Campaigning, supporting, informing

Walk Ride Prestwich and Whitefield 
is a grass-roots initiative to make walking & cycling the natural choice for everyday journeys in Prestwich & Whitefield and beyond.
We are about promoting good ideas and good practice. On this page you will find links to some of our own initiatives and those of Bury Council and others.

Walk Ride GM is campaigning to make walking, cycling and other active travel modes modes the natural choice for journeys across Greater Manchester.

www.walkridegm.org.uk

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Campaigns and Initiatives

Click the links below or on the Campaigns menu tab to find out more about some of the things WRPW has been working on or is supporting.

• Prestwich Longfield Regeneration
• Bury Council Transport Strategy
  
• M60 Simister: Unsworth-Heaton Park Cycle Route
• Bury New Road  
• 20 Minute Neighbourhood 
• Infrastructure Surveys

​We have also added links to lots of useful guides and information if you want to explore more, or come up with your own ideas that you want us to support.



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Walk Ride - the clue is in the name! WRPW are championing walking and cycling because we think there are benefits for everyone if we make more of our journeys this way. We think that considering walking and cycling before buses, taxis, delivery vehicles and trucks is the best, greenest and healthiest way of planning transport for us all. And we are really pleased that the Department of Transport and Transport for Greater Manchester share these opinions! Have a look at the DfT's Gear Change policy document and TfGMs Active Travel plans including the Bee Network.

For over 100 years car use has grown and grown. The love affair isn't going to end overnight. But if together we make more allowance for feet and pedals, and make some adjustments on on choices of when we drive, how long it takes and where we go it will be good for us all.

So, here's some tips and thoughts:

• Don't block pavements when you park - think about a double-buggy or wheelchair having to get past
• If you are on a bike - don't ride on the pavement so people have to get out of your way!
• If you do the school run try walking instead of driving and definitely do not try to park as close to school as possible. Traffic levels drop noticeably during school holidays.
• Nearly all of us in Prestwich and Whitefield live less than 15 minutes walk from the shops. So leave the car at home as much as you can when popping out for that loaf of bread!