Active Travel

Active travel includes walking, wheeling and cycling for everyday journeys. There are a range of benefits of active travel including improved public health and air quality, increased road safety, reduced carbon emissions and supporting more efficient transport systems. It includes:

• Walking - The most sustainable option, requiring no fuel, and helping people to be more active, with benefits for their health.
• Wheeling - An alternative to foot/pedestrian-based mobility. Includes wheeled mobilities such as manual self-propelled or assistant-propelled wheelchairs.
• Cycling - An active, efficient, low-emission mode of transport that also improves fitness.

The Department for Transport has set out four objectives for active travel to be delivered by Active Travel England, working in partnership with local authorities.

• Increasing the percentage of short journeys in towns and cities that are walked or cycled.
• Increase people’s annual walking activity.
• Double rates of cycling.
• Increase the percentage of children aged 5 to 10 who usually walk to school.
  
  

Have your say on walking, wheeling and cycling

Cheshire West and Chester Council’s Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan includes improvements for Hartford, Helsby, Weaverham, Neston and Frodsham and we want to develop these further with your input.

Come along to a drop-in session, listed below, to tell us your ideas for improving these local areas for walking, wheeling and cycling. Alternatively, complete the online survey for each area. 

Hartford
Hartford Village Hall, 244 Chester Road, CW8 1LW
Thursday, 4 September 2025, 4 - 7pm
Complete the online survey

Weaverham
Weaverham Community Centre, Russet Rd, CW8 3HY
Wednesday, 10 September 2025, 4 - 7pm
Complete the online survey

Frodsham
Frodsham Parish Hall, Church Road, WA6 6PN
Thursday, 18 September 2025, 4 - 7pm
Complete the online survey

Helsby
Helsby Community Sports Club, Callender Way, WA6 0FX
Saturday, 27 September 2025, 10am - 1pm 
Complete the online survey

Neston
Neston Town Hall, High Street, CH64 9TR
Date TBC