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Children across Leicestershire to celebrate Bike Week

Posted on 15/06/11

Leicestershire Councty CouncilEnvironment & Transport

15 June 2011

Children across Leicestershire to celebrate Bike Week

***Please contact individual schools for specific details about what they are doing for Bike Week / to set up media opportunities. For filming please contact the Press Office on 0116 3055712. A full list of schools taking part, listed by district, is below ***

Children from across Leicestershire are set to get on their bikes and ride to school to celebrate Bike Week.

Bike Week, which runs from June 18 to 26 aims to get more people cycling, more often.

This year, an estimated 2,500 children from a number of county schools are gearing up to take part and use pedal power to get to lessons.

Youngsters from Ashby C of E Primary and Woodstone Primary in Ravenstone will be taking part in their Bikeability training, organised by Leicestershire County Councils Road Safety and Travel Awareness team, during the week.

In North West Leicestershire, children will be able to take part in a prize draw to win 50 in accessories from Ashby-based Just for Bikes.

As well as this, an inter-schools cycling challenge is taking place in the Wigston and Groby areas to see which young people have the best cycling skills.

Lesley Pendleton, County Council Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport, said: Its great to see that so many county children are taking part in Bike Week.

We hope that by getting involved, more young people will be encouraged to get on their cycles and ride to school, as well as for leisure, on a regular basis.

Bike Week ties in with the councils Choose How You Move campaign which aims to help people get fit, save money, have fun and help the environment.

It also follows the launch of six colourful cycling maps which cover Leicester as well as Loughborough, Coalville, Market Harborough, Hinckley and Melton and the surrounding areas.

For more on cycling in Leicestershire, as well as information on the new maps, visit: www.leics.gov.uk/cycling

ENDS

Schools taking part in Bike Week this year are:

North West Leicestershire

  • Packington Primary
  • Moira Infants
  • Woodstone Primary, Ravenstone
  • Belton Primary
  • Ellistown Primary
  • Orchard Primary, Castle Donington
  • Ashby C of E Primary
  • Woodcote Primary, Ashby
  • Appleby Magna Primary
  • Swannington Primary
  • Willesley Primary, Ashby
  • Diseworth Primary
  • All Saints, Coalville

Charnwood

  • Robert Bakewell Primary, Loughborough
  • St Winefrides, Shepshed
  • Broomfield Primary, East Goscote
  • Queniborough Primary
  • Churchill Juniors, Thurmaston
  • Cossington Primary
  • St Barts, Quorn
  • Stonebow Primary, Loughborough
  • Booth Wood Primary, Loughborough
  • Long Whatton Primary, Loughborough
  • Newcroft Primary, Shepshed
  • Eastfield Primary, Thurmaston
  • Mountfields Lodge, Loughborough
  • Rothley Primary

Harborough

  • Foxton Primary
  • St Marys Primary, Bitteswell
  • Meadowdale Primary, Market Harborough
  • Rideway Primary, Market Harborough
  • Farndon Fields, Market Harborough
  • Little Bowden Primary
  • St Lukes Thurnby

Melton

  • Asfordby Hill Primary
  • Brownlow Primary, Melton
  • Sherard Primary, Melton

Blaby

  • St Peters C of E Primary, Whetstone
  • The Hall, Glenfield
  • Martinshaw Primary, Glenfield
  • Kingsway, Braunstone

Hinckley

  • Higham on the Hill Primary
  • Sheepy Magna Primary
  • Witherley Primary

Oadby & Wigston

  • Fairfield Primary, Wigston
  • The Meadows, Wigston

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