Cycle Lewes Campaigns
Low Traffic Lewes
a) “Low Traffic Lewes Project - Progress Report February 2022”
In December 2020 Lewes Town Council agreed to support the Low Traffic Lewes Project led by Lewes Living Streets and Cycle Lewes.
It also agreed a grant of £5,400 to fund two studies to support the project and particularly objectives 1 and 3 below:
A survey of visitors to Lewes High Street and shopping area (and a similar survey of businesses) and:
A camera survey to ascertain the current volume of through-traffic on the High Street.
One of the key results from the residents' survey is that there is overwhelming support for more planning, seating and wider pavements as well as hop on hop off buses to get round the town.
Download the full progress report on the project so far here.
b) “Lewes Through Traffic Camera Survey results Feb 2022”
In order to have reliable statistics on the amount of motorised vehicles passing through the centre of Lewes, Lewes Living Streets & Cycle Lewes organised a camera survey of traffic passing East & West between Westgate to Phoenix Bridge.
Over 8,800 vehicles were captured entering the town over Phoenix Bridge on 16 November 2021.
Open the attached survey report for a break-down of the results.
c) Title: Low Traffic Lewes Project: Survey results Feb 2022
This survey of visitors, residents & businesses was carried out in February 2022 and it is hoped will provide compelling evidence on the need to change the layout & infrastructure on School Hill & the Upper High Street.
School Streets
Cycle Lewes & Lewes Living Streets monitor car use during drop off & pick up times for Priory School.
Mountfield Rd survey report - May 2022
A Cycling Strategy for Lewes
The Cycle Lewes Strategy was adopted at our AGM in October 2018 & remains a key policy document used in our lobbying and policy work.
The 30 page document followed extensive discussion and consultation. Its aim is to improve the possibility for all people whatever age and whatever the purpose of their journey to travel by bicycle. It aims to create better routes between neighbourhoods in Lewes, improve the experience of cycling including mitigation of the one-way system and the effect of motorised traffic, create safe cycle routes between Lewes and neighbourhood villages and improve commuting between Lewes and Falmer.
Linking the C90 national cycle route through Lewes
Cycle Lewes film about the proposed C90 cycle route through Lewes:
The C90 is the National Cycle Route which goes from Brighton, through Lewes towards Eastbourne. The Lewes Town section has never been formally agreed by East Sussex County Council, and this short film sets out why and how it needs to be done.
20mph Lewes
Work in progress
Old Malling Farm development proposal. Where are the cycle routes?
Old Malling Farm is situated off the Old Malling Way, and is a green field site with an application for the erection of up to 226 new dwellings.
Cycle Lewes submitted its official objection to this application earlier. The proposal is not fit for a sustainable future and needs to be challenged strongly. The design of this site needs to build-in cycling and walking as the first choice for short journeys. On June 10th 2021 the South Downs National Park Authority (SDNA) Planning Committee approved the application for outline planning permission subject to extensive conditions including 50% affordable housing, a commitment to zero carbon construction, electric vehicle charging points, a route for pedestrians and cyclists at the S-E corner of the site down into the former railway cutting to give convenient alternative access to the town centre.
Read Cycle Lewes’ Response here.
Phoenix Development proposals
Work in progress
Young Lewesians send Climate Change message on the need for better cycling facilities in the County Town
Encouraging young people to promote cycling as a way of combatting climate change. “Our Big Ask” is a message from Tom & Thomas, two pupils at Southover Primary School demanding better cycling facilities in the county town.