Cyclehoop are thrilled to announce that our Parklet in Hammersmith and Fulham has won the Best Innovation category in the Healthy Streets Awards 2017. We worked alongside our client, the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham to deliver this award-winning project in April 2017. Hosted at the Walthamstow Assembly Hall on the 28th September 2017,…
Over the summer Cyclehoop and Witteveen+Bos joined forces to enter the Better Bankside design competition. The competition focused around a project that will trial a temporary reconfiguration of Lavington Street to a one-way street, and use the freed up road-space to extend the footpath at grade through the design of a new modular structure: Bankside…
Reclaiming the streets has been a big source of inspiration for our designers here at Cyclehoop. Streets make up 80% of the accessible open space in our towns and cities, offering huge potential as a community resource, therefore taking this back for public use is incredibly important. Our range of Parklets and Green Bike Ports…
Friday 10th of June saw Bike Week 2016 kick off across the UK, and what better way to spend it than at the fifth Hackney Cycling Conference. The cycling conference, co-hosted by Hackney Council and the London Cycling Campaign was held at the exquisite Hackney Town Hall, and was chaired by Dr Tom Cohen, Deputy…
Islington Council jumps on board to trial out our Bikehangars. We are excited to be working with Islington Council in kicking off this new pilot project that could potentially be rolled out across the entire borough. Residents of Crayford Road, Holloway and Hanley Road in Tollington ward can apply online to rent one of the…
UK’s first San Francisco-style on street ‘Parklet’ which was installed in a redundant road space in Hackney back in July, transforming it into a sanctuary for people to sit, hang out and relax has since been relocated to a brand new home. Parklets are a simple and low cost way to improve the environment and help bring more customers…
“Reclaiming the road” could be considered a ‘hot topic’ in the world of cycle parking, it also appears to be inspiring many of the latest Cyclehoop projects on the streets of London. Streets make up 80% of the accessible open space in our towns and cities, offering huge potential as a community resource, therefore taking this…
We have just launched our brand new rentals website specifically for anyone who would like to rent cycle parking spaces in our Bikehangars and Bikelockers. This website will form the largest private cycle parking rental network in the UK. Our award winning Bikehangars and Bikelockers provide effective, on-street protection from tough weather conditions and theft. Users can now search and…
Following on from our first successful Parklet installed in the UK, Team London Bridge recently organised a design competition for their own Parklet in the London Bridge area in the ‘Fresh Air Square’ competition. They hope to install their ‘Fresh Air Squares’ in September 2015 followed by a further 3-4 locations in spring 2016. Fresh Air Squares will be modular, portable…
UK’s first San Francisco-style on street ‘parklet’ has been installed in a redundant road space in Hackney transforming it into a sanctuary for people to sit, hang out and relax. The borough’s parklet has been co-funded by Hackney Council using the Mayor’s Air Quality Fund grant, through Sustrans’ Innovation Fund. The ‘parklet’ is a small urban…
