Sevenoaks east to west Active Travel

About the project

We worked with Sevenoaks District Council to deliver a safe and attractive walking, wheeling and cycling route to connect the east and west of Sevenoaks town, with the aim to encourage residents to walk, wheel and cycle safely as an alternative to using their cars for short journeys.

The route connects many of the town’s schools with the communities they serve, from Riverhead and Amherst schools in the west of the town with Trinity, Weald of Kent and Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys annexes in the east, also picking up Sevenoaks Primary, Walthamstow Hall Junior School, Russell House and Knole Academy along the way. The route also provides easy access to Sevenoaks railway station.

By improving these connections, it is hoped that the route will be popular with children, commuters and the wider community.

Active Travel England (ATE) is the government’s executive agency sponsored by Department for Transport and responsible for making walking, wheeling and cycling the preferred choice for everyone to get around in England. ATE funded this route and provided a total of £1.2 million towards improving the walking and cycling facilities of the town.

What we improved

The scheme included:

• a new shared (pedestrian and cycle) crossing at A25 Worships Hill, London Road and St Johns Hill
• an upgrade from footway to bridleway of the existing public right of way (PROW) SR734
• new raised table ramps at Lambarde Road, Hillingdon Avenue and The Crescent
• new separated cycle lane along the A25 Bradbourne Vale Road (between Oakdene Road and St Johns Road)
• 6 new parking spaces - A25 Bradbourne Vale Road
• new route signage.