Out & About
Cycling and Cycle Hire
Our local tourism website www.cotswolds.com has a series of downloadable maps indicating a network of safe quiet country lanes interconnecting the Cotswold market towns and surrounding villages. These routes give families and non-frequent cyclists a clearer idea of how to enjoy the Cotswolds by bicycle.
Hartwells Cycle Hire (4 miles)
High Street, Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire GL54 2AJ
Telephone : 01451 820405
TY Cycles Cycle Hire (12 miles)
Units 39 & 40 The Spinney, Elmsfield Industrial Estate, Chipping Norton OX7 5XL
Telephone : 01608 238150
The Cotswold Water Park (25 miles)
Tall Trees, Water Lane, Somerford Keynes, Gloucestershire, GL7 6DS
Telephone : 01285 862152
Go-By-Cycle, within the Cotswold Water Park, is a cycle sales, hire and repairs centre providing cycling opportunities for individuals or the whole family.
Pedal A Bike Away (45 miles)
Cannop Valley, Nr Coleford, Gloucestershire, GL16 7EH
Phone : 01594 729000
One of the best trail centres in the country. Pedal A Bike Away have a range of waymarked routes to suit all abilities - from gentle off-road family rides, technical cross-country routes to full on downhill lines (you may even see some World Cup riders in training). The Family Trail is one of the most popular traffic free cycle routes in Britain. Visitors can spot some of the local wildlife including wild boar, roes deer and even goshawk.