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Bridleway to Cromwell Road at the Greenfield Lane entrance, Wolverhampton

Bridleway to Green Field Lane, Wolverhampton

Start of the Bridleway to Greenfield Lane, Wolverhampton

Cycle Parking at Morrisons supermarket Pendeford, Wolverhampton - 3 racks vs 200 car parking spaces

Newhampton Road East. This carefully planned 1.5metre wide advisory lane through the new splitter islands was burnt off on the day it was painted because it confused Wolverhampton motorists.

A41 Tettenhall Road, Wolverhampton. Advisory Cycle lanes with limited parking restrictions are of limited use

A41 Tettenhall Road , Wolverhampton advisory cycle lanes are often blighted by parked cars

Albert Road Advanced Stop Lane with law breaking cars stopped in it. Wolverhampton

Wolves BUG riders on the bridleway from Gunstone Hall, near Codsall Wood, Staffordshire

Snow Trike by Pashley

Wolves BUG members leaving Pendeford Square

Pendeford Lane, Wolverhampton passing the Hockey Club is a bridleway. The entrance to Welney Gardens, Pendeford is by the yellow barrier.

Pendeford Hall Lane, near Wolverhampton. Short length of shared use cycleway allows a rider to climb slowly in peace. Middle Lane - an ancient, often flooded bridleway starts at the left of the picture

Pendeford Hall Lane at Upper Hattons Farm, north of Codsall looking towards the bridge over the Shropshire Union. Ann-Charlotte is emerging from the lane to Old Hattons Farm

Old Hattons Farm, near Codsall, Staffs is on a bridleway and is run by Severn Trent Water.

Descending the bridleway [free from equestrians and pedestrians at this time] towards Old Hattons Farm. Just the best place for children to learn fast descents!

Track then Bridleway from Long Birch Farm towards Brewood

The perfect bridleway descent. Old Hattons Farm near Codsall is in the distance. It's run by Severn Trent Water for the spreading of 'solids' on the land. This is where new cyclists can learn to freewheel fast!

Bridleway near Long Birch Farm, Codsall, Staffs

Bridleway looking towards Long Birch Farm near Codsall, Staffs.

Gates at entrance to Long Birch Farm, near Codsall in Staffordshire. A superb, metalled public bridleway

Gunstone Lane, near Codsall Wood , Staffordshire. The start of the bridleway towards Gunstone Hall Farm

Gunstone Lane, near Codsall Wood , Staffordshire. The start of the bridleway towards Chillington Hall

Cycle Parking at the Friends' Meeting House, Summerfield Road
Wolverhampton

Friends Meeting House, Summerfield Road, Wolverhampton. Wolves on Wheels Cycle campaign meets here last Wednesday of the month 1830hrs

Summerfield Road looking towards Banks's Brewery

Entrance to Friends Meeting House, Summerfield Road, Wolverhampton. Wolves on Wheels Cycle Campaign meets here last Wednesday of the month from 1830 hrs

Casual Cycle Parking at the entrance to the Main Library, Garrick Street, Wolverhampton.
More stands on the forecourt are needed.

Cycle Parking at the main library, Garrick Street, Wolverhampton.
More stands needed.

Bilston Street, Wolverhampton at the end of the city's main shopping street. Simply not enough Sheffield Stands at this location.

Casual cycle parking on Dudley Street, Wolverhampton. The main shopping street in the city has had a facelift without providing any formal cycle stands. Wolves on Wheels have campaigned at all stages to include Sheffield stands in the new design so far to no avail.

Casual Cycle Parking on the terraces of Queen Square, Wolverhampton. A large number of Sheffield Stands here instead please.

Casual Cycle Parking. Main Entrance. Wolverhampton University, off St Peter's Square / Wulfruna Street. 20 parking spaces please.

Town Hall, West Bromwich High Street

At the end of the shared use cycle way, Dudley Street, West Bromwich looking towards the Clock Tower

'Ordinary' cycle parking on Carters Green, West Bromwich, looking towards the clock tower.

Weddall Wynd, Princes End, Tipton. Track to Millington Road noted on the Brum A-Z as Partridge Bridge.

Weddall Wynd, Princes End side, Tipton. Partridge Bridge is behind the photographer. Turn left for the direct track to Peter Avenue, Batman's Hill, Bilston rather than fork right to the severe access barrier seen in the distance.

Path on Weddall Wynd open ground, near Peter Avenue, Batman's Hill near Bilston

Below Castlecroft Road bridge, Wolverhampton. The sign is the start of the Kingswinford Railway walk [behind photographer to Wombourne and Himley] and the Smestow valley local nature reserve. These are both leisure routes on an ex-GWR trackbed but the Smestow Valley LNR [Wolverhampton City Council] is plagued by many restrictive access barriers, muddy cuttings and a 1/4 mile stretch of very loose gravel. The last gate for Wombourne-bound riders is in the background. These riders have joined the Railway Walk using the ramp down from the north side of Castlecroft Road. There are no gates between here and Wombourne - bliss!

Access control on path between Weddall Wynd open ground and Peter Avenue, Batman's Hill, Bilston

Path from Peter Avenue, Bilston alongside factory perimeter to Weddall Wynd open ground.
Difficult access control is behind the photographer.

Passage way looking towards Peter Avenue, Batman's Hill / Bradley near Bilston

Bankfield Road, Bilston looking past the road plug to the canal bridge and path through the trees

Bankfield Road, looking towards Bilston. Pluggged street gives traffic free access for cyclists between Bilston centre and Salop Street.

Route to Prosser Street, Bilston. Footbridge over A463 is behind and left of the Photographer

Footbridge across the A463 Black country Route at Stonefield Road, Bilston. Good connection for riders going from Bilston centre by Morrisons to the routes along the south side of the A463

Access barrier to Partridge Bridge section off Weddall Wynd open ground, opposite Millington Road, Princes End, Tipton. No cycle nor any wheelchair can get through this one. Bikes have to be lifted over the padlocked 5 bar gate in the left of picture.

Access barrier to Weddall Wynd open ground at the southerly end of Peter Avenue, Batman's Hill Bilston. Bicycles cannot go easily through the barrier. It prevents access to any sort of wheelchair. Sharp 1 in 10 gradient followed by straightforward track to Prince's End, Tipton

BARRIER ON PATH FROM PETER AVENUE, BATMAN'S HILL, BILSTON TO WEDDALL WYND OPEN GROUND.
ADULT BIKE WILL NOT GO ROUND THE GATE. LOOKS DOUBTFUL IF A WHEELCHAIR WILL GO ROUND ALSO.
WEDALL WYND IS THE OPEN LAND WHERE THE CYCLING IN SANDWELL NETWORK MEETS THE WOLVERHAMPTON CYCLE NETWORK.

Trescott Ford, Staffordshire

Trescott Ford . Wheeee!

A454 Bridgnorth Road is in the background . A superb bridleway begins to the left of the house and goes to the Pattingham Road ( - not advisable in high summer due to tall crops )

The Birmingham Main Canal / NCN81 goes under the railway station car park in a tunnel in Wolverhampton. It's closed in with no escape. More access is needed to the towpath.

The NCN 81 sign on Broad Street Bridge points directly to Birmingham - straight over the parapet into the canal !!!
There is no access to the Brum-bound towpath at all in the direction in which the sign is pointing.

Birmingham Main Canal - 21Locks section looking towards the Oxley viaducts. The 21 locks section forms a pleasant direct alternative to NCN81cross city route section

The Great Western, Sun Street, Wolverhampton.
Wolves on Wheels Cycle Campaign meets here on the last Wednesday of the month (except August and December)

Ring Road St Davids, Wolverhampton. This shared use path goes between Railway Drive (overhead in the photo) and Broad Street basin

Northycote Farm is on the junction of Bushbury Lane and Underhill Lane, Wolverhampton. It is run by Wolverhampton council as a visitor attraction and country park.

www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/leisure_culture/parks_recreation/countryside/nature_reserves/northycote_farm.htm

Top Lock of the 21 Locks, Birmingham Main Canal. Get off and walk here! Broad Street Basin ahead. The tall building in the background is the Chubb Locks building - home of the Light House Arts and Media centre - most cyclist friendly cinema!

Brand new advisory cycle lanes on Bushbury Lane both directions are only 1.1metres wide from the kerb including the gutter. This is a last minute scheme by WCC Road safety at year end which maddened local representatives as no mention at all of the year's cycle forums.
The recommended minimum excluding any drainage John Partridge is 1,5metres - in which a trike or trailer can actually fit. The road is wide enough for this in both directions.

Cable Street, Wolverhampton. Riders climbing under the main line railway bridge contre-jour.
Sutherland Avenue, Cable Street, Caledonia Road, Brown Street and Mason Street make a cyclists east-west route south of the city centre between East Park and Blakenhall

The track across playing fields between Green Park and Laburnum Drive, East Park in Wolverhampton. No dropped kerb this end. Vital link between quiet streets for riders going between Wolverhampton and Bilston

Laburnam Drive, East Park, Wolverhampton. Track across playing fields to Green Fields district. Useful for a quiet ride to Bilston

top of Corn Hill Wolverhampton.
Rob Marris MP (Wolverhampton SW on the left ) and two of the many Davids in Wolves on Wheels Cycle Campaign discuss the social ride to Short Heath

Horseley Fields canal junction - start of Wyrley and Essington canal towards Wednesfield

Horseley Fields Canal Junction looking up Birmingham Main Canal towpath [NCN81] towrds Wolverhampton city centre and rail station

Horseley Fields canal junction

A454 Horseley Fields, Wolverhampton. Turn left at end of the brick wall to reach Horseley Fields canal junction

Locked barrier at the end of Grove Street. Wyrley and Essington Canal is behind the photographer

Looking towards Wednesfield Way bridge. Wyrley and Essington Canal towpath

The cycle way opposite leads up onto Wednesfield Way.
The segregated cycle lanes on Wednesfield way all lead to this point - the wrong canal towpath - a towpath that doesn't go anywhere - straight towards a barbed wire barrier! A cyclist trying to ride towards Wolverhampton has to abandon the cycle lanes and join the A4124. Chocolate chain ring award anyone?

Wyrley and Essington canal towpath looking under Wednesfield Way towards the silver arch at the old railway bridge.

New Cross Avenue bridge above looking towards old New Cross bridge, Wednesfield.

Bentley Bridge, Wednesfield.
left fork is the canal towpath.
Right fork into the shopping centre.

Bentley Bridge wharf, Wyrley and Essington canal, Wednesfield

From the iron bridge at Bentley Bridge wharf, Wyrley and Essington canal looking towards New Cross canal bridge.

From the iron bridge at Bentley Bridge wharf, Wyrley and Essington Canal, Wednesfield

Wyrley and Essington Canal towpath at Bentley Bridge, Wednesfield

Wyrley and Essington Canal towpath
Wednesfield
(picture location needs checking)

Moathouse Lane, Wednesfield

Moathouse Lane Bridge, Wyrley and Essington Canal, Wednesfield

Pool Hayes Bridge
Wyrley and Essington Canal
Willenhall

The kissing gate near Devil's Elbow Bridge, Wyrley and Essington canal, Wednesfield.
Rob Marris MP lifts his bike over this barrier to cycling. It wouldn't wheel in and out of the gate.

The Kissing Gate at Devil's Elbow Bridge, Wyrley and Essington canal, Wednesfield.
A bicycle cannot be wheeled into the gate's reservoir without clashing with the gate. Some bikes have to be lifted over. NCN 54 is planned to go along this towpath.

School Street, Wolverhampton. Peel Street is on the left with the bright red car in it. Wolverhampton market is straight ahead.
School Street is severed by the market place. Cyclists do ride across the market square when there's no market on e.g. route between Queen Square and Great Brickkiln Street

Westminster Avenue, Penn, Wolverhampton showing the footpath from Goldthorn Hill / Coton Road to Colton Hills crossing the end of the street.

Dead end at Coton Road, Goldthorn Hill, Wolverhampton.
Cycling around this barrier is popular though prohibited by signs.

Alleyway off Swan Bank, Penn, Wolverhampton leading to Butts Road. No cycling sign is overgrown.

Alleyway at the end of Butts Road, Penn, Wolverhampton. Swan Bank is at the other end. No cycling sign is posted at both ends.

George Street, Centre of Wolverhampton is part of St John's Urban Village and is infamous for its really bumpy cobbles. Plugged Street. Snow Hill is the road beyond the pavement. Turn left from here to Fred Williams Cycles and city centre,

Cycle Parking at Waitrose, Wolverhampton

Primrose Lane bridleway, Bushbury

Entrance to Primrose Lane bridleway at Greenfield Lane, Bushbury

Primrose Lane bridleway, Bushbury

Entrance to Primrose Lane, Bushbury, Wolverhampton. This bridleway links Greenfield Lane and Cromwell Road

Cycle stands at Morrisons, Pendeford, Wolverhampton

Wayside, Dovecotes, towards Pendeford

NCN Route 81 on the Shropshire Union Canal at the Droveway.
If you cross over the canal bridge you can ride along Wayside towards Reapers Walk and Dovecotes school.

NCN route 81 on the Shropshire Union Canal at Wolverhampton Boat Club

NCN Route 81 in Pendeford area - last mile before the end of the Shropshire Union Canal