Cycling: Pedestrian Areas
(asked on 23rd January 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their policy on cyclists cycling on footpaths.
Answered by
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 1st February 2017
Cycling on the footway is an offence under Section 72 of the Highways Act 1835 (as amended). Police Officers can issue a fixed penalty notice of £50 or prosecute, with a fine of up to £500. The enforcement of cycling offences is an operational matter for individual chief officers of police.