Leighton Buzzard was awarded some Cycling Town improvement money sometime during the decade beginning 2010. Photos from there show bits of cycle route signage, and some improved links to make cycle routes a little more direct, but nothing that would make much of a difference. Also quite a few rubbish shared-use cycleways too which can add to the conflict with footway users.
Cycle bridge across the A421 and M1, and new shared-use route parallel to the new A421.
Turn right on NCN route 51 entering Milton Keynes
West end of shared-use path alongside the new A421 between Milton Keynes and Junction 13 of the M1. The gate across the road might one day allow the route to continue west to Eagle Farm, but that doesn't solve the dead end problem at the ea
West end of shared-use path alongside the new A421 between Milton Keynes and Junction 13 of the M1. It's a mystery where one is supposed to go at the far end, other than the wrong way along a dual carriageway or through a private logistics
East end of shared-use path alongside the new A421 between Milton Keynes and Junction 13 of the M1. It's a mystery where one is supposed to go from here, other than the wrong way along a dual carriageway or through a private logistics depot
Leighton Buzzard station has elevators / lifts that can accommodate cycles.
Two billion people use elevators every day.
Leighton Buzzard covered racks at the station, but I'm not a fan of double-decker storage.
Leighton Buzzard covered racks at the station.
Leighton Buzzard covered racks at the station.
Leighton Buzzard cycle route markings on the ground - seems like a great idea in the office but never really works as far as I am concerned.
Leighton Buzzard cycle routes in a park.
Leighton Buzzard - a cyclist in the distance
Leighton Buzzard cycle route signage to the station 4 mins
Leighton Buzzard this multi-lane mini-roundabout (which serves a supermarket) is on NCN route 6.
Leighton Buzzard suggestion to cross on the zebra (presumably by dismounting)
Leighton Buzzard advisory cycle lane
Leighton Buzzard new bit of cycleway to the right but rest feels like it belongs (quite rightly) to pedestrians.
Leighton Buzzard ambiguous - this looks very like a footway but there's a bit of cycleway off to the right behind that brown sign.
Leighton Buzzard - it was unclear to me whether the cycleway has stopped here because these are not corduroy tactile paving.
Leighton Buzzard shared-use cycleway
Leighton Buzzard shared-use cycleway
Leighton Buzzard some racks and faded route marking
Leighton Buzzard footway cycle route with faded markings.
Cycle route sign points straight on over this roundabout to Vandyke Road schools Leighton Buzzard
Leighton Buzzard advisory cycle lane.
Leighton Buzzard advisory cycle lane.
Leighton Buzzard contraflow cycle lane
Rothschild Road, Leighton Buzzard
Route signs, Leighton Buzzard
Cycle routes signs:
Left
Town centre 5 mins 🚲(6)
Right
Grove Lock 🚲5 mins
Away
Mentmore Road
schools 2 mins
Groverbury Road
Industrial Estate 2 mins
Customer Cycle Park at Halfords, White Way Retail Park, Biggleswade
Dyson Cycles. A good place to stop for spares, repairs and accessories.
Bennetts Rec shared path entrance from Icknield Street
Kirkby Road to Meadway shared path
Bennetts Rec shared path entrance from Kirkby Road.
Meadway shared path with cars blocking
Meadway to Kirby Road shared path.
New A5 Dunstable Northern Bypass Bridge that is effectively a big u-turn on a path to nowhere.
A5 cycle path north of Dunstable
End of path from A1 footbridge (see nearby photos for barriers) at Tempsford, opposite Station Road.
New covered double-decker cycle parking at Sandy station.
There doesn't appear to be any cycle parking at the small stations along the Marston Vale line.
There doesn't appear to be any cycle parking at the small stations along the Marston Vale line.
Level crossing at Aspley Guise station.
End of a public footpath - basically the edge of a field we pushed our bikes along.
Barrier at the end of this road then its a dirt track.
Quiet alternative route (if you don't mind a muddy bridleway)
Using quiet lanes to avoid the busy Woburn Sands to Woburn road as much as possible.
Using quiet lanes to avoid the busy Woburn Sands to Woburn road as much as possible.
Unexpected bit of cycleway signage in Aspley Guise. This area is hillier than we're used to riding.
NCN 12: Sandy, Bedfordshire
Double scaffold & concrete post chicane. This is used by both cyclists and pedestrians.
The gap space allowed is barely 1 metre in each barrier.
The two sets of barriers are too close to each other.
An unloa
Cut-through in Potton - unknown to any of the online maps.
Cut-through in Potton - unknown to any of the online maps. Dropped kerb needed.
Cut-through to Church Causeway, Potton
Church Causeway, Potton - paved and lit.
Church Causeway, Potton - one of those public footpaths that's paved and (in part) used by cars.
Old Bedford Road pretty quickly turns into a bridleway
There's a cycle stand at each end of Potton Library. And that's about it for the village.
Junction of new bridleways on the edge of Potton
A public bridleway has been created alongside the road from Sutton to Potton - this looks like a lovely beautiful bluebell wood.
A public bridleway has been created alongside the road from Sutton to Potton.
A public bridleway has been created alongside the road from Sutton to Potton.
A public bridleway has been created alongside the road from Sutton to Potton.
Good permeability spoilt by uncontrolled parking - cycles and buggies could get by, wheelchairs couldn't.
Poor link from housing development to bridleway - dropped kerb needed
Bridleway from housing development to new school - this needs improving for cycling.
Dropped kerbs needed at the entry to this new school, with no obvious cycle parking.
Bridleway beside new school - this needs improving for cycling to school
Route past new school to housing development
Route to new school and housing development
It's not signed, but this is a much more direct route from central Biggleswade to the Potton road than the main road for cars.
Road closure and cycle parking on the edge of central Biggleswade
Footpath to Biggleswade station from the east - could this be widened for cycle access?
Access to Biggleswade station from the east side
Cycle track parallel to the East Coast Main Line
Bridge across Biggleswade station (no ticket barriers) to cycle routes on the east side of the railway. There should probably be cycle parking on this side too?
Nicely angled stands at Biggleswade station - but I wonder if this is actually enough nowadays?
Covered cycle parking at Biggleswade station - dropped kerbs would help.
Bridleway from Biggleswade towards Sandy (the RSPB's headquarters at The Lodge are on top of the hill)
Bridleway towards Biggleswade
Short link: https://cycle.st/area/