Smarter Travel
We regularly update this page to bring you information about events and activities around the borough. If you attend any of our events this year we hope you'll give us your feedback by emailing us at smarter.travel@haringey.gov.uk
- Smarter Travel roadshow and events
- Smarter Travel videos
- Personal Travel Planning
- Sky Rides and Breeze Ride
- Cycle Training in Haringey is Free
- Active Travel Projects
- Smarter Travel Haringey Team - plus report
Smarter Travel Roadshow and Events
Date and time | Event and Venue | Activities |
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7 July, 12 noon-3pm | Bounds Green School Summer Fete, Bounds Green Road, N11 - near Bounds Green Tube Station | School fundraising event. Come and join in the fun. Lots of new events - cycle your own smoothie and try the cycle challenge. Smarter Travel will be there offering information and advice on walking, cycling, road safety and greener driving. |
| 14 July, 11am-3pm | One You Health Fest @ Chestnuts Park | Bring your bike along for a quick maintenance check and get information and advice on walking, cycling, road safety and greener driving. The One You Haringey team will be on hand to help you make changes and offer guidance on making you improve your health and life. |
14 July, 11am meeting @ Chestnuts Cafe | Tottenham Parks - Cafe Walking Trail Starting at: Chestnuts Cafe, St Ann's Road, N15 5BN | Free guided walk, taking in nine parks in Tottenham covering 6 miles/9.5km discovering Tottenham's beautiful parks and green spaces. Collect a park map and information from any of the 7 cafes en route: Chestnuts, Lordship Rec, Tower Gardens Park, Bruce Castle Park, Hartingdon Park, Down Lane Park, Tottenham Marshes and Markfield Park. Suitable for all ages but be prepared for 6 mile walk and bring your own refreshments or funds for purchases. This will be the launch of the route, but you use the route map any time. |
| 21 July, 1-5pm | Hale Village Summer Festival, Perkin Square, Hale Village, Tottenham Hale, N17 | Opportunity for children to play together and try out crafts, dance to live music, bouncy castle, face painting, tombola and much more. This Summer event will celebrate the harvest from the neighbourhood allotment, and you can enjoy a fun afternoon with your neighbours. Smarter Travel team from Haringey offering free smoothie - make them yourself, bring your bike along for a quick maintenance check and get information and advice on walking, cycling, road safety and greener driving.
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| 24-27 July - times to be confirmed once booked | Cycle Skills Training for children aged 9+ Venue: Finsbury Park Ball Games Area, N4 | Booking is essential: please book by contacting Cycle Confident Ltd on 0203 031 6730 or visit the Cycle Confident website (external link). For ages 9 and over.
Check suitability with Cycle Confident if the young person has additional needs. |
| 28 July, 1-5pm | Love Lane Fun Day | Event for the Love Lane community to enjoy and bring together community. Haringey Smarter Travel Team will bring their smoothie cycle to create your own smoothie drink and supply information and advice on walking, cycling, road safety and greener driving. |
| Xplorer - Orienteering for all ages | Orienteering walking activity – a great way for individuals and families to explore their local park:
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| 9 August, 12 noon-2pm | Down Lane Park, Park View Road, Tottenham, N17 | Haringey Smarter Travel Team are supporting this venture with their information stall and their bike security marking and Dr Bike maintenance - bring your bike along to be checked and fine tuned to help keep you cycling your way to work, health and fun. |
| 18 August, 10am-5pm | The Great Fete @ Alexandra Palace |
Read more about The Great Fete on the Alexandra Palace website (external link). |
| 15 September | Lordship Flower and Produce show, Lordship Rec, Lordship Lane, N17 | A beautiful event celebrating the harvest of fruits, vegetables and flowers of the season. Lots of fun to be had for all ages, in one of Haringey's award winning parks. Come along to enjoy the activities and meet Haringey's Smarter Travel Team and get your bicycle checked over by Dr Bike. |
May through to October | Pop-up Bike Maintenance sessions. Download the Pop-up bike maintenance flyer (PDF, 176KB) for session locations and dates. | Various dates and times in three Haringey Parks. Bring your bike along for a quick maintenance check. Repair punctures, adjust brakes and gears and saddle etc. If you know you need a part replaced bring it along. Dr Bike will be near the park café on the dates shown in the leaflet. Cycle training and maintenance is delivered by Cycle Confident (external link) funded by TfL and Smarter Travel. |
For further information about Smarter Travel and Roadshow Events in Haringey please keep visiting these pages or you can contact us at smarter.travel@haringey.gov.uk or 020 8489 5351.
Smarter Travel videos
Air Monsters vs Air Rangers
What can you do to help improve the air that you breathe? Our short animation film gives you further information and advice. The film was developed by The Mulberry Primary School in partnership with Urban Outdoors and Smarter Travel Haringey.
Note for iPhone users and Youtube. There is a known bug with iOS and Youtube, Two buttons are read before the player but provide no functionality. We advise that you skip these to access the content.
For more information about our schools education and road safety initiatives please look at our Road Safety Education page. We also have information on safe journeys to school.
Haringey Loves Cycling
View our Haringey Loves Cycling film to see the range of cycling activities and services available to people who live, work and study in Haringey:
Note for iPhone users and Youtube. There is a known bug with iOS and Youtube, Two buttons are read before the player but provide no functionality. We advise that you skip these to access the content.
Personal Travel Planning (PTP)
We are now delivering PTP sessions and assisting partners, carers and staff to re-assess their travel from home to school and are introducing Walking Zones to schools to encourage active travel for health and to reduce pollution and improve road safety at our schools. Email smarter.travel@haringey.gov.uk or telephone the Smarter Travel Team on 020 8489 5351.
Sky Rides and Breeze Rides
New Sky Rides (external link) have been announced throughout London that are open to men, women and families. Choose from Easy, Steady or Challenging rides.
Please contact us if you are interested in women only rides. We regularly advertise these here and the routes and dates are posted on the Sky Ride Breeze Website (external link).
Fancy becoming a local Breeze Champion? If you want to refresh your skills or know anyone who wants to become a champion contact us for more information: smarter.travel@haringey.gov.uk or email the area Breeze Coordinator:
See our Cycling page for more information about all our cycling activities.
Cycle Training in Haringey is Free
Free lessons for everyone who lives, works or studies in Haringey to learn to cycle safely and confidently, individually or in fun group sessions. We will help you learn to ride or improve your skills. These lessons are for children from the age of 9yrs and for adults.
- Book a free cycle training session: visit the Cycle Confident website (external link) or call 020 3031 6730
Our cycle training provider has a programme to deliver cycle training to schools in the borough. Why not make sure you are road safe by contacting our training provider.
Improve your own cycle skills and enjoy safer cycling with your children too, by signing up for a lesson.
Holiday Activities
Learn to cycle and improve your skills at Finsbury Park. Sessions must be booked via the Cycle Confident website (external link) or call 020 3031 6730
Our cycling page includes links to maps and other information regarding cycling in Haringey as well as details of the SkyRide Locals for Haringey.
Active Travel Projects
Active Travel Community Projects Funding 2017/18
This year 10 organisations are running projects which support the community to walk, cycle or use public transport rather than driving their car. The organisations applied for up to £4,000 of funding from TfL to get their project started. Take a look at what is happening in the table below and contact or visit them to find out more or to take part.
Living Under One Sun | Down my lane, walking and cycling connect | Cycling, walking and Dr Bike in Down Lane Park |
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Selby Trust | Green Wheels @ Selby | Cycle training, with BAME women and a bike maintenance project for local residents. |
Friends of Lordship Rec | Haringey Love Parks Week Events | Walk through 6 Tottenham Parks on 14th July and a lovely walking brochure detailing the best walks in Haringey. |
CTUK | Positive Spin Cycling | Activities located in Lordship Recreation Ground offering Cycling to people with dementia and their carers |
Markfield Project | Markfield Travel Training Scheme | Independent travel training for members. |
Bikeworks | Recycle the way you travel - cycle maintenance course poster (PDF, 164KB) | Cycle maintenance project which includes the opportunity for participants who need a bike to apply for a free recycled bike through the scheme. |
Parents Forum Resource Group | Parents Forum Resource Group (walking and promotion) | Walking and talking session and active travel promotional events. |
Mind | Walking for Health | Weekly walks for people with mental health issues. |
Muslim Action for Development and Environment (MADE) | Inter faith Cycle Ride – Tour De Salah | Various group rides from shorter 5km rides up to 100km around London. TDS was set up to encourage Muslims to get healthier and more environmentally consciences by riding their bikes for work and leisure. This year TDS is running a Faith Ride, where people of all faiths are invited to take part in the event. The rides will still stop at different Mosques, and may also stop at other faith centres along the way. The date for the main ride is still TBC however this year we will offer
For more information and to take part visit the Tour De Salah website (external link) |
For more information on these projects please email smarter.travel@haringey.gov.uk
Smarter Travel Haringey Team
We are committed to delivering a more sustainable transport system.
Our aims are to:
- ease congestion
- improve the environment
- reduce road casualties
- help people become fitter and healthier
The Smarter Travel Haringey programme includes a number of schemes and incentives for residents and local businesses to take up, including ways to encourage people to start walking, cycling and using public transport more.
- The Smarter Travel Annual Report for 2012 - 2013 (PDF, 3.41MB) is available to download and view. This is a large pdf file, if you are unable to download this, please contact us for a hard copy to be sent to you smarter.travel@haringey.gov.uk
- The Smarter Travel Annual report for 2011-2012 (PDF, 2MB) is available to download and view
- You can download and view the 2010-11 Smarter Travel baseline report (PDF, 1MB)
