Making Cycling in Bicester Safer & Better

This report presents the findings of the Bicester Bike Users' Group (BBUG) annual survey conducted in April 2025. The survey collected responses from 73 participants from Bicester and surrounding villages, providing insights into cycling habits, barriers, motivations, and awareness of BBUG initiatives. The results are intended to inform BBUG's activities and focus areas for the coming year.

Did you know that Birmingham International Airport is only around an hour away by train? Not only that but modern and quick security screening means that you might not need to arrive quite as early as the major London airports.

In the Spring of 2021 BicesterBUG demonstrating the problems that barriers on cycle paths create for people trying to cycle in Bicester. That was followed up by a crowd sourced to photograph and map all the barriers in the town, which BicesterBUG wrapped up into a report and passed onto Oxfordshire County Council. Add to that the council’s own from 2022 which states on page 17…

The first Friday of the month is traditionally the BBUG social. Normally we meet up in the evening and have a drink at a pub within Bicester, but this month we tried something a bit different, which linked with our ongoing project to link up Bicester town with the neighbouring villages via safe, off-road, cycling routes.

If you missed the 2024 BBC prom that featured a bicycle wheel (see ) there's still time to listen again on BBC Radio 3 ( ). Or why not do what our Secretary Paul recently did, and take your own bicycle to the Royal Albert Hall to see a prom?