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The UK's best cycling cafesThe UK’s cyclist-friendly cafes on a map
Earlier this week we brought you a list favourite cycling cafes, as voted for by road.cc readers on our Facebook page. We had many more submissions than the ten we listed, and it got us thinking: a map of all the cyclist-friendly cafes would be a really useful thing.
- 10 of the best cycling cafes, as voted for by you
Turns out someone had the same idea, and this Cafe Network on Google Maps was brought to our attention.
It’s a very handy resource. It lists hundreds of cyclist-friendly cafes all over the UK, with an alphabetical list on the left-hand side, and a map on the right. Simply zoom into your part of the country and see if you can find a local cafe.
Click on the coffee cup icon and you the name of the cafe plus the address and telephone number are listed. A website address would be a useful addition, but we're nitpicking really. Check it out here.
- Strava reveals Londoners most popular cycling cafes
Is your favourite cafe listed?
David worked on the road.cc tech team from 2012-2020. Previously he was editor of Bikemagic.com and before that staff writer at RCUK. He's a seasoned cyclist of all disciplines, from road to mountain biking, touring to cyclo-cross, he only wishes he had time to ride them all. He's mildly competitive, though he'll never admit it, and is a frequent road racer but is too lazy to do really well. He currently resides in the Cotswolds, and you can now find him over on his own YouTube channel David Arthur - Just Ride Bikes.
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Yes, there are several glaring omissions in my patch too.
It seems liek a good idea but there's absolutely no indication of who 'owns' this map or how cafés come to be included (or not). Without such transparency, it is seriously lacking in credibility.
This is a very limited map, the most comprehensive one I've seen is the one maintained by the YACF community
Agreed. Local to me it misses out brilliant cafe in Boat of Garten (the 1896). Great soup and cakes, much friendlier than the surly guy at Inshriach (though his cakes are good!)
Nice idea but full of potential pitfalls. I can't see a facility to add comments to each entry e.g. that The Bog Visitor Centre near Shrewsbury is only open weekends from Easter to September or October (not sure which month, sources vary). Or that a cafe has closed or changed hands.
What happens when the map owner loses interest? Is the data publicly available as a downloadable list?
There are several in or near Shrewsbury that our Social Ride group is visiting that could be added. The local CTC group also has its own map but I don't know how up-to-date it is.
Lots of lovely cycle friendly cafes in and around the Vale of Evesham
http://www.eveshamwheelers.org.uk/club-runs-training-rides/coffee-stops/
Please contact me if I need to upload them myself.
If you sign into Google, click on the three stripes on the top left of the map page you can send Google feedback re the map and also highlight the map for the area of your feedback. Perhaps that will get them to include any ommissions?
you can add detail on the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/CafeNetworkcycling
There are at least 3 or 4 missing in the New Forest area would be good to get these added.
I agree - would love to make a few suggestions ... The Forge Cafe, Allendale, Northumberland is a definite!
Ditto, quite a few could be added to the Warrington Area.
Need to get in touch with the owner of this map - if anyone knows who it is, please holler. There's about 20 missing from my patch.
For anyone wanting the low-down on the best cafés in the Winchester-Newbury-Andover-Basingstoke area, check out our carefully-curated list here: https://goo.gl/QxoMNf
A work in progress. Some more here for whoever is putting this list together...
http://eastyorkshirectc.org.uk/category/cafes