We are currently working on a number of environmentally-friendly walking, wheeling and cycle schemes across the District.
The proposed routes will provide people on foot, wheelers (people on scooters, parents with prams and wheelchair users) and riders with safe routes in towns and between some towns and villages.
Sevenoaks town East to West route
We are working with Kent County Council to provide a walking, wheeling and cycling route for Sevenoaks town linking Wildernesse in the east to Riverhead in the west.
The route will provide walkers, wheelers (people on scooters, parents with prams and wheelchair users) and riders with safe routes.
The route will link Trinity, Weald of Kent and Tunbridge Wells Boys Grammar schools in the east with Amherst and Riverhead schools in the west. The route passes via Knole Academy, Sevenoaks Primary and Walthamstow Junior schools and close to the rail station and other facilities.
We hope to start construction work in autumn 2024.
In June and July 2023, we asked the community for their views on our proposals. The public were asked for their thoughts on specific sections of the route and if they supported the proposal. We received almost 500 responses and have refined the scheme in light of the comments. The survey showed strong overall support for the route (61%), but raised some concerns with the Bradbourne Park Road and St James’s Road sections and the loss of parking spaces. You can view the full results of the consultation.
In response, we have proposed to take the route through Cavendish Avenue, Oakdene Road and Bradbourne Vale Road instead of Clockhouse Lane, Bradbourne Park Road and St James Road.
Seven on-street car parking spaces at the junction of Bradbourne Road and Bradbourne Vale Road will be relocated to Bradbourne Vale Road along with an additional six new spaces.
During May and June 2024, we asked for residents' views on the revised designs. We are now considering everyone's comments before we move to the next stage of the project.
View our Sevenoaks Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan.
Otford to Sevenoaks via Seal
We are at the early stages of developing a walking, wheeling and cycling route linking Otford to Sevenoaks via Seal.
The proposed route could include significant improvements along the A25.
Otford to Sevenoaks
We are also developing a walking, wheeling and cycling route linking Otford to Sevenoaks.
We have secured £184,000 from Active Travel England to develop detailed designs for this route and we have appointed transport experts Phil Jones Associates to carry out a feasibility study and outline route designs.
The proposed route could include significant improvements to the A225 and the busy Bat and Ball junction.
The final proposal will be submitted to Active Travel England as part of a bid to secure funding for construction of the route.
Swanley town
We have appointed cycling and walking experts Sustrans to help develop a new Walking and Cycling plan in Swanley.
In June 2023, Sustrans ran a consultation at White Oak Leisure Centre and an online consultation in July to gather views on possible routes and to understand what deters people from cycling and walking.
Sustrans have drafted a plan that will be used to bid for Government funding to build new walking and cycling routes in the town
View our Swanley Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan.