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Hastings 2019 Cycling Festival
Saturday 22 June – 2pm to 6pm on the seafront between the
Pier and the Source Park
HUB will have a stall and display in collaboration with Hastings Greenway Group and there will be leaflets and a map of the proposed greenway network of walking & cycling routes in Hastings that HUB, HGG and other organisations are continuing to campaign for.
We will also be organising a cycle ride to Glyne Gap.
A full list of the activities that will be happening at the Cycle Festival will be posted on the Festival web site – https://www.visit1066country.com/whats-on/1066-cycling-festival
There will also be a Cycling Festival in Bexhill on Sunday 23 June from 10am
to 3pm on the De La Warr Lawns
HUB Leisure Cycle Rides
HUB is organising a Cycle Ride from the Pier to Glyne gap as part of the Hastings Cycling Festival – Sat 22 June
This ride is aimed at adults who want to start cycling again or who are new to cycling and will follow the safe, off-road route along the promenade and the Bulverhythe Link to the cafe at Glyne Gap and back – about 6 miles in all.
It will start at 2.30pm from the Pier and is an easy ride with one ascent where the path runs along the low cliff at Glyne Gap.
Bikes can be hired at no cost, subject to payment of a deposit – provided they are pre booked.
If you are interested please contact HUB at ian@hastingsurbanbikes.org
HUB is considering whether to organise regular leisure off-road bike rides and maybe on road rides, if there is sufficient interest and other experienced cyclists willing to lead rides.
If you are interested please complete and return the survey form online here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DLFYZXR
Greenway Route Walk across the Country Park
Saturday 1st June – 2pm from the top of the East Hill Lift
Hastings Greenway Group are organising this walk as part of a series of popular walks to show people different sections of the proposed walking & cycling routes for Hastings.
This section runs across the top of the Hastings Country Park to Fairlight and the location of the soon to be constructed Visitors Centre. There is a cafe at the Fairlight end. If you want to join the walk you can just turn up at the start. Walking boots and suitable clothing are advised.
This is an easy and fairly level walk, although a more adventurous return route along the cliff path is available
Campaign for the Greenway Routes
Both Hastings Borough Council and East Sussex County Council approved a network of walking & cycling routes in Hastings in 2014. Many of the routes adopted the alignment of the original Hastings Greenway that was conceived well over 20 year ago.
East Sussex County Council had been allocated a Local Enterprise Partnership grant of £6m to build walking and cycling routes in Hastings and Bexhill, which could have been used to complete all of these routes. This has now been reduced to £880,000 because the budget has been raided to pay for overspends on local road-building. We hope you share our outrage at this and will lobby East Sussex County Council to remedy this shortfall.
Since Hastings Council has committed itself to becoming carbon neutral by 2030 and transport makes up a large percentage of our carbon budget, it is imperative that we do all we can to reduce car use and promoting safe walking and cycling routes is a key part of that.
We expect Hastings BC to take a lead role in helping to create the much needed joint working group to take this important Walking & Cycling Route Project forward.
A joint campaign group, involving a number of local organisations, has been set up to pressure both local authorities to take a much more pro active approach, to engage with local groups and to source the necessary funding. A petition will be launched in the near future to seek community support.
Hastings Greenway Group have produced an map and leaflet to illustrate the proposed the Greenway Network, which is available at no cost.
For more information visit:
www.hastingsgreenway.org
facebook.com/hastingsgreenway
New Cycling Parking Facilities at Hastings Station and the Conquest Hospital
BUT we now need safe cycle routes to both!
Southern Rail and ESCC have funded the installation of new cycle parking pods on the platform of Hastings Station, which includes a cycle pump and repair stand.
HUB was consulted on the plans and welcome this big improvement to provide much more secure and undercover cycle parking for rail users.
This new facility highlights to appalling lack of progress on providing the necessary safe cycle route from the promenade to Station Plaza, which was to be put in place nearly 10 years ago.
HUB has been campaigning for action on this relatively inexpensive and straightforward project for many years and will step up the pressure as part of the joint Greenway campaign.
The new cycle parking at the Conquest hospital, provided by the NHS Hospital Trust, is also welcomed. The NHS Trust has also appointed an Active Travel Officer, who is working on a range of sustainable transport initiatives.
ESCC have committed to providing a safe cycle route from Alexandra Park to the Conquest, to link into the Cycleway through the Park that is to be constructed in 2019.
Sustainability on Sea festival
HUB & The Greenway Group & Hastings Sustainable Transport Forum will be on the Stade this Sunday the 30th Sept as part of Sustainability on Sea Festival
Hastings Sustainable Transport Day
Thanks to everyone who got involved for Hastings Sustainable Transport Day, and the Ring Your Bell Ride in the morning highlighting the need for the town centre link to be in place.
Read about the day on Hastings Online Times site here.
EVENT – WALK THE ORE VALLEY GREENWAY
SAT 21ST JAN MEET AT 1:30PM – ORE STATION
Meet to walk along, and along-side, the route, learn about the benefits the walking and cycling network could bring to our town, and paint it green! Wear boots for muddy ground.
ALEXANDRA PARK CYCLE ROUTE DECLARED OPEN!
Hastings Borough Council approved the cycle route through Alexandra Park on the 4th of January 2016. It still says on HBC’s website that “East Sussex County Council will deliver the project by spring 2016.” Nothing has happened. We think that it is time that cyclists start using the Park route, as it is designed, and to that end we ‘opened’ the route on Sunday 27th November.
Thanks to everyone who came on the 27th November for a considerate cycle along the designated route, we handed out information and enjoyed a traffic free ride. Lots of supportive comments from people in the park.
WE WANT SAFE ROUTES
HUB, along with Transition Town Hastings, Rother Ramblers, 1066 Cycle Club & Hastings Greenway Group have produced a leaflet calling on Hastings Borough Council & East Sussex County Council to progress the 2014 Walking and Cycling Strategy. The leaflet can be downloaded here, or by clicking the images below.
Ore Valley Greenway Consultation 16th & 17th Sept
Ore Community Land Trust is working with the Hastings Greenway Group to provide a section of the Greenway network within Speckled Wood, Ore, Hastings. This link, which will run through the wood from the Frederick Road entrance to Victoria Avenue, via Church Street, forms part of the larger Ore Valley route network which will start from Ore Rail Station and run up the valley to the Ridge and Hastings Academy.
On the 16th & 17th of September there’s a consultation event being organised, please click the image below to learn more.
Link road greenway is now open
The Hastings Link Road Greenway is now open, here’s some images of the route, which offers a pleasant, traffic free way to get to the back of Bexhill/Sidley. Now we need it linked up to a proper route east of the Queensway in Hastings!
HUB meeting dates for 2016
We meet on the 3rd Thursday of the month, 19:30 at the White Rock Hotel, on the seafront. Many thanks to the White Rock for kindly providing a space for comment groups to meet. The meeting dates for the rest of the year are: 15th Sep, 20th Oct, 17th Nov and 15th Dec.
Coastal Cultural Trail Map
HUB are proud to have contributed towards the Coastal Cultural Trail map, get your copy before they sell out!
Extend the NCN2 through Hastings Country Park?
We think the Sustains NCN2 route should be extended through Hastings Country Park. Have a look at the leaflet we drafted… click the image to download.
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