Narrow and barely perceptible cycle lanes.
New Walk meets Victoria Park.
Toucan crossing Hinckley Road
Route 4 crosses Woodshawe Rise
Hand Avenue / Braunstone Way
Gallards Hill, Braunstone, Leicester
Vans might be alright!
Suitable for cars
Light vans at risk
2.6m
8'-9"
Lengthy guard rail protects the downhill section of path at the mini-roundabout junction with Hockley Farm Road.
Hockley Farm Road passes under Leicester's ring road.
Hinckley Road / New Parks Way
Crossing of New Parks Boulevard.
Pelican crossing - with two cyclists waiting to cross New Parks Boulevard.
Cycleway alongside New Parks Way
There are two parallel similar quality paths along here and it's not clear which is for cycling and which is for pedestrians.
Crossing on New Parks Way near Groby Road roundabout
Groby Road: crossing off the roundabout island
Crossing on roundabout island.
Groby Road: crossing onto roundabout island.
NCN6 Bridge
Give way to oncoming vehicles
Route 1
Abbey Park 1¼
City Centre 1½
Crossing Halifax Drive, Leicester
Cashmore View pelican crossing
Route 4 continues along Cashmore View
Crossing Beaumont Leys Lane
Mobility scooter route at Leicester Royal Infirmary.
Looks to me like a mobility scooter route at Leicester Royal Infirmary.
Fosse Road North from the NCN63 bridge.
Stokes Drive NCN63 - the turn off for the cycleway is just ahead on the right.
Copeland Avenue, NCN63
Leicester's Route 2
Belvoir Street, Leicester
Granby Street - cycle lane sort of peters out here but cycling is permitted beyond - linking through to Leicester railway station.
Contraflow at Highcross Street, Leicester
Pedestrianised area, Leicester
Pedestrianised area, Leicester
Public realm in Leicester arguably lacking a little in character
Public realm in Leicester arguably lacking a little in character
Belvoir Street, Leicester
New Walk - a route much valued by pedestrians.
Works are underway to build a segregated cycle track - which starts immediately beyond this bus stop.
Sir Robert Peel pub, Jarrom Street, Leicester
Traffic calming on Jarrom Street, Leicester
Two one-way traffic lanes and one very narrow contra-flow cycle lane in Havelock Street, Leicester.
NCN 6 crosses Upperton Road, Leicester at a toucan crossing.
Upperton Road - unsatisfactory shared-use and a toucan crossing.
Contraflow junction, Briton Street, Leicester
De Montfort University - these closures to motor traffic create a campus feel.
De Montfort University - the closures to motor traffic really create a campus feel.
De Montfort University
The roads here retain their appearance prior to being closed to motor traffic. To be fully open to pedestrians it needs some Cyclescaping :-)
Side road off Newarke Street, Leicester
Side road off Newarke Street, Leicester
Closed off to motor vehicles.
Aylestone Road, Leicester
Great news for #Leicester cyclists. Lobbying by @LeicesterCCG closes the Marble St/Newarke St cycle track junction https://t.co/FLffQjgPlw
See also #64126.
After being on shared use paths cyclists are invited to join the (dual) carriageway here.
Granby Street in Leicester. Over recent years cycle lanes have been added and the footway widened.
Painted bike lanes on the wrong side of the carriageway regularly encroached upon by buses. Not a pleasant place to be.
Painted bike lanes on the wrong side of the carriageway were never going to appeal to many. Note the worn out paint - it's about 2 years old. The lane was put here to keep bikes away from the many bus stops on Humberstone Gate.
Carriageway route continues over roundabout (not open yet).
N of Belgrave Circle isn't too clever. Mostly built in 2014, this stretch features shared space where cyclists have to give way four times in under 150m. Must maintain traffic flow. And add some parking.
This is a one way road crossing a pedestrian path and a two way segregated cycle track to join a busy one way road. There is not enough visibility here for drivers to look to their R properly without driving over the pedestrian path and ont
Looks like an art-deco bus stop outside Western Park, Leicester. The plaque reads 'Donated to the City by Robert Rowley Jr. 1934".
http://www.leicester.gov.uk/your-council-services/lc/parks-green-spaces/main-parks/western-park/
King Richard's Road, Leicester
King Richard's Road, Leicester
Cycle route along Richard III Road, Leicester
High Street, Leicester after 11am all delivery vans are gone.
High Street Leicester - most motor traffic has been removed from this central street and the neighbouring small streets.
High Street Leicester - some kind of 'pedestrianizaton'.
The sign on the left attached to the lampost says "Thieves want your satnav".
Residential street narrowed by build outs and car parking bays.
This Statue of Liberty on the roundabout here was rescued when the Liberty Shoes factory was knocked down, many years ago.
There's a shared use path on the left here.
(See #30738 for why this was taken from a car.)
West Street, Leicester, looking towards Nelson Mandela park.
A terraced street in Leicester, with a prison in the distance.
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