Cycling issues in and around Lewes

Click on these links for background and recent developments on the main issues Cycle Lewes has been involved with.

These are not the only things we have considered, and we are still adding material to the website, so contact us if you do not see the area you are interested in mentioned.

Lewes District Council draft core strategy

Our response to a consultation on the District Council's high-level draft strategy for the future, based on Cycle Lewes's experience with cycling in the area over more than a decade, developed the idea that:

While this paper looks at strategic road and rail infrastructure it does not characterise the rural road and off-road networks, which are extensive, and of great potential for recreation and tourism potential, but are generally poorly connected to the centres of population. We would add:

The northern part of Lewes District has an extensive network of quiet lanes used by cyclists and equestrians, while the southern area on and around the South Downs has some of the best off-road cycling in England. However the connections between these areas and the towns are poor, with cyclists needing to negotiate heavy traffic and difficult junctions. There is no signage from the towns (where most of the population lives) or the railway stations to to the edge of towns or to the South Downs. The cycle connections between Lewes and Newhaven/Seaford are particularly poor.