What's happening at your school?

There's lots of cool cycling stuff happening at schools in Shrewsbury. Check this page often to find out all the latest news on what's happening at your school.

Schools Bike It

Kim Williams, our Bike It Officer, is working with the following schools during the 2011/12 school year.

Belvidere Primary
Coleham Primary School
Crowmoor Primary
Grange Primary School
Greenacres Primary
Greenfields Primary
Harlescott Junior
Meole Brace Primary
Mereside Primary
Mount Pleasant Primary
Oakmeadow Primary
Oxon Primary
St Georges Junior
The Wilfred Owen School

Upcoming events

Everyone is getting ready for the Big Pedal in March 2012! The Big Pedal is the UK's largest cycle to school event; every trip to school by bike will count towards a “virtual” stage race round the UK. This is open to all schools not just Bike It schools, you can register on the website.

During March you can keep track of the Shropshire schools' progress here.

Find out more about Bike It.

Safer routes to school schemes

Safer routes to school is a project which makes improvements to roads and paths around schools to try to make it safer for children going to school.

Cycle Shrewsbury has undertaken safer routes to school schemes at the following schools:

Oakmeadow School, Bayston Hill
York Road - route to Greenacres Primary School, Grange Primary School and Grange Secondary School. View the recent press release about the new 20mph zone here.

New places to park your bike at school

You might have noticed some new cycle racks or shelters being built at your school recently.

Cycle Shrewsbury has installed lots of new cycle racks and shelters across schools in Shrewsbury to make sure that you can park your bike without having to worry about it getting stolen or wet from the rain. We've also installed new scooter racks to free up space in your cycle racks for bikes.

Schools where new or better cycle racks have been built include: