Cycling in Reading town centre
Reading has a number of cycling routes in the town centre which are colour-coded:
- Town centre cycle routes (purple) – major cycle paths inside Reading town centre
- Linking routes (Light brown) – cycle routes that link between the branded cycling routes
There are some areas to avoid cycling which are the pedestrian zone (yellow)
- The town centre cycle routes links into other branded cycling routes travelling in all directions from the town
- There is also a lot of cycle parking facility available in the town centre (lock icon)
The cycle routes in the town centre are also classified by type
- traffic free cycle routes – (bold full line)
- on road cycle routes in both directions – (dotted line)
- on road cycle routes one way – (directional arrow heads)
The central Reading cycling map can be found in Reading cycling map and leaflet to download.

Last updated on 14/05/2026
Cycling in Reading town centre