On Wednesday, 20 November, the ForwardMotion team were at Opportunity Thurrock, a careers and education event attended by over 2,500 students from schools and colleges across Thurrock. Students from Years 8 to 13, who were at the event at the London Cruise Terminal, Tilbury, had the opportunity to speak to our expert travel advisors and […]

Head over to Southend-on-Sea, Grays and Basildon town centres this month for the chance to watch wheeled sports stunt riders, race your family and friends in a static bike race and receive free, bespoke advice about how to travel differently around south Essex. ForwardMotion’s travel roadshows will be coming to Southend-on-Sea on 26 October, Grays […]

ForwardMotion is encouraging businesses in south Essex to install bike hangars for their employees, to help them travel to work more sustainably. The ParkThatBike scheme is part of our wider campaign to get more people out of their cars and using bicycles, walking or public transport. The lockable bike hangars provide weatherproof, secure storage for four cycles […]

ForwardMotion launched its ‘This Is What A Cyclist Looks Like’ campaign last week. The campaign aims to challenge people’s perceptions of what a ‘real’ cyclist looks like and encourage more people to start travelling by bike around south Essex. The campaign was officially launched at the Cycle County Active County event, which took place at […]

ForwardMotion is set to launch a new campaign called This Is What A Cyclist Looks Like, which challenges people’s perceptions of what a ‘real’ cyclist looks like and aims to encourage more people to travel by bike around south Essex. You don’t have to be really fit or wear Lycra to get on a bike, […]

The ForwardMotion Cycle Hub Thurrock in Tilbury opening times are: Monday closed Tuesday 9-4 Wednesday 9-4 Thursday 9-4 Friday 9-4 Saturday 9-1 Come and join us at Cycle Hub Thurrock, you can choose from an amazing range of refurbished bikes, available to buy at a discounted rate, and we can take any unwanted bikes off […]

From the 1st to the 7th of July, we are encouraging people across south Essex to swap one car journey for a ride on a public bus, as part of Catch the Bus Week 2019. Catch the Bus Week aims to get more people using the many bus routes running across the country, regardless of […]

Thanks to ForwardMotion support, communities in Southend have been busy designing and painting silk flags for the upcoming T100 Walking Festival. This year, we have lent our financial support to Kinetika’s T100 2019 festival in order to raise awareness about people’s travel habits. By funding the walks and workshops taking place in Southend for the […]

The ForwardMotion team were out and about in April, delivering a series of roadshow events in locations across south Essex. The team pitched up in Billericay, Corringham and Canvey Island town centres with an array of fun activities for residents to enjoy, including static bike racing and smoothie bike. Our team had a great time […]

ForwardMotion’s new mobile cycle hub made its debut on Southend’s High Street on Thursday 16 May. The brightly coloured hub, with its racks of refurbished bikes on sale and experienced bike mechanics on hand to provide free bike maintenance, was soon attracting the attention of passers-by. The hub was very popular, with many recycled bikes […]