Cycle Facility of the Month

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The National Cycle Network
NCN Route 1 December 2009 - enthusiastic sign posting in Dundee May 2004 - a field in Cleveland NCN Route 2 - March 2018 - NCN Route 2 under water August 2016 - a cycle lane swerves through a bus stop in Southampton NCN Route 3 - The First & Last Trail December 2007 - a short stretch of the Cornish Way with a bollard in the middle NCN Route 4 - The Celtic Trail July 2015 - central reservation of Blackfriars Road converted to a cycle path NCN Route 5 - The North Wales Coast Route July 2011 - a toucan crossing to nowhere June 2011 - a weaving cycle lane in Old Colwyn NCN Route 6 April 2017 - a head on cycle lane in Sheffield December 2006 - short cycle route with a lampposts at each end NCN Route 11 December 2013 - No No Cycling Sign in Ely NCN Route 13 June 2006 - the Sustrans safety bollard NCN Route 15 February 2013 - a hi-vis bus shelter at Saxondale on the A52 December 2012 - cycle path veers through a bus lay-by on the A52 March 2009 - cycle path squeezes through a bus stop in Nottinghamshire NCN Route 20 February 2002 - cycle lane bends into a post in Brighton NCN Route 21 - Downs and Weald Cycle Route November 2008 - NCN sign - attached to a No Cycling sign near Gatwick Airport January 2005 - waymarked post NCN Route 33 July 2014 - strange lane markings on a shared-use pavement in Illminster NCN Route 54 September 2017 - a barrier, steps and a cyclist dismount sign on NCR 54 in Burton-on-Trent NCN Route 55 August 2013 - a cycle lane runs into a bollard outside Old Trafford NCN Route 56 February 2003 - bull trap in the Wirral NCN Route 62 - The Trans Pennine Trail April 2012 - access control barrier - with a by-pass for motorcycles December 2003 - short, thin and slow cycle lane July 2001 - through a bus shelter NCN Route 63 April 2007 - a short cycle lane crosses Greenwich Meridian NCN Route 66 October 2004 - cycle path shorter than a bicycle in Leeds NCN Route 67 August 2010 - a barrier obstructing the route in Chesterfield NCN Route 72 - Hadrian's Cycleway November 2005 - through a fence NCN Route 73 - Cunninghame Cycleway September 2008 - through a fence in Kilmarnock NCN Route 74 December 2004 - on and off the pavement NCN Route 81 - Lôn Cambria & Lôn Teifi May 2009 - no cycling on the national cycle network
Local Authorities
Barnet July 2016 - a short cycle path leads to a grassy bank Bexley September 2009 - bright green cycle path in Erith Bournemouth January 2011 - a cycle path squeezes between two trees February 2008 - give way to a tree Bradford May 2016 - a right-turn for unicylists at the start of the Leeds-Bradford cycle superhighway Breckland June 2006 - the Sustrans safety bollard Brent August 2004 - green bin Brighton February 2019 - a cycle lane tapers to nothing in Hove February 2002 - cycle lane bends into a post Bromley March 2015 - a camouflaged bollard in Orpington Cambridge April 2003 - pavement build out into a cycle lane October 2001 - cycle lane in the door zone Cambridgeshire December 2017 - No cycling to the Beehive Centre October 2018 - a cycle lane heads into a thicket on Kings Hedges Road December 2013 - No No Cycling Sign on National Cycle Network Route 11 in Ely July 2007 - Cyclists Dismount at the end of a cycle lane April 2007 - NCN route 63 crosses the Greenwich Meridian Camden March 2013 - a crossover on Tavistock Place April 2001 - a short bendy route Carlisle November 2005 - cyclists dismount Cleveland May 2004 - National Cycle Network crosses a field Conwy July 2011 - a toucan crossing to nowhere June 2011 - a weaving cycle lane in Old Colwyn Cornwall December 2007 - a short stretch of the Cornish Way with a bollard in the middle Coventry February 2018 - a cycle lane half the width of a bicycle on Binley Road October 2009 - cyclist dismounting paving October 2006 - the Coventry velodrome April 2006 - cycle path through bus lay-by February 2005 - fence along centre of cycle path Croydon April 2013 - a short green cycle lane between parking spaces December 2010 - A short cycle path without dropped kerbs June 2007 - a short shared-use path with a post in the middle January 2005 - NCN waymarked post September 2002 - parking bays marked in a cycle lane April 2002 - thin cycle lane Derbyshire May 2011 - a semi-circular shared-use path in Chesterfield August 2010 - a barrier obstructing NCN 67 in Chesterfield March 2007 - a traffic calmed cycle lane near Chesterfield Doncaster February 2007 - a crossover Dundee December 2009 - enthusiastic sign posting on NCN route 1 Durham December 2015 - a turfed cycle path in Chester-le-Street February 2014 - a BMX grind rail on the Durham by-pass Ealing September 2015 - seven bollards on a cycle path at Church Gardens East Ayrshire September 2008 - cycle path through a fence in Kilmarnock East Riding of Yorkshire April 2009 - cycle lane swerves abruptly across the path of traffic June 2002 - thin cycle lane Edinburgh September 2013 - a tram line runs along the middle of a cycle lane at Haymarket Yards Enfield July 2010 - a 5m long cycle path heads straight into a fence in Enfield England April 2018 - a short cycle path on the A428 Essex May 2010 - Cyclists Dismount approaching the Ferry to the Netherlands September 2007 - 8 dismounts in 380 yards in Harlow Gateshead July 2006 - cycle lane half as wide as a bicycle Glasgow February 2015 - a bollard in the Colleges Cycle Route on Clarence Drive December 2001 - thin cobbled cycle lane Greenwich December 2006 - sign directs pedestians to look away Hackney July 2017 - a sign warning of its own existence Hampshire October 2017 - a cycle lane heads into the corner of the multi-storey car park at Winchester Station Halton May 2015 - a barrier obstructing a cycle path alonside Chester Road Hampshire March 2018 - NCN Route 2 under water October 2013 - a shared-use supermarket in Fareham October 2012 - cable box and kerbed drain occupy full width of cycle path in Fleet September 2012 - a cycle path swerves into a lamp post in Farnborough Harrow November 2004 - telephone box Hertfordshire June 2015 - a thin cycle lane through a pinch point in Hertfordshire Hillingdon June 2012 - a shared-use bus shelter Hounslow January 2017 - a cycle lane stops abruptly on the wrong side of the road in Twickenham March 2016 - a black railing across a cycle path on Clayponds Lane January 2016 - a tree in the middle of a cycle path on Hounslow Hull October 2002 - right-angle bends Isle of Wight March 2008 - cycle stands surrounded by nettles on the Isle of Wight Islington February 2016 - no entry to a contraflow cycle track in Islington May 2001 - parking bay Kent December 2011 - a line of poles placed along the middle of a cycle lane in Higham Kingston-upon-Thames June 2017 - a very thin lumpy cycle path by-passes a pinch point on South Lane August 2015 - narrow door-zone cycle lane on Douglas Road Kirklees April 2005 - cycle path diverted into hedge Lambeth June 2013 - No cycling on the London Cycling Nework in Clapham Lancashire January 2015 - crossing a pipeline via steps in Preston October 2011 - a very thin cycle bypass in Woodplumpton Leeds October 2015 - a super-sized lamp post in the middle of the Leeds-Bradford cycle superhighway August 2005 - cycle lane thinner than a bicycle October 2004 - cycle path shorter than a bicycle Leicestershire January 2012 - a cycle lane performs a sharp U turn in Loughborough September 2006 - unuseable cycle parking at B&Q Lincoln August 2006 - tree Liverpool April 2015 - a dual use taxi rank on Breck Road July 2009 - 45° camber in a thin lane June 2004 - the door zone London July 2015 - central reservation of Blackfriars Road converted to a cycle path August 2012 - a cycle path emerges from a tree March 2012 - swerving onto the A4 from behind a phone box Luton December 2014 - access control barrier thinner than a bicycle on the Luton Dustable Busway Manchester December 2018 - a Christmas tree in the First Street cycleway September 2018 - a kerbed door-zone cycle lane on Wilmslow Road January 2010 - cycle path through a fence July 2008 - targeted advertising December 2006 - short cycle route with a lampposts at each end Merton December 2008 - traffic calmed cycle bypass Newcastle upon Tyne January 2013 - possibly the narrowest shared use pavement in the World Newham July 2012 - the olympic legacy - a short cycle lane on a roundabout Newport January 2019 - a lighting post on the bridge in Newport North East Lincolnshire April 2011 - a tree lined avenue in Grimsby North Yorkshire January 2007 - A short shared-use path near Whitby Nottingham April 2014 - a cycle lane runs into a parking bay in Nottingham January 2004 - tight bends August 2003 - post in a cycle path August 2002 - path avoids traffic lights Nottinghamshire February 2013 - a hi-vis bus shelter at Saxondale on the A52 December 2012 - cycle path veers through a bus lay-by on the A52 September 2011 - a cycle lane running into a bollard in Bingham March 2009 - cycle path squeezes through a bus stop in Nottinghamshire Oxford November 2012 - bollards scattered across a cycle path on Cutteslowe Bridge August 2008 - intermittent path October 2005 - short mandatory lane May 2003 - barriers at the Oxford University Science Site Oxfordshire March 2006 - Wantage bus stop Poole May 2008 - shared use with trees Powys May 2009 - no cycling on the national cycle network Richmond upon Thames July 2018 - a cycle lane tapers to nothing June 2008 - a safety railing in Teddington Salford December 2002 - thin cycle lane in Irlam Sandwell June 2009 - half a parking space in West Bromwich Scotland December 2004 - on and off the pavement Slough May 2018 - cycleway leads to a no cycling sign on Ledgers Road Somerset July 2014 - strange lane markings on a shared-use pavement in Illminster Sheffield August 2018 - a ten metre long cycleway April 2017 - a head on cycle lane on NCN 6 October 2014 - a bike parking facility accessible only by stairs at Sheffield University August 2007 - bollards in the middle of a cycle gap September 2004 - cycle path through railings in sheffield Solihull February 2017 - an overgrown cycle path near the NEC South Gloucestershire May 2017 - a 2m long cycle path on Bradley Stoke Way Southampton August 2016 - a cycle lane swerves through a bus stop on the Itchen Bridge Southwark April 2008 - cycle lane veers through a fence Staffordshire September 2017 - a barrier, steps and a cyclist dismount sign on NCR 54 in Burton-on-Trent November 2009 - short mandatory door-to-door cycle lane Stockport June 2003 - give way to private drives Stockton-on-Tees February 2011 - A long looping cycle path near Ingleby Barwick Suffolk January 2018 - a short, narrow, overgrown cycleway on the A143 November 2016 - a cycle path crosses a pavement from behind a building in Ipswich September 2016 - a cycle lane hops onto the the pavement at a bus stop in Ipswich November 2011 - cycle lane swerves across the path of oncoming traffic in Ipswich November 2007 - cycle path ends at a fence in Stowmarket Surrey August 2017 - cycle path gives way to a bin in Woking November 2015 - a leafy cycle path in Guildford August 2014 - black posts bent in order to obstruct the middle of a cycle path in Woking May 2014 - No Smoking sign at Frimley Park Hospital May 2012 - a lay-by for cyclists near Deepcut August 2009 - a semi circular cycle path in Woking May 2007 - a 10m long shared use pavement Sutton May 2013 - confusing lane markings in Sutton Swindon July 2013 - kerbed cycle lane leads round a blind bend straight into a parked car on King William Street Telford & Wrekin March 2014 - a power distribution post in Trench Torbay November 2013 - sun loungers placed on a cycle lane in Paignton Trafford November 2017 - a short cycleway in Flixton August 2013 - a cycle lane runs into a bollard outside Old Trafford January 2009 - cycle path goes round a lamp post ... and into the side of a bus shelter Wakefield June 2018 - a cycle path in Wrenthorpe transitions to a cycle lane via a post and a wheel-catching grid Waltham Forest May 2006 - the other door zone Wandsworth January 2008 - look both ways ... before riding into a tree Warrington March 2017 - a kissing gate obstructs the Birchwood to Sankey Way cycle route September 2014 - a shared use bus shelter on Winwick Road April 2012 - access control barrier - with a by-pass for motorcycles March 2011 - the Warrington "green wave" June 2010 - a bolloard in thew middle of a cycle path February 2010 - Cyclists Dismount on a quiet cul-de-sac in Sankey Bridges December 2005 - short cycle path September 2005 - traffic lights in the middle of a cycle lane June 2005 - lane markings narrower than a bicycle March 2005 - cycle lane through parking bay April 2004 - reversed priorities at Walton Crematorium March 2004 - cycle by-pass through a hedge February 2004 - short colourful cycle path December 2003 - short, thin and slow cycle lane November 2003 - thin cycle lane on Cromwell Avenue October 2003 - cycle path swerves off and back onto the road September 2003 - cycle path brushes against pebbledash wall July 2003 - hop on and back off the pavement March 2003 - two-way cycle path narrower than two bicycles January 2003 - cycle path merges onto wrong side of Liverpool Road November 2002 - yellow brick road July 2002 - posts in the path May 2002 - dangerous merge March 2002 - the bin has gone January 2002 - contradictory signs November 2001 - a post September 2001 - U bend August 2001 - right hand flter lane ... on the left July 2001 - Taylor Street bus shelter June 2001 - a grid on Birchwood Way March 2001 - the original bin Warwickshire August 2011 - a short narrow block paved cycle track in Rugby West Sussex November 2008 - NCN sign - attached to a No Cycling sign near Gatwick Airport Wigan October 2016 - a short narrow green cycle lane in Leigh February 2006 - not a cycle lane Wiltshire January 2006 - cycle path merges onto wrong side of a dual carriageway in Salisbury Windsor and Maidenhead June 2014 - a small hill installed in the middle of a cycle path in Datchet Wirral February 2003 - bull trap Wolverhampton June 2016 - a thin cycle path with a fence in Wolverhampton February 2012 - cyclist dismount to pass under a low bridge Wyre July 2005 - lamp post in thin cycle path York January 2014 - York City Council say it with flowers May 2005 - fence
Classified Index
Narrow Cycle Facilities February 2019 - a cycle lane tapers to nothing in Hove July 2018 - a cycle lane tapers to nothing June 2018 - a cycle path transitions to a cycle lane via a post and a wheel-catching grid February 2018 - a cycle lane half the width of a bicycle in Coventry January 2018 - a short, narrow, overgrown cycleway in Suffolk June 2017 - a very thin lumpy cycle path by-passes a pinch point in Kingston-upon-Thames October 2016 - a short narrow green cycle lane in Leigh June 2016 - a thin cycle path with a fence in Wolverhampton May 2016 - a right-turn for unicylists at the start of the Leeds-Bradford cycle superhighway August 2015 - narrow door-zone cycle lane in Kingston-upon-Thames June 2015 - a thin cycle lane through a pinch point in Hertfordshire January 2013 - possibly the narrowest shared use pavement in the World October 2011 - a very thin cycle bypass in Woodplumpton August 2011 - a short narrow block paved cycle track in Rugby January 2011 - a cycle path squeezes between two trees in Bournemouth July 2009 - 45° camber in a thin lane in Liverpool February 2009 - thin cycle lane next to a Dutch canal July 2006 - cycle lane half as wide as a bicycle February 2006 - not a cycle lane August 2005 - cycle lane thinner than a bicycle July 2005 - lamp post in thin cycle path June 2005 - lane markings narrower than a bicycle March 2004 - cycle by-pass through a hedge January 2004 - tight bends in Nottingham December 2003 - short, thin and slow cycle lane November 2003 - thin cycle lane on Cromwell Avenue September 2003 - cycle path brushes against pebbledash wall March 2003 - two-way cycle path narrower than two bicycles December 2002 - thin cycle lane in Irlam June 2002 - thin cycle lane in Yorkshire April 2002 - thin cycle lane in Croydon December 2001 - thin cobbled cycle lane in Glasgow Short Cycle Facilities November 2017 - a short cycleway in Flixton August 2018 - a ten metre long cycleway in Sheffield May 2018 - cycleway leads to a no cycling sign in Slough April 2018 - a short cycle path on the A428 January 2018 - a short, narrow, overgrown cycleway in Suffolk May 2017 - a 2m long cycle path in South Gloucestershire January 2017 - a cycle lane stops abruptly on the wrong side of the road in Hounslow October 2016 - a short narrow green cycle lane in Leigh July 2016 - a short cycle path leads to a grassy bank July 2015 - central reservation of Blackfriars Road converted to a cycle path April 2015 - a dual use taxi rank in Liverpool April 2014 - a cycle lane runs into a parking bay in Nottingham April 2013 - a short green cycle lane between parking spaces in Croydon July 2012 - the olympic legacy - a short cycle lane on a roundabout May 2012 - a lay-by for cyclists near Deepcut August 2011 - a short narrow block paved cycle track in Rugby May 2011 - a semi-circular shared-use path in Chesterfield March 2011 - the Warrington "green wave" December 2010 - A short cycle path without dropped kerbs in Croydon July 2010 - a 5m long cycle path heads straight into a fence in Enfield November 2009 - short mandatory door-to-door cycle lane in Stafford September 2009 - bright green cycle path in Erith June 2009 - half a parking space in West Bromwich August 2008 - intermittent path in Oxford December 2007 - a short stretch of the Cornish Way with a bollard in the middle June 2007 - a short shared-use path with a post in the middle May 2007 - a new link for the Surrey Cycle Network April 2007 - NCN route 63 crosses the Greenwich Meridian January 2007 - a short shared-use path near Whitby December 2006 - short cycle route with a lampposts at each end December 2005 - short cycle path October 2005 - short mandatory lane in Oxford October 2004 - Leeds cycle path shorter than a bicycle February 2004 - short colourful cycle path December 2003 - short, thin and slow cycle lane November 2002 - yellow brick road September 2001 - U bend April 2001 - a short bendy route from Camden Town Bendy Cycle Facilities November 2018 - a cycle path goes though an Australian bus stop April 2018 - a short cycle path on the A428 May 2016 - a right-turn for unicylists at the start of the Leeds-Bradford cycle superhighway November 2015 - a leafy cycle path in Surrey June 2011 - a weaving cycle lane in Old Colwyn March 2011 - the Warrington "green wave" February 2011 - A long looping cycle path near Stockton-on-Tees November 2010 - a steep banked turn in Minsk October 2009 - cyclist dismounting paving in Coventry August 2009 - a semi circular cycle path in Woking February 2007 - a Crossover in Doncaster January 2004 - tight bends in Nottingham October 2002 - right-angle bends in Hull September 2001 - U bend April 2001 - a short bendy route from Camden Town Bus Stops September 2016 - a cycle lane hops onto the the pavement at a bus stop in Ipswich August 2016 - a cycle lane swerves through a bus stop in Southampton September 2014 - a shared use bus shelter in Warrington February 2013 - a hi-vis bus shelter in Nottinghamshire December 2012 - cycle path veers through a bus lay-by on the A52 in Nottinghamshire June 2012 - a shared-use bus shelter in Hillingdon March 2009 - cycle path squeezes through a bus stop in Nottinghamshire January 2009 - cycle path goes round a lamp post ... and into the side of a bus shelter October 2006 - the Coventry velodrome April 2006 - cycle path through bus lay-by March 2006 - Wantage bus stop July 2001 - Taylor Street bus shelter Bins August 2017 - cycle path gives way to a bin in Surrey August 2004 - green bin March 2001 - the original bin in Warrington Posts January 2019 - a lighting post in Newport June 2018 - a cycle path transitions to a cycle lane via a post and a wheel-catching grid October 2015 - a super-sized lamp post in the middle of the Leeds-Bradford cycle superhighway September 2015 - seven bollards on a cycle path in Ealing March 2015 - a camouflaged bollard in Orpington February 2015 - a bollard in a cycle lane in Glasgow August 2014 - black posts bent in order to obstruct the middle of a cycle path in Woking March 2014 - a power distribution post in Telford August 2013 - a cycle lane runs into a bollard outside Old Trafford November 2012 - bollards scattered across a cycle path in Oxford September 2012 - a cycle path swerves into a lamp post in Farnborough December 2011 - a line of poles placed along the middle of a cycle lane in Higham June 2010 - a bolloard in thew middle of a cycle path in Warrington January 2009 - cycle path goes round a lamp post ... and into the side of a bus shelter December 2007 - a short stretch of the Cornish Way with a bollard in the middle October 2007 - bollards in the middle of a french cycle lane August 2007 - bollards in the middle of a cycle gap June 2007 - a short shared-use path with a post in the middle December 2006 - short cycle route with a lampposts at each end June 2006 - the Sustrans safety bollard July 2005 - lamp post in thin cycle path January 2005 - NCN waymarked post July 2004 - black bollards August 2003 - post in a Nottingham path July 2002 - posts in the path March 2002 - the bin has gone February 2002 - Brighton cycle lanes bends into a post November 2001 - a post Fences June 2016 - a thin cycle path with a fence in Wolverhampton February 2014 - a BMX grind rail on the Durham by-pass July 2010 - a 5m long cycle path heads straight into a fence in Enfield January 2010 - cycle path through a fence in Manchester September 2008 - cycle path through a fence in Kilmarnock June 2008 - a safety railing in Richmond April 2008 - cycle lane veers through a fence November 2007 - cycle path ends at a fence in Stowmarket November 2005 - Carlisle cyclists dismount May 2005 - York fence February 2005 - fence along centre of cycle path September 2004 - cycle path through railings in sheffield Vegetation December 2018 - a Christmas tree in Manchester October 2018 - a cycle lane heads into a thicket in Cambridge January 2018 - a short, narrow, overgrown cycleway in Suffolk February 2017 - an overgrown cycle path in Solihull January 2016 - a tree in the middle of a cycle path on Hounslow August 2012 - a cycle path emerges from a tree in Hounslow April 2011 - a tree lined avenue in Grimsby January 2011 - a cycle path squeezes between two trees in Bournemouth May 2008 - shared use with trees in Poole March 2008 - cycle stands surrounded by nettles on the Isle of Wight February 2008 - give way to a tree in Bournemouth January 2008 - look both ways ... before riding into a tree August 2006 - Linclon tree April 2005 - cycle path diverted into hedge March 2004 - cycle by-pass through a hedge Barriers September 2017 - a barrier, steps and a cyclist dismount sign on NCR 54 in Burton-on-Trent March 2017 - a kissing gate obstructs a cycle path in Warrington March 2016 - a black railing across a cycle path in Hounslow May 2015 - a barrier obstructing a cycle path in Halton December 2014 - access control barrier thinner than a bicycle in Luton April 2012 - access control barrier - with a by-pass for motorcycles in Warrington August 2010 - a barrier obstructing NCN 67 in Chesterfield May 2003 - barriers in Oxford February 2003 - Wirral bull trap Accessories - Other Useful Objects in Cycle Facilities December 2018 - a Christmas tree in Manchester June 2018 - a cycle path transitions to a cycle lane via a post and a wheel-catching grid October 2017 - a cycle lane heads into the corner of the multi-storey car park at Winchester Station December 2016 - flower planters in the middle of a New York cycle lane April 2016 - Space for cycling - Australian Style August 2015 - narrow door-zone cycle lane in Kingston-upon-Thames July 2015 - central reservation of Blackfriars Road converted to a cycle path January 2015 - crossing a pipeline via steps in Preston November 2014 - a cycle path heads straight into a wall in Belgium June 2014 - a small hill installed in the middle of a cycle path in Datchet November 2013 - sun loungers placed on a cycle lane in Paignton September 2013 - a tram line runs along the middle of an Edinbugh cycle lane October 2012 - cable box and kerbed drain occupy full width of cycle path in Fleet March 2012 - swerving onto the A4 from behind a phone box in Hounslow September 2011 - a cycle lane running into a bollard in Bingham March 2010 - a Belgian toilet July 2009 - 45° camber in a thin lane in Liverpool December 2008 - traffic calmed cycle bypass in Merton July 2008 - targeted advertising in Manchester March 2007 - A traffic calmed cycle lane near Chesterfield September 2005 - traffic lights in the middle of a cycle lane November 2004 - telephone box April 2003 - pavement build out into Cambridge cycle lane June 2001 - a grid on Birchwood Way Surface Quality March 2018 - NCN Route 2 under water June 2017 - a very thin lumpy cycle path by-passes a pinch point in Kingston-upon-Thames December 2015 - a turfed cycle path in Chester-le-Street August 2011 - a short narrow block paved cycle track in Rugby December 2010 - A short cycle path without dropped kerbs in Croydon October 2009 - cyclist dismounting paving in Coventry February 2009 - thin brick cycle lane next to a Dutch canal May 2004 - National Cycle Network crosses a field September 2003 - cycle path brushes against pebbledash wall November 2002 - yellow brick road December 2001 - thin cobbled cycle lane in Glasgow Signs December 2017 - No cycling to the Beehive Centre May 2018 - cycleway leads to a no cycling sign in Slough July 2017 - a sign warning of its own existence April 2017 - a head on cycle lane in Sheffield April 2016 - Space for cycling - Australian Style February 2016 - no entry to a contraflow cycle track in Islington May 2014 - No Smoking sign at Frimley Park Hospital December 2013 - No No Cycling Sign on National Cycle Network Route 11 in Ely October 2013 - a shared-use supermarket in Fareham June 2013 - No cycling on the London Cycling Nework in Clapham May 2013 - confusing lane markings in Sutton March 2013 - a crossover in Camden July 2011 - a toucan crossing to nowhere December 2009 - enthusiastic sign posting on NCN route 1 May 2009 - no cycling on the national cycle network November 2008 - NCN sign - attached to a No Cycling sign near Gatwick Airport October 2008 - sign occupies whole width of cycle lane in california July 2008 - targeted advertising in Manchester January 2008 - look both ways ... before riding into a tree December 2006 - sign directs pedestians to look away February 2006 - not a cycle lane January 2005 - NCN waymarked post January 2002 - contradictory signs Cyclists Dismount September 2017 - a barrier, steps and a cyclist dismount sign on NCR 54 in Burton-on-Trent January 2014 - York City Council say it with flowers February 2012 - cyclist dismount to pass under a low bridge in Wolverhampton May 2010 - Cyclists Dismount approaching the Ferry to the Netherlands February 2010 - Cyclists Dismount on a quiet cul-de-sac in Warrington October 2009 - cyclist dismounting paving in Coventry September 2007 - 8 dismounts in 380 yards in Harlow July 2007 - Cyclists Dismount at the end of a cycle lane November 2005 - Carlisle cyclists dismount September 2004 - cycle path through railings in sheffield Priority January 2017 - a cycle lane stops abruptly on the wrong side of the road in Hounslow May 2016 - a right-turn for unicylists at the start of the Leeds-Bradford cycle superhighway July 2014 - strange lane markings on a shared-use pavement in Illminster September 2012 - give way to a lamp post in Farnborough September 2010 - give way in Galway April 2004 - reversed priorities at Walton Crematorium June 2003 - give way to private drives Cycle Parking October 2014 - a bike parking facility accessible only by stairs in Sheffield March 2008 - cycle stands surrounded by nettles on the Isle of Wight September 2006 - unuseable cycle parking at B&Q Car Parking October 2017 - a cycle lane heads into the corner of the multi-storey car park at Winchester Station April 2015 - a dual use taxi rank in Liverpool July 2013 - kerbed cycle lane leads round a blind bend straight into a parked car in Swindon March 2005 - cycle lane through parking bay September 2002 - parking bays marked in Croydon cycle lane May 2001 - parking bay in Islington The Door Zone September 2018 - a kerbed door-zone cycle lane in Manchester August 2015 - narrow door-zone cycle lane in Kingston-upon-Thames April 2010 - a Dutch door zone cycle lane May 2006 - the other door zone June 2004 - the door zone October 2001 - cycle lane in the door zone Junction Design April 2017 - a head on cycle lane in Sheffield January 2017 - a cycle lane stops abruptly on the wrong side of the road in Hounslow November 2016 - a cycle path crosses a pavement from behind a building in Ipswich March 2012 - swerving onto the A4 from behind a phone box in Hounslow January 2012 - a cycle lane performs a sharp U turn in Loughborough November 2011 - cycle lane swerves across the path of oncoming traffic in Ipswich September 2011 - a cycle lane running into a bollard in Bingham August 2009 - a semi circular cycle path in Woking April 2009 - cycle lane swerves abruptly across the path of traffic January 2006 - cycle path merges onto wrong side of a dual carriageway in Salisbury November 2005 - Carlisle cyclists dismount September 2005 - traffic lights in the middle of a cycle lane December 2004 - on and off the pavement April 2004 - reversed priorities at Walton Crematorium October 2003 - cycle path swerves off and back onto the road July 2003 - hop on and back off the pavement January 2003 - cycle path merges onto wrong side of Liverpool Road August 2002 - Nottinghham path avoids traffic lights May 2002 - dangerous merge August 2001 - right hand flter lane ... on the left
International Facilities
Australia November 2018 - a cycle path goes though a bus stop in NSW April 2016 - Give Cyclists Space sign - obstructing a cycle lane Belarus November 2010 - a steep banked turn in Minsk Belgium November 2014 - a cycle path heads straight into a wall March 2010 - a toilet July 2004 - black bollards France October 2007 - bollards in the middle of a cycle lane Irish Republic September 2010 - give way in Galway Netherlands April 2010 - a door zone cycle lane February 2009 - thin cycle lane next to a canal USA December 2016 - flower planters in the middle of a New York cycle lane October 2008 - sign occupies whole width of cycle lane in california
Chronological Index
2001 March - the original bin in Warrington April - a short bendy route from Camden Town May - parking bay in Islington June - a grid on Birchwood Way July - Taylor Street bus shelter August - right hand flter lane ... on the left September - U bend October - cycle lane in the door zone November - a post December - thin cobbled cycle lane in Glasgow 2002 January - contradictory signs February - Brighton cycle lanes bends into a post March - the bin has gone April - thin cycle lane in Croydon May - dangerous merge June - thin cycle lane in Yorkshire July - posts in the path August - Nottinghham path avoids traffic lights September - parking bays marked in Croydon cycle lane October - right-angle bends in Hull November - yellow brick road December - thin cycle lane in Irlam 2003 January - cycle path merges onto wrong side of Liverpool Road February - Wirral bull trap March - two-way cycle path narrower than two bicycles April - pavement build out into Cambridge cycle lane May - barriers in Oxford June - give way to private drives July - hop on and back off the pavement August - post in a Nottingham path September - cycle path brushes against pebbledash wall October - cycle path swerves off and back onto the road November - thin cycle lane on Cromwell Avenue December - short, thin and slow cycle lane 2004 January - tight bends in Nottingham February - short colourful cycle path March - cycle by-pass through a hedge April - reversed priorities at Walton Crematorium May - National Cycle Network crosses a field June - the door zone July - black bollards August - green bin September - cycle path through railings in sheffield October - Leeds cycle path shorter than a bicycle November - telephone box December - on and off the pavement 2005 January - NCN waymarked post February - fence along centre of cycle path March - cycle lane through parking bay April - cycle path diverted into hedge May - York fence June - lane markings narrower than a bicycle July - lamp post in thin cycle path August - cycle lane thinner than a bicycle September - traffic lights in the middle of a cycle lane October - short mandatory lane in Oxford November - Carlisle cyclists dismount December - short cycle path 2006 January - cycle path merges onto wrong side of a dual carriageway in Salisbury February - not a cycle lane March - Wantage bus stop April - cycle path through bus lay-by May - the other door zone June - the Sustrans safety bollard July - cycle lane half as wide as a bicycle August - Linclon tree September - unuseable cycle parking at B&Q October - the Coventry velodrome November - sign directs pedestians to look away December - short cycle route with a lampposts at each end 2007 January - a short shared-use path near Whitby February - a Crossover in Doncaster March - a traffic calmed cycle lane near Chesterfield April - NCN route 63 crosses the Greenwich Meridian May - a new link for the Surrey Cycle Network June - a short shared-use path with a post in the middle July - Cyclists Dismount at the end of a cycle lane August - bollards in the middle of a cycle gap September - 8 dismounts in 380 yards in Harlow October - bollards in the middle of a french cycle lane November - cycle path ends at a fence in Stowmarket December - a short stretch of the Cornish Way with a bollard in the middle 2008 January - look both ways ... before riding into a tree February - give way to a tree in Bournemouth March - cycle stands surrounded by nettles on the Isle of Wight April - cycle lane veers through a fence May - shared use with trees in Poole June - a safety railing in Richmond July - targeted advertising in Manchester August - intermittent path in Oxford September - cycle path through a fence in Kilmarnock October - sign occupies whole width of cycle lane in California November - NCN sign - attached to a No Cycling sign near Gatwick Airport December - traffic calmed cycle bypass in Merton 2009 January - cycle path goes round a lamp post ... and into the side of a bus shelter February - thin cycle lane next to a Dutch canal March - cycle path squeezes through a bus stop in Nottinghamshire April - cycle lane swerves abruptly across the path of traffic May - no cycling on the national cycle network June - half a parking space in West Bromwich July - 45° camber in a thin lane in Liverpool August - a semi circular cycle path in Woking September - bright green cycle path in Erith October - cyclist dismounting paving November - short mandatory door-to-door cycle lane in Stafford December - enthusiastic sign posting on NCN route 1 2010 January - cycle path through a fence in Manchester February - Cyclists Dismount on a quiet cul-de-sac in Warrington March - a Belgian toilet April - a Dutch door zone cycle lane May - Cyclists Dismount approaching the Ferry to the Netherlands June - a bolloard in thew middle of a cycle path in Warrington July - a 5m long cycle path heads straight into a fence in Enfield August - a barrier obstructing NCN 67 in Chesterfield September - give way in Galway November - a steep banked turn in Minsk December - a short cycle path without dropped kerbs in Croydon 2011 January - a cycle path squeezes between two trees in Bournemouth February - a long looping cycle path near Stockton-on-Tees March - the Warrington "green wave" April - a tree lined avenue in Grimsby May - a semi-circular shared-use path in Chesterfield June - a weaving cycle lane in Old Colwyn July - a toucan crossing to nowhere August - a short narrow block paved cycle track in Rugby September - a cycle lane running into a bollard in Bingham October - a very thin cycle bypass in Woodplumpton November - cycle lane swerves across the path of oncoming traffic in Ipswich December - a line of poles placed along the middle of a cycle lane in Higham 2013 January - possibly the narrowest shared use pavement in the World February - a hi-vis bus shelter in Nottinghamshire March - a crossover in Camden April - a short green cycle lane between parking spaces in Croydon May - confusing lane markings in Sutton June - No cycling on the London Cycling Nework in Clapham July - kerbed cycle lane leads round a blind bend straight into a parked car August - a cycle lane runs into a bollard outside Old Trafford September - a tram line runs along the middle of an Edinbugh cycle lane October - a shared-use supermarket in Fareham November - sun loungers placed on a cycle lane in Paignton December - No No Cycling Sign on National Cycle Network Route 11 in Ely 2014 January - York City Council say it with flowers February - a BMX grind rail on the Durham by-pass March - a power distribution post in Telford April - a cycle lane runs into a parking bay in Nottingham May - no smoking sign at Frimley Park Hospital June - a small hill installed in the middle of a cycle path in Datchet July - strange lane markings on a shared-use pavement in Illminster August - black posts bent in order to obstruct the middle of a cycle path in Woking September - a shared use bus shelter in Warrington October - a bike parking facility accessible only by stairs in Sheffield November - a cycle path heads straight into a wall in Belgium December - access control barrier thinner than a bicycle in Luton 2015 January - crossing a pipeline via steps in Preston February - a bollard in a Glasgow cycle lane March - a camouflaged bollard in Orpington April - a dual use taxi rank in Liverpool May - a barrier obstructing a cycle path in Halton June - a thin cycle lane through a pinch point in Hertfordshire July - central reservation of Blackfriars Road converted to a cycle path August - narrow door-zone cycle lane in Kingston-upon-Thames September - seven bollards on a cycle path in Ealing October - a super-sized lamp post in the middle of the Leeds-Bradford cycle superhighway November - a leafy cycle path in Surrey December - a turfed cycle path in Chester-le-Street 2016 January - a tree in the middle of a cycle path on Hounslow February - no entry to a contraflow cycle track in Islington March - a black railing across a cycle path in Hounslow April - Space for cycling - Australian Style May - a right-turn for unicylists at the start of the Leeds-Bradford cycle superhighway June - a thin cycle path with a fence in Wolverhampton July - a short cycle path leads to a grassy bank August - a cycle lane swerves through a bus stop in Southampton September - a cycle lane hops onto the the pavement at a bus stop in Ipswich October - a short narrow green cycle lane in Leigh November - a cycle path crosses a pavement from behind a building in Ipswich December - flower planters in the middle of a New York cycle lane 2017 January - a cycle lane stops abruptly on the wrong side of the road in Hounslow February - an overgrown cycle path in Solihull March - a kissing gate obstructs a cycle path in Warrington April - a head on cycle lane in Sheffield May - a 2m long cycle path in South Gloucestershire June - a very thin lumpy cycle path by-passes a pinch point in Kingston-upon-Thames July - a sign warning of its own existence August - cycle path gives way to a bin in Surrey September - a barrier, steps and a cyclist dismount sign on NCR 54 in Burton-on-Trent October - a cycle lane heads into the corner of the multi-storey car park at Winchester Station November - a short cycleway in Flixton December - No cycling to the Beehive Centre 2018 January - a short, narrow, overgrown cycleway in Suffolk February - a cycle lane half the width of a bicycle in Coventry March - NCN Route 2 under water April - a short cycle path on the A428 May - cycleway leads to a no cycling sign in Slough June - a cycle path transitions to a cycle lane via a post and a wheel-catching grid July - a cycle lane tapers to nothing August - a ten metre long cycleway in Sheffield September - a kerbed door-zone cycle lane in Manchester October - a cycle lane heads into a thicket in Cambridge November - a cycle path goes though an Australian bus stop December - a Christmas tree in Manchester 2019 January - a lighting post in Newport February - a cycle lane tapers to nothing in Hove March - NCN Route 2 under water April - a short cycle path on the A428 May - cycleway leads to a no cycling sign in Slough June - a cycle path transitions to a cycle lane via a post and a wheel-catching grid July - a cycle lane tapers to nothing August - a ten metre long cycleway in Sheffield September - a kerbed door-zone cycle lane in Manchester October - a cycle lane heads into a thicket in Cambridge November - a cycle path goes though an Australian bus stop December - a Christmas tree in Manchester -->
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