The Family Friendly series
The Family Friendly Rides series offers lots of helpful tips, advice and cycle rides along mostly traffic-free routes and quiet roads.
Family Friendly Rides: getting started
The Getting Started leaflet is a simple guide giving you all the information you need to start cycling with your family.
Traffic Free Adventures: Shrewsbury to Uffington
A leaflet showing a ten mile family bike ride which takes you on traffic-free roads along the riverside into scenic Shropshire countryside.
Family Friendly Rides: Shrewsbury's BMX tracks and ramps and mountain biking
A leaflet showing good locations to cycle in Shrewsbury and Shropshire, advice on equipment and information about clubs and training.
Family Friendly Rides: Days out by train and bicycle from Shrewsbury
This leaflet includes practical advice on taking your bicycle on the train, ideas for days out in Telford and Wellington by train and bicycle, and maps of the areas around Shrewsbury and Telford stations.
Family Friendly Rides: A cycle tour of Shrewsbury Town Football Club
A seven mile cycle ride exploring Shrewsbury's footballing history. The route starts at the Shrewsbury Town Football Stadium on Oteley Road and takes in the sites of five of Shrewsbury's former grounds.
Family Friendly Rides: Wildlife and waterways
New in February 2011 to celebrate the Darwin Festival. A seven mile ride taking in Shrewsbury's hidden waterways and great places to see unusual plants and flowers.
Ludlow Family Friendly Rides: Lady Halton Loop
New in October 2011 to celebrate 'love your bike' month. A seven mile circular route along quiet lanes and traffic free paths exploring the countryside to the west of Ludlow.
How do I get a copy?
These leaflets are available from local visitor information centre and libraries, you can download copies of the leaflets which are attached to this page or order a hard copy by following the menu link to 'Cycle leaflet order'.
Cycle awareness training for children is provided by our Road Safety Team. Follow the link on this page to find out more.