Published on Thursday 18 June 2026 at 11:00 am
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council’s latest school outreach programme figures show that 78% of all trips to schools in the borough are done actively, with over 50% being walking journeys.
Filed under: active travel | Councillor Julie Gunn | Councillor Quesir Mahmood | Living Streets | School | walking | WOW
Published on Monday 15 June 2026 at 11:45 am
Residents are being asked to take part in six surveys designed to capture views on everything from the state of roads and footpaths to the quality of cycling and walking infrastructure.
Filed under: Councillor Quesir Mahmood | cycling | National Highways and Transport | NHT | Paths | Roads | Surveys | walking
Published on Tuesday 10 February 2026 at 10:33 am
More children across Blackburn with Darwen are walking, wheeling and scooting to school thanks to the continued growth of the borough’s walk-to-school programme – ‘WOW’, run by charity Living Streets on behalf of the council.
Filed under: Blackburn | children | Councillor Julie Gunn | Councillor Quesir Mahmood | Darwen | Living Streets | School | walking | Walking to school | WOW | young people
Published on Wednesday 22 October 2025 at 10:40 am
The Arran Trail is the first of six active travel routes to be transformed and reopened in South East Blackburn.
Filed under: Arran Trail | cycling | walking
Published on Monday 9 June 2025 at 1:58 pm
A staggering 96,000 trips where children walked or wheeled all the way to school were recorded as part of a challenge over the spring term.
Filed under: School | walking | Walking to school
Published on Thursday 5 June 2025 at 5:17 pm
Almost £12 million will be spent by the council on improving the infrastructure of Blackburn with Darwen for all highway users.
Filed under: Blackburn | council | Councillor Quesir Mahmood | cycling | Darwen | driving | funding | Government | highway | Infrastructure | road | Roads | walking | Wheeling
Published on Tuesday 13 May 2025 at 11:37 am
Previously coined a Champion for promoting walking to tackle physical and mental health challenges, a Blackburn based Councillor has reached another milestone.
Filed under: Blackburn | council | Councillor | Councillor Mustafa Desai | Hiking | Lakeland Hikes | Wainwright walks | walking
Published on Tuesday 3 September 2024 at 2:46 pm
Following it’s launch in January, 16 primary schools in the borough are now taking part in a project to get students walking or wheeling to school, with excellent results.
Filed under: Blackburn | Darwen | Living Streets | School | Walk to School | Walk to school outreach | walking | Walking to school | WOW
Published on Thursday 24 March 2022 at 12:38 pm
With Department for Transport’s capability funding, Blackburn with Darwen Council are encouraging and enabling local businesses within the borough to support more walking and cycling.
Filed under: Business grants | cycling | Engine idling campaign | fitness | health and fitness | health and wellbeing | Safer roads strategy | walking
Published on Wednesday 28 October 2020 at 9:55 am
The clocks went back this weekend in the UK, and every year DfT stats show a seasonal increase in accidents on UK roads, with too many pedestrians and cyclists being killed or seriously injured as it gets darker earlier.
Published on Wednesday 8 July 2020 at 1:23 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council will receive £385,000 from the Department for Transport’s ‘Emergency Active Travel Fund’, an initiative to help local authorities make roads safer for cyclists and walkers to use.
Filed under: cycling | funding | walking | zainab rawat
Published on Friday 5 June 2020 at 11:47 am
Many people have discovered the joy of cycling and walking during lockdown, for some it’s been a form of exercise, for others it’s been a safe, socially distanced way of travelling.
Filed under: active travel | cycling | Damian Talbot | funding | Phil Riley | walking
Published on Tuesday 3 July 2018 at 4:48 pm
The Weavers Wheel cycle fest took place at Witton Park on Saturday.
The festival was a great success with many people turning up to try out the range of free, family-friendly activities, including free bike and helmet hire, led rides and bike doctor surgeries.
Filed under: cycling | refresh | walking | Weavers Wheel
Published on Tuesday 28 March 2017 at 2:03 pm
You can have your say on plans to encourage more people to walk and cycle for everyday and leisure journeys across Lancashire.
Published on Wednesday 8 July 2015 at 3:46 pm
A paper map was all it took to help walking officer Nick Burton find his way from Lancashire to London.
Published on Monday 15 June 2015 at 2:59 pm
Author and hiker Nick Burton is off on a walking adventure from East Lancashire to the Houses of Parliament.
Filed under: bwdconnect | CONNECT | Councillor | Phil Riley | rambling | walking
Published on Thursday 23 April 2015 at 8:59 am
The first ever “Wacky Races” style challenge has taken place in Blackburn and Darwen – in a bid to get more people to think about different ways of travel.
Filed under: car sharing | CONNECT | cycling | James Syson | Running | Wacky Race Event | walking | Witton Park
Published on Wednesday 4 June 2014 at 3:01 pm
The Blackburn and Darwen Witton Weavers Way Walking Festival is taking place from June 16 to 27.
Filed under: Blackburn Markets | Corporation Park | health and fitness | Pleasington Pleasures | rambling | walking | West Pennine Moors | Witton Country Park
Published on Friday 23 May 2014 at 9:47 am
Walk to Work Week is a national celebration of walking to encourage people to think about the way they travel.
Filed under: Blackburn College | Capita | car sharing | CONNECT | cycling | health | public transport | Simon Harrison | Walk to Work Week | walking | Witton | Witton Park
Published on Wednesday 5 February 2014 at 10:51 am
New dates have been announced for the CONNECT mentoring sessions.
The free mentoring courses are for anyone based at a Blackburn with Darwen company who is in the role of mentor or mentee.
Filed under: car sharing | cycling | health | public transport | Test tag archive | transport | walking
