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.

Map of cycle routes in central Reading.
Last updated on 14/05/2026