire Council (NYC) has set out its Consolidated Active Travel Fund (CATF) bid to Active Travel England in a report to a council Executive meeting on 28th November 2025. The report says (para 3.2) that NYC’s allocation is £1,256,601,
The Harrogate Station Gateway project is to proceed, with authorisation given to engage contractors who will build the infrastructure. The decision was taken at a North Yorkshire Council (NYC) Executive meeting on 18th November 2025. A separate meeting the day
Mayor of York & North Yorkshire David Skaith has appointed an Active Travel Commissioner for the region. She is Rhiannon Letman-Wade. She will help implement the Mayor’s vision of a comprehensive network of lit, well-maintained walking, wheeling and cycling routes,