Why Cycle?

The Darlington Cycle Challenge is taking place to encourage people to get on their bikes and experience the benefits of cycling.

Cycling is a great way to commute to and from work. It is faster and more reliable than driving at peak times in the town centre. It allows you to get some fresh air and exercise during your normal day and lets you arrive at work more alert and more able to concentrate.

Organisations that encourage cycling are more productive and have less absenteeism. By enticing people out of cars onto more sustainable forms of transport, organisations are demonstrating their concern for their employees' health and well-being as well as their commitment to the local environment.

Useful Info

Do It By Cycle
Find out general cycling information, tips, videos, plus event and ride information specific to the Tees Valley.
Visit the Do It By Cycle website.

Cycle Map of Darlington
'Local Motion' has published an updated cycle map for the Darlington town area. Get on your bike and explore!
Click here to download the Darlington Cycle Map.

Cycle Route Planner
Do you need a hand planning a journey? Help is at hand with the Cycle Route Planner.
Click here to find suggested cycle routes.

Beauty and the Bike
Beauty and the Bike charts the progress of a group of girls from Darlington who agreed to take up cycling for a year, and follows them to Bremen, where cycling is as natural as lip gloss to teenage girls. What happened next? Find out here.

Velodarlo
Velodarlo is a city bicycle sharing scheme for Darlington. It makes stylish Dutch bikes available for use by Darlington residents for a small deposit and a weekly hire charge of only £3. To take advantage of this handy cycling fun scheme, you need to join Velodarlo.

Bike Theft
Help protect your bike and register it on Immobilize. If it is then lost or stolen, you can use Immobilize to tell law enforcement, your insurer and the second-hand trade to assist in recovering your property and catch the thief.
Register your bike now at www.immobilize.net.

Cycle to Work Guarantee
Is your employer cycle friendly? By signing up to the Cycle to Work Guarantee, your business can signal its commitment to making it easy for staff to cycle to and from work.
Visit the Cycle to Work Guarantee website.

To find out more about cycling in Darlington, visit the 'Local Motion' website.