Active Travel: Walking and Cycling
Active travel refers to:
- walking
- scooting
- cycling and
- Park and Stride
Cornwall Council promotes Active Travel as a healthy and sustainable means of transport.
Stay active during lockdown
Sustrans have produced five activities to help families stay active and positive during lockdown. They are based on the Five Ways to Wellbeing.
They are suitable for all ages, but adapted to be appealing to different age groups. To access the videos and an activity pdf under each video follow the links below:
Return to school Active Travel toolkit
Active Travel (including Park and Stride) can complement other measures that schools have in place to manage a safe return to school. Encouraging students to walk, scoot and cycle can help reduce pressure on space as they arrive and leave. It also reduces congestion and air pollution at the school gate.
Check out the Sustrans Active Travel toolkit. The toolkit includes guidance and bespoke resources for schools, parents and students.
Sustrans Active Travel Toolkit
Parent / student guidance note
Parent / student resources
- Bike and Scooter Safety - including cycling skills and checking your bike scooter
- Routes to School Maps and Route Planning
- How To Adjust Your Brakes
- How To Adjust Your Gears
- How To Lock Up Your Bike
- How To Pump Up Your Tyres
- How To Safety Check Your Bike
School guidance note
School resources
- Setting Up an Incentive Scheme - to encourage Active Travel
- Bike and Scooter Storage - to help with social distancing
- Routes to School Maps and Route Planning
- Bike and Scooter Safety - including cycling skills and checking your bike scooter
- Setting Up a Park and Stride Scheme - for when parents need to drive
- Setting Up a Park and Stride Scheme - car park letter template
- Setting Up a Park and Stride Scheme - parent letter template
You can also take a look at the short film below where Nick from Sustrans explains more.
Active Travel Maps
The Active Travel maps show key locations including schools, local shops and green spaces. It shows how to get to them on foot, by bike or by public transport. There is further information about walking and cycling routes in the local area. There is also a handy distance/time calculator.
Download the maps for free below:
- Bodmin Active Travel Map
- Camborne, Pool, Illogan and Redruth Active Travel Map
- Falmouth and Penryn Active Travel Map
- Hayle, St Erth and St Ives Active Travel Map
- St Austell Active Travel Map
- Saltash Active Travel Map
- Truro Active Travel Map
Useful links
The Cornwall Countryside Access Forum webpage hosts many useful links related to walking and cycling. Including those for the:
- Ramblers Association
- British Horse Society
- dog walkers and
- conservation
Active travel refers to:
- walking
- scooting
- cycling and
- Park and Stride
Cornwall Council promotes Active Travel as a healthy and sustainable means of transport.
Sustrans have produced five activities to help families stay active and positive during lockdown. They are based on the Five Ways to Wellbeing.
They are suitable for all ages, but adapted to be appealing to different age groups. To access the videos and an activity pdf under each video follow the links below:
Active Travel (including Park and Stride) can complement other measures that schools have in place to manage a safe return to school. Encouraging students to walk, scoot and cycle can help reduce pressure on space as they arrive and leave. It also reduces congestion and air pollution at the school gate.
Check out the Sustrans Active Travel toolkit. The toolkit includes guidance and bespoke resources for schools, parents and students.
Sustrans Active Travel Toolkit
Parent / student guidance note
Parent / student resources
- Bike and Scooter Safety - including cycling skills and checking your bike scooter
- Routes to School Maps and Route Planning
- How To Adjust Your Brakes
- How To Adjust Your Gears
- How To Lock Up Your Bike
- How To Pump Up Your Tyres
- How To Safety Check Your Bike
School guidance note
School resources
- Setting Up an Incentive Scheme - to encourage Active Travel
- Bike and Scooter Storage - to help with social distancing
- Routes to School Maps and Route Planning
- Bike and Scooter Safety - including cycling skills and checking your bike scooter
- Setting Up a Park and Stride Scheme - for when parents need to drive
- Setting Up a Park and Stride Scheme - car park letter template
- Setting Up a Park and Stride Scheme - parent letter template
You can also take a look at the short film below where Nick from Sustrans explains more.
The Active Travel maps show key locations including schools, local shops and green spaces. It shows how to get to them on foot, by bike or by public transport. There is further information about walking and cycling routes in the local area. There is also a handy distance/time calculator.
Download the maps for free below:
The Cornwall Countryside Access Forum webpage hosts many useful links related to walking and cycling. Including those for the:
- Ramblers Association
- British Horse Society
- dog walkers and
- conservation