Cycling in K.Lynn: Parking
There's quite a lot of cycle parking in King's Lynn town centre, but not all of it is easy to find or safe. I cycle in the town centre a lot and there's so many cycle parks that I sometimes forget some of them, so I made a list:
| Location | Status | Size | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rail Station, outside south-west corner | Official | 11 hoops | Signed from |
| cycleway, reputed to be insecure | |||
| Rail Station, platform 3 | Unknown, good? | 40? racks | Some covered by CCTV |
| St James Car Park, Clough Lane | Official, stupid | 6 hoops | Inside. £1 lockers. |
| Signed access from Blackfriars Street is a tight Z-bend - I use the disabled | |||
| car entrance instead | |||
| Tower Street, at Majestic Cinema | Official, stupid | 12? hoops | Cycling |
| prohibited at south end of Tower Street (but motor vehicles allowed sometimes) | |||
| and Tower Street is one-way (but unmarked here, so remember when leaving), so | |||
| access from Sedgeford Lane only? What a mess! | |||
| Bus Station, by Albion Street Taxi Rank | Official, good | 11 hoops | Access over |
| drop kerb from bus station, exit over drop kerb to Albion Street | |||
| Bus Station, by Sainsbury's | Official, stupid | 12? hoops | Covered but new high |
| kerb obstructs access | |||
| St Dominic's Square, by Sainsbury's | Official, stupid | 6? hoops | Cycling |
| prohibited here | |||
| Broad Street, at Norfolk Street | Official, stupid | 8? hoops | Inside a one-way |
| street that dead-ends into a pedestrian zone. Signs (and probably road rules) | |||
| in a mess. | |||
| Tuesday Market Place, opp Globe Hotel | Official | 6 hoops | By pubs, often with |
| broken glass | |||
| Tuesday Market Place, by LTSB | Official, good | 4? hurdles | Recent addition |
| Surrey Street, by HSBC | Unofficial | 2 street name signs | Beyond a "cyclists |
| dismount" but not in the pedestrian zone | |||
| Chapel Street, in Surrey Yard | Official, good | 3 hoops | Need attention |
| Chapel Street, at King's Court | Official, good | 3 hoops | Off-road, under |
| overhang outside BCKLWN offices | |||
| Austin Street, at Juniper House | Official | 3 hurdles | Alongside path |
| King Street, opp Custom House | Official | 4? hoops | - |
| Purfleet Street, opp Amusements | Official, stupid | 12? hoops | Beyond a |
| "cyclists dismount" but not in the pedestrian zone | |||
| High Street, outside Debenhams | Official, stupid | 12? hoops | In the pedestrian |
| zone, but maybe accessible from Union Lane | |||
| Baker Lane, off Queen Street | Official | 6? hoops | In a car park. Avoid the |
| one-way system and cobbles with footpath exits northbound over Purfleet or | |||
| eastbound across High Street to Union Lane | |||
| County Court, off Queen Street | Official | 3 rings | Hard to spot, beside the |
| door in a cobbled street, but handy for town hall meetings | |||
| Saturday Market Place, St Margaret's Church | Unofficial | Railings | Overspill |
| from County Court? | |||
| Saturday Market Place, opp High Street | Official | 3 hoops | OK but a bit |
| exposed | |||
| South Quay, at Hanse House | Official | 3? hoops | Covered |
| Library, Millfleet | Unofficial | Railings | - |
Current total: 19 official public racks, of which 5 are good (mostly council- maintained racks in the north) and 7 are stupid (mostly in the shopping centre). In 2006, there were 19 racks, with 4 good and 8 stupid.
Most Irritating Problems
- Too many of the shopping centre racks are stupidly in places you cannot cycle to;
- Very little, well-hidden official parking by the Saturday Market Place;
- No decent cycle parking in Vancouver Quarter;
- Missing Links - cycle routes between different cycle parking areas are very indirect and/or use busy roads.
Warning
All this is just my guess. If I've missed one or made a mistake, please email me.
24 Jul 2013, MJR