Proposed Cycle Routes

Connections to/ from Bampton are picked in several of the cycling plans for Oxfordshire. In the Witney LCWIP a ‘potential new or upgraded segregated cycle track’ is proposed to connect Bampton to Ducklington, with further improvements proposed between Ducklington and Witney (see map). A link to the Witney LCWIP can be found on OCC’s public website: https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/transport-and-travel/connecting-oxfordshire/active-travel. 

Schemes in LCWIPs are not automatically funded but are prioritised by standardised criteria, which helps the council to bid for and allocate funding. Depending on where future development is allocated, they can also collect funding to improvements/ ask the developer to deliver improvements.  In the Carterton LCWIP that they are currently developing, is a connection between Bampton and Brize Norton/ Carterton via Station Road. Improvements will be proposed for this route following a recent audit of the current condition of the route. 

The Carterton LCWIP is due to go out to public consultation in May 2025, where more detail of the proposed improvements will be provided.  As with Witney LCWIP, funding of improvements in the LCWIP is guaranteed from the outset. 

Oxfordshire County Council have also developed a Strategic Active Travel Network. This identifies in more detail the connections between towns and villages in the county and routes that may not be included in LCWIPs due to the distance and purpose of the route, and connections to/ from Bampton are also included in this. More information on the project can be found here: 
 
The next steps with the project are being determined and will be announced on Oxfordshire County Council’s Active Travel page in due course.  

For further information please contact:

Kim Sutherland,
Senior Transport Planner (Wes) Place Planning – North Oxfordshire County Council
County Hall
New Road
Oxford
OX1 1ND

Email: kim.sutherland@oxfordshire.gov.uk www.oxfordshire.gov.uk