CYCLING TOUR

Date: Sunday 18 September

Time: 11:00 – 14:30

Start/Finish: Primary, 33 Seely Road, Nottingham, NG7 1NU. Primary will be open from 10.30am for anyone wishing to visit their current exhibitions Attention, Absorption by Maybelle Peters & Open Code by Mac Collins, or looking to using the facilities.

Duration: 3.5 hours

Distance: 9 km

Difficulty: easy/medium

Surface: some main roads, quiet back streets, cycle paths

Highlights: Raleigh Cycle Company, Raleigh Street, The Howitt Building, workers’ rights, Nottingham Industrial Museum, Humber, Primary.

Partnering with Primary, join us for a bike ride mostly on quiet back streets and cycle paths to explore Nottingham’s local history of Raleigh Cycle Company and The Howitt Building (Raleigh’s former main offices and a Grade II listed building).

Raleigh bikes, once the largest bike manufacturer in the world, has left its mark on Nottingham. We will discover where Raleigh started and then expanded, and how workers’ rights changed in Nottingham.

We will stop at Nottingham Industrial Museum where there is a small display of Raleigh bikes and other little gems from Nottingham's industrial heritage. Together we will hypothesise what brought bike manufacturing to Nottingham and rivalries to the Raleigh empire.

£5 per person, limited places, booking is essential. Please book here.

Entry to the Nottingham Industrial Museum is £4 and is not included.

Please bring your own bike, a water bottle and any snacks you might require.

This tour is suitable for all ages and abilities.