Cycle Hangars October 2025

Closes 16 Nov 2025

Opened 6 Oct 2025

Overview

Enabling more cycling is one of the Council’s borough transport objectives. Making travel by bicycle convenient for residents is one way to improve our air quality, reduce traffic congestion, and work towards our goal for the borough to be carbon neutral by 2040.

One of the ways we can make cycling easier is to provide cycle storage. Residents living in flats experience particular difficulty storing bicycles at home and much of the existing cycle parking on-street does not offer high levels of security. The Council regularly receives requests from residents for on-street cycle hangar units.

Cycle hangars are designed to provide more secure on-street cycle parking than short-stay parking such as Cyclehoops or Sheffield stands. Each on-street cycle hangar unit can provide space for six residents’ bicycles and can only be accessed using a key. The spaces are currently rentable at a cost of £72 per year and would be available for rent on a first come, first served basis. This fee is likely to increase from April 2026.

An example of a cycle hangar - a 'bread bin' type cycle storage unit in a dark forest green, installed within a parking bay.  It opens towards the footway.

Pictured above is an example of a cycle hangar. 

We are consulting on introducing new cycle hangars in sections of parking bay in the following locations:

Ward Proposal Name No. Type Location 
Campden Bedford Gardens 1 Residents' Parking Bay Outside no. 95 Bedford Gardens
Campden Edge Street 1 Single Yellow Line Flank of no. 145 Kensington Church Street, situated on Edge Street (next to the existing cycle hangar). 
Chelsea Riverside Burnaby Street 1 Residents' Parking Bay Flank of no. 11 Ashburnham Road, situated on Burnaby Street
Colville Powis Terrace 1 Residents' Parking Bay Flank of no. 120 Talbot Road, situated on Powis Terrace
Colville Ladbroke Grove 1 Residents' Parking Bay Outside no. 77 Ladbroke Grove
Colville St Luke's Road 1 Residents' Parking Bay Flank of no.1 McGregor Road, situated on St Luke's Road
Courtfield Courtfield Gardens 1 Residents' Parking Bay Opposite no. 24 Courtfield Gardens
Courtfield Courtfield Gardens 1 Pay-by-Phone Parking Bay Opposite no. 21 Courtfield Gardens
Courtfield Roland Gardens 1 Residents' Parking Bay Opposite no. 59 Roland Gardens
Courtfield Onslow Gardens 1 Pay-by-Phone Parking Bay Opposite no. 35/flank of 25 Onslow Gardens
Earl's Court Templeton Place 1 Residents' Parking Bay Flank of no. 24 Nevern Place, situated on Templeton Place
Earl's Court Barkston Gardens 1 Residents' Parking Bay Outside no. 1 Barkston Gardens
Earl's Court Barkston Gardens 1 Residents' Parking Bay Flank of no. 22 Courtfield Gardens, situated on Barkston Gardens
Golborne Bevington Road 1 Residents' Parking Bay Opposite no. 34-36 Bevington Road
Golborne Bevington Road 1 Residents' Parking Bay Outside no. 13 Bevington Road (next to existing hangar)
Norland Lansdowne Road 1 Residents' Parking Bay Outside no. 108 Lansdowne Road
Pembridge Linden Gardens 1 Residents' Parking Bay Opposite 59/61 Linden Gardens (next to motorcycle bay)
Queen's Gate Cornwall Gardens 1 Residents' Parking Bay Next to existing cycle hangar on the western kerb, between the garden squares
Queen's Gate Cornwall Gardens 1 Residents' Parking Bay Outside the gardens between no.s 54 and 55 Cornwall Gardens
Redcliffe Fawcett Street 1 Residents' Parking Bay Flank of no. 26 Redcliffe Gardens, situated on Fawcett Street
Redcliffe Oakfield Street 1 Residents' Parking Bay Flank of no. 12 Fawcett Street, situated on Oakfield Street
Redcliffe Priory Walk 1 Residents' Parking Bay Flank garden wall between Warner House and 1 Harley Gardens
Stanley Limerston Street 1 Residents' Parking Bay Outside 1 to 6 Limerston Street
Stanley Limerston Street 1 Residents' Parking Bay Outside 60 Limerston Street

What are the proposed changes?

Location plans for each new proposed cycle hangar(s) are provided above/below. Each hangar is around 2.5 metres in length and can hold six bicycles. Hangars are installed in the carriageway (unless otherwise stated), with the front feet mounted on the kerb, opening onto the pavement for access to the cycle stands inside. 

Why your views matter

We are seeking your views on installation of more cycle hangar units in the borough. Your comments will help us decide whether to proceed with the proposals.

If you require assistance in another language or a paper copy of the survey sent to you, please contact us on cycling@rbkc.gov.uk

Give us your views

Areas

  • Campden
  • Chelsea Riverside
  • Colville
  • Courtfield
  • Earl's Court
  • Golborne
  • Norland
  • Pembridge
  • Queen's Gate
  • Redcliffe
  • Stanley

Interests

  • Climate Change
  • Consultations
  • Environment
  • Highways
  • Parking
  • Transport