Low Carbon Bike Tour
Join us on a tour of some of Manchester’s innovative projects to reduce the city’s carbon footprint. From green walls and green tariffs to community energy and grey water use we’ll shed new light on some familiar locations as we cycle the city. The route is around 10 miles on roads and cycle paths and we’ll cycle at a leisurely pace. Meet at 10am outside Manchester Bike Hire (41 Whitworth Street West, M1 5BD); finish 1pm Stephenson Square, M1.
Bring a lock for your bike and money for a coffee stop at the end. Organised by Love your Bike and Manchester Bike Tours. Led by Pete Abel and Ursula Harries.
Bring your own bike or hire one for the morning. Please book in advance with Manchester Bike Hire if you want to hire a bike for this event – please note bike hire not included as part of Eventbrite ticket.
Tickets are £5 or £12 via Eventbrite.
Any questions contact Ursula on 07828 466999 or Pete on 07951 642858
A Google map of some of the locations is available – more examples will be added as we find them. Please note that this Bike Tour will not be visiting all of them !
See below for photos of some of the possible locations.
Manchester Bike Hire (start location)
Oxford Road station Bike and Go. and view of the Green Building
Deansgate Castlefield – Metrolink stop and green wall.
Hulme – Henry Royce Plaque
Hulme ‘Yellow Bricks’
Manchester Metropolitan University – Birley Fields Campus
Whitworth Art Gallery
Oxford Road corridor – cycle developments
Tyndall Centre, University of Manchester
Co-operative Insurance Society tower and solar PV panels
New Co-operative Building
Manchester Cathedral
MadLab
Louse Vegas
Stevenson Square
Other interesting low carbon developments in Greater Manchester
Bolton: Salford Road Resource Recovery Facility and Solar Farm
The £2 million solar farm can produce around 2 million kWh (2GW) of electricity every year, which is enough to power approximately 600 homes. It comprises over 18,000 individual solar panels across 6.8 acres). See Bolton News article.
United Utilities. Floating solar farm, Godley Reservoir Tameside.
See Manchester Evening News article.
Event Details
Location | Manchester Bike Hire |
Salford, M3 6BY | |
Start | Saturday 17 Sep 2016 10:00am |
Finish | Saturday 17 Sep 2016 1:00pm |