bikehangar

We’re receiving a lot of requests via Twitter and email, asking how to request secure cycle parking in your road, so thought we better create a ‘How to’ guide!

Grand opening of the Warwick Gardens Bikehangar – the first in Haringey. There was a waiting list for spaces within a week.

What is a ‘bikehangar’?

Good question. They’re actually called ‘The Lambeth Bikehangar’ but don’t let that put you off – they can live in Haringey too, and some already do!

More info via Cyclehoop, who supply and install the units: Bikehangar is an award-winning popular design for outdoor sites offering a safe and effective way to protect bikes from tough weather conditions and vandalism where storage space is limited. The gas assisted door makes accessing your bike simple, reducing effort when opening the hangar. Furthermore, the galvanized steel frame acts to protect your bike from the elements as well as theft.

It is an effective street de-cluttering design which can store up to six bicycles and only occupies half a parking space. The Lambeth Bikehangar is very popular with councils, who can purchase it and rent out cycle parking spaces to local residents. If you are a resident interested in renting a space in a Lambeth Bikehangar, please search for the one closest to you or request one to be installed on your road here.

Find out more on the Cyclehoop website.

Where are they in Haringey?

As of May 2022, there are now 140 Bikehangars installed in the borough of Haringey and the council has recently secured £200K additional funding for hangars. Full details of locations can be found on Cyclehoop’s website.

How do I request one for where I live?

The more requests for a Bikehangar in a specific location, the more likely it will happen, so knock on your neighbours’ doors and get them involved! Full details are available on Haringey Council’s website, which has some helpful tips to make sure your application has the best chance of success, but do also make sure you do the following:

Send an email to cycle.parking@haringey.gov.uk Copy us in: haringey@lcc.org.uk AND your local ward councillors for Haringey. Click here to find out their email addresses
You might want to check if your local councillors supports Space for Cycling in their ward first
You could also suggest a location, by filling in the form on the Cyclehoop website. Cyclehoop will give a report to Haringey Council and a map of the requested locations.

Bikehangars in the wild….

Here’s a fine example of a modal filter and Bikehangar just over the border in Hackney on Finsbury Park Road.

Want to request a location for a sheffield stand? Email cycle.parking@haringey.gov.uk (expect an autoreply). Try to include a photo or Streetview link of where you would like the stand, and state why you think one (or more) should be installed.

Want more advice? Tweet @haringeycyclist or email Haringey@lcc.org.uk

Cllr McNamara with his ‘new’ steed. Haringey Council pool bike number 4.

3 and a half hours pedalling around the middle third of Haringey, so useful that Cllr McNamara wants to repeat this in both the West and East of the borough in the coming months.

Here’s our notes from our first Tour de Haringey (& more photos below)

Ref	Location	Comment
1	Lymington Avenue/ Ashley Cres	Good example shared use pedestrian area, suitable where relatively low cycle numbers. Shared use “Pedestrian priority” signage needed
2	Lymington Ave / High Rd	Shared use, improvements in progress, signage essential as above
3	Sandlings/ Whymark Rd	Bollards difficult to negotiate (sharp turn from LCN 54). Move bollards back and increase spacing
4	High Rd/ Turpike La Junction S bound	No space to access ASL. Improve access for cycles as sketch attached
5	Turpike La/ Langham Rd	Good shared use area planned. Cycle access points and area of shared use need to be clearly marked/ signed, to avoid disconcerting pedestrians
6	Langham Rd/ Westbury small private shops cut tro’	Inconsiderate (and illegal) cycle use, No Cycling sign needed
7	Harringay Rd closure	Cycle gaps unusable, complete redesign needed with generous space ?use bollards
8	Harringay Rd	Needs to be 2-way for cycles, for access to St Ann’s Rd
9	Park Rd	Stop rat run by making No right turn at High Rd
10	St Ann’s/ Salisbury Rd	Very dangerous left hook turn, extend pavement to tighten turn from St Ann’s
11	Woodlands Park	Excessive rd width and turn radii. Extend pavement to give tighter turns and improve pedestrian safety. Double yellow needed at junction
12	St Ann’s/ Brampton Rd	Parking bays (next to zig-zags) obscure view of zebra. Move parking to Brampton Rd
13	St Ann’s/ Brampton Rd	Bus stop hemmed in by car parking. Traffic review of St Ann’s could cover this and points above
14	Ladder Roads	One ways deter cycling (though Harringay Passage helps by allowing walk through to next road). Select 1 or 2 roads for trial of 2 way cycling
15	Warwick Gardens	1^st Bike Hangar in Haringey. There is a demand for further provision. Officers should identify locations where notifications can be combined with other work, to save cost. See also detailed notes attached (to follow). Fencing is due to be renewed
16	Green Lanes	Cycle numbers high in rush hours, good S bound bus lane. Wide cycle lane can be provided N bound, without any reduction in road capacity
17	Green Lanes/ Endymion/ Hermitage	Danger from N bound fast left turn to Endymion . Only 1 S bound lane is really needed (S bound beyond to Manor Hse is 1 lane) so space can be reallocated to cycle lanes feeding to ASL’s at both junctions
18	Entrances to Finsbury Park	Additional entrances near Hermitage Rd and Wightman Rd would be great benefit to cycles and pedestrians. (see drawing attached)
19	Endymion/ Wightman roundabout	Fast and some aggressive motorists- redesign needed. ?Possible speed table at W approach and other calming
19	Wightman Road	Very hostile cycling conditions, aggravated by pinch points at numerous traffic islands. Potential for reduction in car parking. Could this be on alternate sides of road to give chicane effect, with islands removed and speed tables at junctions? Possibility of parking on side roads and 45deg echelon parking at wider side roads?
20	Western Road/ Mary Neuner Road	Some traffic too fast at bends. Provide cycle lanes to protect cycles and reduce apparent road width. Investigate safe pedestrian and cycle access to Alexandra School and Nursery. Railing at bend is too long and inhibits access to nursery Further suggestion from HCC- reroute through traffic from N of Western Rd and from narrow Hornsey Park Rd, to Mayes RD/ Coburg Rd/ Mary Neuner Rd
21	Penstock Path	Prevent parking next to end of path

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