Hampshire Active Travel Fund Schemes

Last update: June 2026

Programme Overview

Over six tranches, Hampshire County Council have secured £14.1 million via successful bids to, and more recently allocations from, the Government’s Active Travel Fund (ATF); now called the Consolidated Active Travel Fund (CATF). The funding is being used to provide a range of measures to create better spaces for walking, wheeling and cycling in local communities.

The amount of funding the County Council receives is now based on its active travel ‘Capability Rating’, which is awarded by Active Travel England based on a self-assessment process. More details can be found on the Government website.

This first tranche of Active Travel funding, awarded in 2020, was provided for temporary pop-up measures in response to the Covid pandemic to help people socially distance more easily as they returned to high streets and town centres and to make it easier to walk and cycle after the first national lockdown and resulted in over 40 such schemes across Hampshire.

Subsequent tranches of funding have been provided to both deliver and develop permanent active travel schemes, which will support the County Council’s priorities identified in the adopted Local Transport Plan 4 including to:

  • Give people a choice of high-quality travel options
  • Support local living and reduce the demands on transport
  • Encourage sustainable travel behaviour
  • Manage the harmful effects of poor air quality and noise
  • Provide a transport system that promotes high quality, prosperous places and puts people first
Latest Updates

Consolidated Active Travel Fund (CATF1)
The funding received this year (2025) totals circa £5.1m and comprises around £4m to deliver schemes, and £1.1m to develop proposals, strategies and deliver training. This money has not yet been formally allocated to projects, but it will consider schemes from all the Districts across Hampshire. The spend deadline for the money received to deliver schemes is March 2028.

Tranche 5

For Tranche 5, awarded in 2024, the funding allocation is split into funding for the design of schemes and funding for delivery of schemes by March 2027.

Tranche 4

For Tranche 4, awarded in 2023, the allocation is split into funding for the design of schemes and funding for the delivery of schemes by the end of March 2026.

Delivered and completed;

The below schemes were awarded funding for design not construction. They include the development of segregated cycle routes and walking improvements. These schemes are subject to outcomes of public engagement and securing further funding as appropriate.

More information on each route can be found on the following scheme web pages:

ATF Tranche 4 extension schemes:

Please note some of the schemes listed below do not have a separate scheme web page.

Tranche 3

Funding was received from Tranche 3 in 2022 for additional active travel schemes across the county. The schemes include improving accessibility by walking and cycling along certain routes as well as providing new cycle parking in town and city centres.

 Delivered and completed:

Schemes in progress:

Tranche 2

Tranche 2 was awarded in 2020 and provided funding for various walking and cycling improvements across Hampshire. The schemes have either been delivered or are in the process of being delivered. The latest updates for each scheme can be found on the following web pages:

Delivered and completed:

Schemes in progress:

Scheme completion visuals
Active Travel Fund - Winchester completed schemes visuals.
Monitoring, Evaluation and Findings Reports

The County Council is committed to monitoring and evaluating schemes, to establish the impact of the measures. Following implementation, a majority of schemes will therefore be subject to the collection of transport data and user intercept surveys to inform the monitoring and evaluation process. As well as being a condition of the funding award, this process allows the County Council to determine how successful the schemes have been in supporting its priorities.

The feedback findings reports on the survey results for Tranche 2 can still be viewed.

Roadworks and Travel Advice

Visit Causeway one.network which is where the planned works are published and is an independent platform that allows real-time monitoring of all the UK’s roadworks and diversions.

My Journey - travel information and travel advice choices in Hampshire.

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