Cycling information

Cycle routes

Find bike rides and routes for all ages and abilities on our Cycle routes page.

Cycling guide map

Use our Cycle map (PDF, 5MB) to plan your cycling route around North East Lincolnshire.

Cycle parking

Find out about safe cycle parking on Cycle Hub Lincs. This includes parking at the Cycle Hub as well as access to the Abbey Walk cycle compound, both in Grimsby Town Centre.

There are also cycle parking facilities available at all local schools and colleges, Grimsby Hospital, sports and leisure centres, doctors surgeries, medical centres and local parks. However, if you know of a location where new or additional cycle parking would be useful please let us know and we’ll try and get some installed.

Security tips

No matter where you leave your bike always remember to lock it up. The majority of bicycle thefts are opportunist ones, so no matter how long you are leaving your bike for it is essential that you take adequate steps to make sure that your bike is still there when you return.

Cycling initiatives and events

Cycling initiative in North East Lincolnshire:

NEL Go Ride – A fun and safe way to introduce young riders to the world of cycle sport and provides a platform to improve bike handling skills
Breeze Bike Rides – Helping women feel confident and comfortable about going out for a ride on their bike
Go Skyride – Guided bike ride events

Cycle skills workshop training

North East Lincolnshire Council and R-evolution work in conjunction to provide community hubs located in key positions in the borough, these hubs provide venues for local residents to go for bike service, puncture repair and cycle maintenance courses.

The aim of this project is to help remove barriers for cycling and enable people to either get on a bike for the first time, keep their current bikes safe and road worthy, improve their confidence and skills knowledge through cycle maintenance training, or improve health and fitness through access to cycling.

You can get involved with this project as a volunteer or end user. If you would like more information please email [email protected] or check out North East Lincolnshire – Cycle Project | R-evolution to find out where these sessions are currently operating.

E-bike loans

North East Lincolnshire Council work in collaboration with Humber & Wolds Rural Action, as part of this initiative people living, working or studying in North East Lincolnshire have the opportunity to borrow an E-Bike or E-Trike. This scheme encourages more people to be active active and improve air quality within the borough, this scheme loans bikes for a two week period.

If you would like further information regarding this scheme please email [email protected] or check out E-bike Scheme North East Lincolnshire | HWRCC

Doctor Bike

Doctor Bike, in collaboration with Cycle Hub Lincs, provide pop up repair sessions throughout the year at various community-based locations within North East Lincolnshire. These events offer free 10-minute appointments with a qualified bike mechanics who carry out an initial assessment of the bike and can fix minor repairs such as punctures and brakes. These sessions provide a fantastic opportunity for cyclists to check their bikes are safe and road worthy.

Throughout the winter these events are rebranded to Be Safe Be Seen, these sessions offer the same repair service as the Dr Bike events in the Summer with the added bonus of providing free bike lights. It’s essential to the cycling community that cyclists are visible on the roads to reduce the amount of accidents on the road

We’re always looking for suitable locations for the team to visit, this could be your workplace, the village hall or your local park. All we need is an area of hardstanding (such as a car park or school playground) with enough space for our team’s van and 3m x 3m gazebo. The site must have good access from the road so its easy for people to find and needs to be available between 3pm and 6pm (on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday) between April and September.

If you have a location you would like to suggest please email [email protected], make sure you add ‘Doctor Bike’ in the title of your email to make sure we see your suggestion. Check out Cycle Hub Lincs – bicycle parking, repairs, hire in Grimsby for more information.

Bikeability

Bikeability cycle training is delivered to pupils in years 5 and 6 at many local primary schools by our partner, Lincs Inspire. If you’ve got a child who missed out on Bikeability at school or maybe have a younger child who wants to learn to ride, school holiday sessions are available and can be booked directly with Lincs Inspire. You can find more information out at Cycling Skills – Lincs Inspire.