Author Archives: Adam Edwards

About Adam Edwards

Adam Edwards is the current chair of WelHatCycling. As a parent of two what matters most to him is utility cycling: getting to school, work, the shops, etc. He is particularly keen on group rides which involve cake. With his youngest child, he's ridden all the way from Hatfield to Edinburgh on a tandem.

Brickendon Lane closed July to October 2021

Brickendon Lane, Hertford is closed for essential maintenance works from 21st July to 14th October 2021. The closure will be in place from the junction with Hornsmill Road to the… Read More »

Chair’s report for AGM 2020-21

Our AGM will be held at our June meeting on Wenesday 9th June 2021. If you would like to attend please let us know in a comment and we will… Read More »

Cole Green Way resurfacing – August 2021

Dates changed again, post updated 30.8.21. There are revised dates for the works to resurface the Cole Green Way in June and August 2021. The final section from St Mary’s… Read More »

First group ride since 2019!

People with bicycles on the Ayot Grenway

Today a small group of WelHatCycling members did the short ride from Campus West in Welwyn Garden City to Charlies’ in Wheathampstead for lunch and return. Not a particularly big… Read More »

Welwyn Hatfield activity map 2021 launched

Many of you will have the old Activity Map from 2005 which had become seriously out of date. So WelHatCycling applied to the Welwyn Garden City Centenary Fund to get… Read More »

Cole Green Way resurfacing updated closure dates

Cole Green Way resurfacing and drainage improvement works are now planned to restart on 29th March. To ensure public safety, sections of the route where work is underway will be… Read More »

Welwyn Garden City cycling improvements consultation by Hertfordshire County council

Cycle path on Hunters Bridge ending too soon at waitrose

Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) have launched a consultation on the next steps for the two new cycle routes in WGC, the bollarding of Digswell Park Road and the cycle lanes… Read More »

Hilltop cycle path; Ask for more cycle paths; A414 crossing; Cole Green Way resurfacing (updated); Lockdown exercise routes: Winter news from WelHatCycling

Traffic light controlled cycle crossing of the A414 at Colney Heath

Hill Top Hatfield – new shops, new cycle route Over the past few months we’ve been pushing Hertfordshire County Council over a lack of cycling provision for the new shops… Read More »

Are people really cycling, walking and using sustainable transport in Welwyn Hatfield?

This is a link to an article in the Welwyn Hatfield Times published in October following an interview with Adam Edwards, the Chair of WelHatCycling. The article includes a video… Read More »

Hatfield Link Drive – open for cycling, closed to cars

Hertfordshire County Council have blocked Link Drive, Hatfield, to cars, creating a much nicer road for cycling. This is also a plus for Onslow St Audrey’s School which will see… Read More »