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At a recent full Alton Town Council (ATC) meeting Core Group members Chris and Angus presented key points of the Cycle Alton response to the planning application by Croudace Homes to build 99 homes on land north-west of Ackender Wood by the Pertuis Avenue-Basingstoke Road junction. Read our response. Download the full PDF The councillors were very impressed with our presentation, and unanimously agreed to our request that the ATC submission includes all our recommendations, i

Cycle Alton has planned an event to launch its new website, logo and a new map designed in conjunction with Walk Alton. Join us for a short family-friendly bike ride to discover your local cycleable route to the town centre.  Meet at one of five locations: Southview Rise by the shops Anstey Park by Energique Salisbury Close on the green near the junction with The Ridgeway Chawton car park opposite Jane Austen's House Buntings at the Gilbert White Way junction Follow an experi

It’s a myth: the Dutch are not avid cyclists because their country is flat and their weather is much better than ours. They cycle a lot because of the choices their governments and local authorities have made over the past 50+ years. In the UK we have one word for those who use a bike – “cyclists”. These are then sub-divided into three (often derided) groups: the first is “Old Gits in Lycra” (I can assure you “I speak whereof I know” to misquote philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstei