Large increase in Darlington cycling

Success for Darlington's 'Big Summer' campaign to get more people cycling and walking

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A large increase in the number of people cycling on Darlington’s roads has occurred in the past year.

The North-East town has been running its Big Summer campaign which is aimed at encouraging locals to get about via bike and foot.

The quarterly data, collected from the 12 cycle cordon counts across the town, also details how there has been a massive 65 per cent increase on the quarter to April 2014.

Darlington has been an active player in increasing cycle journeys across the region and recently introduced 24-hour free cycle parking which allows for easy access to the town centre.

“These figures are very encouraging and hopefully they’ll continue throughout the year,” Councillor David Lyonette, Darlington Borough Council’s cabinet member for transport, commented.

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Chris Marshall-Bell

A freelance sports journalist and podcaster, you'll mostly find Chris's byline attached to news scoops, profile interviews and long reads across a variety of different publications. He has been writing regularly for Cycling Weekly since 2013. In 2024 he released a seven-part podcast documentary, Ghost in the Machine, about motor doping in cycling.


Previously a ski, hiking and cycling guide in the Canadian Rockies and Spanish Pyrenees, he almost certainly holds the record for the most number of interviews conducted from snowy mountains. He lives in Valencia, Spain.