Chris Boardman

Fewer adults in Wigan met the recommended amount of exercise last year

Fewer adults exercising in Wigan

What used to be call the Muddy Mile is much more bike-friendly now

Wigan named one of the most bike-friendly places in UK

It's due to come into force in May 2022

Buses and lorries to be charged £60 a day from GM Clean Air Zone

Chris Boardman

Greater Manchester's first transport commissioner is appointed

Simon Dale from Gearing Up

Call to donate bikes for Wigan key workers

Chris Wood with his sons Tom and James

Youngsters' new green design plan for busy Wigan main road gets thumbs-up from c...

Wigan Council leader Coun David Molyneux, Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham and British cycling champion Chris Boardman

A buzz about Greater Manchester's new bee cycle network

Have a say on Wigan road junction plan

Wigan Town Hall

Wigan residents invited to have their say on junction improvement scheme

Cyclists trying out the resurfaced route. Photo by Darren Robinson

Canal towpath transformed as first part of regional cycling and walking scheme o...

A cyclist using a designated cycle lane

Hundreds of millions of pounds wasted on 'substandard' cycling lanes - Boardman

David Gibson

Cyclist David puts his new, improved commute into verse

The pathway improvements well under way

Wigan towpath gets a welcome makeover

How the proposed scheme could look in Leigh

Cycling and walking boost as regional bosses consider £14.6m borough plan

Chris Boardman and cyclist at the official opening of the new Saddle Junction cycle lanes

Olympic gold medallist Chris Boardman officially opens Saddle Junction cycle lan...

Former Olympic cyclist Chris Boardman, left, officially opens the new cycle lanes at the repurposed Saddle Junction, Wigan, pictured with, from second left, Coun Carl Sweeney, Ian Tyler contracts manager at AE Yates, Steve Benyon Wigan Council major projects manager, local residents and cyclist Peter Hill and Joy Lummis volunteer rider for Breeze, British Cycling encouraging women to cycle

Olympic star Chris Boardman opens Saddle cycling lanes

A major project to boost cycling in the borough has been praised by an Olympic star of two wheels as he helped to officially open the scheme.

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A bird's eye view of the Saddle Junction cycle lane works from Brian King's drone

Work has finished at Wigan's Saddle junction

Crazy golf at Saddle Junction

WATCH: Wigan jokers play crazy golf in Saddle Junction cycle lane

An aerial shot of the ongoing works at Saddle Junction

Two new projects proposed for Wigan to get more people walking and cycling

Cyclists are finding cycle lanes unusable and unsafe

Letters: Cyclists are finding cycle lanes unusable and unsafe

Chris Boardman with Coun Carl Sweeney and local cyclist David Stanley

Plans for 157 miles of new cycle routes in Wigan

The Breeze Ladies group met with Andy Burnham and Chris Boardman

Quit smoking, start riding

Saddle Junction

Work on ambitious cycleway at busy Wigan junction to start

Mike Orrell and Charles Taylor at the Market Street parking facility

Parking facilities encourage a love of cycling

Highway Code for cyclists

Highway Code for cyclists published by AA

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