Local cycle network barriers in Flintshire

Flintshire County Council is undertaking a review of barriers across the local cycle network to ensure routes are safe, accessible, and inclusive for all users.

The review forms part of the Council’s Inclusive Impact Assessment (IIA), which evaluates each barrier in terms of accessibility, safety, and compliance with the Active Travel Act Guidance (2021). 

Flintshire County Council is committed to creating a cycle network that is safe, accessible, and welcoming to all users. Barriers, while sometimes necessary for safety and access control, can present challenges for certain users, including people with disabilities, mobility aid users, families with pushchairs, adapted cycle users, and less confident cyclists. 

We want to engage directly with specialist user groups and representatives of vulnerable communities to ensure the decisions we make are informed by lived experience and practical perspectives. 

Each barrier is being assessed individually, and recommendations may include: 

• Removal where the barrier is no longer required

• Retention where the current design is necessary and proportionate

• Adjustment to improve accessibility and compliance with the Active Travel Act Guidance 

Prior to Christmas 2024 initial public drop-in sessions were held to provide residents with an opportunity to speak directly with Council officers, comment on barrier locations, share and discuss experiences and practical challenges faced when using the cycle network.

Two further drop-in sessions have now been arranged:

Date: 23rd January 2026

Time: 10am – 4pm

Location: Deeside Leisure Centre, Chester Road West, Queensferry, Flintshire, CH5 1SA

Date: 26th January 2026

Time: 10am - 4pm

Location: Flintshire Connects, Old Town Hall, High Street, Holywell, CH8 7TD

An online consultation is also available here: 

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Whilst the consultation provides opportunity for people to have their say on a total of 79 different barriers at a range of locations along Flintshire’s coastline, you only need to provide feedback on the barriers you have a specific interest in.  

To make this easier the feedback forms have been split into geographical areas and each barrier is accompanied by a photograph to make identification easier.

The closing date for feedback is 5pm on Friday 30th January 2026.