Better Streets for Enfield are holding a meeting at 8pm on Tuesday 19th November under the title “Is Twenty Plenty in Enfield?” to discuss the case for a 20mph limit on most Enfield roads. This meeting is open to the public so please join us.
Continue readingAlice Kay
OK, I will be upfront – I don’t walk absolutely everywhere. I am lucky enough to live in Greater London after all and have a variety of nearby train and bus routes I can utilise.
Yet, for journeys under three miles, I would hazard a guess that I walk close to 90% of them. And that doesn’t include walks for leisure which can take me roaming twice as far away from home.
Why, you might ask, do I like to walk so much (and why don’t I ever make use of the aforementioned car and bike)? Full disclosure, the car is a slightly temperamental beast nowadays and mostly only used for longer journeys outside London to see family, while the bike has resided at my father’s flat in Cambridge for close to a decade now. One day I will reclaim it.
Back to walking – so why do I do it? Number one: because I can. I’m lucky enough to be fit and healthy and I want to make use of the ability to walk anywhere I fancy for as long as possible. I’m also lucky enough to live in London where pavements, footpaths, and cut-throughs allow pedestrians to travel almost anywhere they want to. I grew up in a tiny village that, although beautiful for nature walks, didn’t have a pavement connecting it to the neighbouring village where my school and friends were. You walked along the 60 mile an hour road at your peril so I just… didn’t. Living in a place like London is a real privilege for a walker, although it may not seem like it at times.
A relaxed, social stroll with light refreshments at a popular Enfield park café & cycling hub.
The walk will offer a chance to share with others what you enjoy about walking in Enfield – and what you think could be improved to make everyday walking safer and more pleasant.
Continue readingOn the 18th of August we are organising a bicycle ride friendly to families, children and especially beginners.
Please register here via London Cycling Campaign
This is a 10 Km, led and marshalled ride that uses bike lanes, park paths and quiet streets. It will follow a slow pace, comfortable for every one and there will the option for coffee stops and cake.
Depending on the group capabilities, there is an option to extend the route but this will be decided on the ride.
The ride will take place on Sunday the 18th of August
There are three locations that you can join the ride at different times to cater for everyone:
Please be on time as any delays will accumulate.
Continue readingDate: 28th April 2024
Time: 11:00
Meeting Point: Silver Street Station, Stirling Way N18 2UF
Destination: Oakwood Park
Duration: 2-3 hours
Fun, free community ride starting outside Silver Street station (west side), riding through parks and quieter roads to the new Oakwood Park bike cafe – roughly 4 -5 miles. Children with a responsible adult very welcome (you may leave the ride at any point). Led and marshalled by London Cycling Campaign trained marshals. The will also be the option of a return ride back to Silver Street.
To register and keep up to date with the route go to the LCC events page.
This ride is one of many across London being organised ahead of the election of a new Mayor of London under the title London Loves Cycling
DATE: 16th April 2024
TIME: 19:30-21:00
VENUE: Jubilee Hall, 2 Parsonage Ln, Enfield EN2 0AJ
Please join us in person at our AGM. As well as the election of the committee and review/discussion of our campaigning we’ll be very pleased to welcome our guest speaker Izzy Romilly, who says:
” I’m Izzy, I’m 29 and live in Hackney. I’m a trustee of the London Cycling Campaign and a co-organiser of LCC’s Women’s Network, which is a partnership between LCC, JoyRiders and Londra Bisiklet Kulubu. I’ve worked in sustainability, local systems change and behaviour change, as well as being involved in community organising, and I now manage sustainable transport projects with a focus on social justice at the climate charity Possible. I was closely involved in reading and analysing the responses to the women’s network survey of 1,000+ women in summer 2023, and we published a report in January this year.
I’ll be talking through what we heard in the survey responses, i.e. what women told us about their experiences of cycling in London and what they want to see change to make cycling in London easier, safer, and more convenient for everyone”
A few months ago we had a problem with the website and many emails got delayed so we’ve been catching up. We’ve always tried to read all emails as, even if a few are not particularly complimentary, we sometimes get emails that provoke an interesting debate. As an example we got a couple of emails from an Enfield resident who clearly opposes Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (in the Enfield area these are called Quieter Neighbourhoods or QNs). She made some interesting points. In the first email she explained that there was now too much ‘displaced’ traffic and speeding on the roads around and off Hoppers Road due to the Fox Lane QN. Everyone is welcome to their observations but it is difficult to see why there would be extra traffic in this area as the post QN data shows that the traffic on Green Lanes North East of Palmers Green has, in fact, been reduced – what traffic are they trying to avoid? But the observation that the installation of a QN in one area had caused speeding vehicles in another area is intriguing.
Speeding is endemic in our society. Within the Fox Lane QN speeds of over 80mph were recorded before the implementation. It is doubtful that the speeding is done by drivers living in the area and is done by people using the roads as a cut through. Speeds of 80+mph do occur on Hoppers Road, though rarely, as this is a cut through. Our observations are that there are now very few speeding drivers within the QN and speed that was once a daily occurrence, happens rarely. Cycling and walking are so much easier and more pleasant now and in general drivers are much more courteous.
Continue readingEnfield Cycle Campaign and Better Streets for Enfield are running a feeder ride to the Women’s Freedom Ride.
This is a well-led and fully marshalled ride, with experienced riders into Central London. There are various pick up points detailed below. There will also be a return ride back to Enfield via Palmers Green and Winchmore Hill. This will be 12 miles each way (from Enfield Town) mostly on quiet roads and cycle lanes but there will be some main roads too (plus the main ride too!). If 24 plus miles is too much then there are some trains back from Kings Cross to Palmers Green/Winchmore Hill/Enfield via Finsbury Park. You will need to register that you are coming on the ride by clicking on this link Women’s Freedom Ride
We are looking forward to seeing you on the 3rd March.
Continue readingPlease join us for our open monthly meeting:
Date Tuesday 20th February
Time 20:00-21:00
Format Online via Zoom – link here
We have a special guest coming to the meeting. Jemima Hartshorn, founder/director of Mum’s for Lungs will be joining us to talk about their work. For those that don’t know Mum’s for Lungs, they campaign for clean air. They started in Brixton and now have branches in Manchester and Redbridge. They are a well organised campaign group and we could learn a lot from them.
Please join us on the 20th.
What are the barriers to more women cycling in London? The new London Cycling Campaign report ‘What Stops Women Cycling in London?’ reveals shocking levels of abuse faced by women cycling in the capital.
LCC’s Women’s Network has today published the results of a survey of over 1,000 women who cycle in London about their experiences, with both a report and hard-hitting video aimed at illustrating the gendered abuse women in London face while out cycling. The report was launched on 16th January at an LCC panel discussion, including Sophie Linden, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime, and Ruth Cadbury MP, former Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling and Walking.
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