Walking & Cycling
Local Walking and Cycling Routes
Walking and cycling is a great way to keep active and healthy. By swapping your short car journeys with walking or cycling, it is an easy way to build exercise into your day.
- Research shows adults who cycle regularly have fitness levels of someone up to 10 years younger.
- Keeping physically active can reduce the risk of heart and circulatory disease by as much as 35% and risk of early death by as much as 30%.
- Physical activity isn’t a guarantee against all disease, but it has been shown to greatly reduce the chances of several serious illnesses.
- Walking and cycling is great way to stay healthy both mentally and physically.
In addition, it helps protect the environment, including:
Reducing air pollution by reducing the number of cars on the roads
Reducing unwanted sounds / noise pollution which not only improves health and wellbeing but also wildlife.
Ascot Gardens is surrounded by a number of walking and cycling routes providing access to local destinations including Ascot High street, Bracknell and Windsor. View your walking and cycling routes below.
For more further information on walking and cycling in Ascot please visit:
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Promotional Map
For other information and to find alternative routes in the area visit:
Ramblers Association – www.ramblers.org.uk
Footpath Map – www.footpathmap.co.uk
Love to Ride
If you love to cycle – or want to start cycling again – there is an online platform where you and your neighbours can share experiences, find out more about what’s happening locally and take part in challenges.
The next upcoming challenge is Cycle September! Click here to go to the Love to Ride website.
National Cycle Network
The National Cycle Network provides huge benefits to health and wellbeing, with 4.2 million people using the network between 2022 and 2023. 588 million walking and cycling trips were made on the Network. As a result, £317 million was saved by the NHS through the Network’s impact on people’s health.
For more information on the National Cycle Network visit the Walk Wheel Cycle Trust website:
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