Cycling Chiefs Urge Downing Street to Back u00a330m Grassroots Facilities Fund

A coalition of British cycling figures and council representatives has penned an open letter to the Prime Minister, calling for a u00a330 million investment in local cycling infrastructure and community facilities across the UK.

The letter, signed by a cross-section of cycling advocates and local authority leaders, argues that sustained funding is needed to build and maintain venues such as pump tracks, closed-road circuits, and multi-use cycling hubs that can serve both grassroots riders and aspiring racers. The signatories say current provision is patchy and under-resourced, leaving many communities without safe, accessible spaces to ride.

Organisers behind the campaign believe targeted investment could help reverse falling participation rates in cycling clubs and encourage more young riders into the sport, while also supporting public health and active travel ambitions set out in previous government strategies.

The call comes amid growing concern within the sport that facility closures and a lack of capital funding have made it harder for regional cycling clubs to train new talent or retain existing members, particularly outside major cities.

For readers of On Track, this matters well beyond council spreadsheets. Many of the riders now racing on domestic road, track and cyclocross circuits first found their feet at modest local facilities – a closed car park circuit, a school field turned cyclo-cross loop, or a battered pump track. Without continued investment in these unglamorous but vital spaces, the pipeline of riders progressing from club level to competitive racing risks drying up, at a time when British cycling can ill afford to lose momentum at grassroots level.

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Reported from an announcement by Cycling Industry News. Read the original.