Active Travel Fund Schemes in Winchester

Schemes to create better spaces for people walking and cycling around Winchester.

Last update: June 2026

Latest Update - completed works

Hyde Church Lane & Middle Brook Street

Hampshire County Council appointed Rocon Contractors Ltd to undertake improvement works to create a modal filter and a prohibition of driving “except for access” in Hyde Church Lane, and to change the previous prohibition of driving except for pedestrians on Middle Brook Street to a prohibition of driving except for pedestrians and cycles, which extended the existing cycle route south into the retail core of the city. Please view Middle Brook Street plan.

Works completed in November 2025.

The works included:

  • excavation in the road to install ducting (protective tubes for cabling)
  • excavating and installation of traffic signs at either end of Hyde Church Lane 
  • installation of bollards in two separate locations
  • removal of existing signage by the junction of Middle Brook Street and Friarsgate Street
  • installation of pedestrian and cycle zone signs at either end of Middle Brook Street
  • reinstatement of works

 Jewry Street/Hyde Street/North Walls Junction Improvements

The painted white cycle road markings have been completed in December 2025.  For cycle safety, Advance Stop Lines (ASL) and improved traffic signals were installed. Innovative technology - detectors allows earlier release at the traffic lights to enable cyclists to have a head start. This would also improve the level of service on part of Primary Cycle Network identified in the LCWIP and is supported by local cycling groups. Please view the plan.

Please see the visuals (MS Sway) of the completed schemes.

Scheme Overview
Hampshire County Council and Winchester City Council want to remove constraints to travel and transport around Winchester to enable growth and make the city a healthier and more accessible place to live, work and visit. The County Council has successfully secured funding from the Government’s Active Travel Fund to deliver a number of measures across the county which support this commitment.

The aim of these measures is to improve quality of life and wellbeing through an enhanced public space and enable increased walking and cycling in Winchester. This forms part of the Winchester Movement Strategy (WMS) which was adopted by Hampshire County Council and Winchester City Council in spring 2019, setting out a joint approach for how transport and travel in Winchester will be improved over the coming years.

Approval has been given on 31 January 2025 to progress with the Winchester City Centre North-South Active Travel Improvements. Please read the Decision Report.

Active Travel Improvement Scheme

Parchment Street/North Walls Improvements

The proposal would be to create an experimental contra flow cycle facility and minor improvements to the junction of Parchment Street/North Walls junction.  Works expected to start 2026.

Funding Arrangements
Funding for the transport capital delivery schemes is separate from the County Council’s revenue budget and savings proposals. In the majority of cases funding comes from external grants and / or Section 106 contribution from developers. This funding usually has conditions that strictly control on how, where and when it can be spent.
Roadworks and Travel Advice

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