Look After Your Waterways

• Avoid cycling where your tyres would damage the path or verges (eg when they are wet or soft).
   

Consider Others
 

• Give way to others on the towpath and warn them of your approach. A polite ‘hello’ and ‘thank you’ mean a lot.

• Watch out for anglers’ tackle and give them time to move it before you try to pass.

• Dismount under low or blind bridges.

• Never race one another or perform speed trials.

• We recommend you obtain third party liability insurance and equip your bike with a bell or equivalent.
   

Take Care
 

• Access paths can be steep and slippery. Join and leave the towpath with care.

• You must get off and push your cycle beneath low or blind bridges, and where the path is very narrow.

• If you really have to cycle the towpath after dark, use front and rear lights.

• Thorny hedge trimmings can cause a puncture. We recommend plastic-reinforced tyres.

Only cycle on stretches where it is permitted. Check with the local waterway office or www.britishways.co.uk.