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Bike About Town - Newcastle

I’m Pip, and I run Bike About Town - Newcastle. It’s a community group on Meetup. I put on free weekly guided cycle rides showcasing quiet cycle-friendly routes around Newcastle, NSW. These are slow, relaxed rides suitable for most skill levels and fitness levels.

I started the group with the aim of giving people the skills and knowledge to be able to cycle for some of their daily or weekly short trips.

Come along to enjoy the outdoors, build cycling confidence, learn effective safe cycling principles, discover pleasant quiet routes, and meet others.

Cycling is a great way to get from A to B in inner Newcastle, particularly for short everyday trips to the beach, work, school or shops.

Inner Newcastle has several features that happen to make it quite good for cycling for transport. It is predominantly flat. And the streets are set out mostly like a grid of short blocks, which means you have many route options that are direct and that avoid main roads. Another advantage of the short blocks is that drivers can’t pick up much speed, and so lots of the streets effectively become more like low-speed (40km/hr) streets. Due to the grid and also the geography, many streets have a low (motorist) traffic volume.

Add a quick, enjoyable, low-cost, low-polluting, active transport option to your repertoire!

I started recording routes on Komoot so that others can find their way around Inner Newcastle by bike.

These routes avoid high-speed, high-pressure roads. Rather, I use shared paths and I zig-zag through low-pressure streets.

Whilst the routes may not always appear to be direct, they are often, in avoiding main roads, still quick because the quieter streets usually have fewer traffic lights.

I look forward to recording more routes that people can use to get to school, work, shops, beach etc.

Any questions about the routes, please leave a comment.

Cheers,
Pip
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April 19, 2026

Scenic Newcastle City Coastal Ride: 14km loop starting at Wickham - No Main Roads

Start/finish at Tree of Knowledge Park, Wickham. No main roads. 50% shared paths, 50% low-traffic streets. This route heads first to Merewether Beach, via the CBD, Cooks Hill & The Junction. Then heads to Bar Beach, before taking Brooks St back to the CBD. You then rejoin the Honeysuckle Foreshore…

Time

1h41m

Distance

13.8km

Speed

13.6km/h

Ascent

70m

Descent

70m
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

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March 14, 2026

Inner City Suburbs Loop - Start: Hamilton - via Broadmeadow, Lambton, New Lambton, Adamstown - No busy roads

Time

1h07m

Distance

12.8km

Speed

13.6km/h

Ascent

50m

Descent

50m
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

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March 11, 2026

Seniors Festival Ride 2026 - City Loop starting in Carrington

Time

2h04m

Distance

16.1km

Speed

14.7km/h

Ascent

30m

Descent

30m
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

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February 8, 2026

Sunset City, Beaches & Icecream ride - Easy, 13km loop - quiet streets - Start: Wickham

Time

1h48m

Distance

13.2km

Speed

12.0km/h

Ascent

60m

Descent

60m
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

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December 14, 2025

Bike About Town Newcastle’s Christmas Ride 2025 - Scenic Easy City Route - No main roads

Time

2h19m

Distance

18.8km

Speed

13.5km/h

Ascent

70m

Descent

70m
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

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November 28, 2025

Carrington Farmers Market to Lambton Park: Flat, 85% shared paths - 7km one-way, 25-45 minutes one-way

Time

0h44m

Distance

7.23km

Speed

14.3km/h

Ascent

20m

Descent

10m
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

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November 28, 2025

Lambton Park to Carrington Farmers Market: Flat, 85% shared paths - 7km one-way, 25-45 minutes one-way

A great, direct route from Lambton to Carrington.

1. Follows the R5 Cycle Route to the Newcastle Showground in Hamilton North, all on shared paths.

2. Then a few blocks of quiet streets of Hamilton North.

3. Next is a 400 metre section of Clyde St, a high-speed high-traffic road.…

Time

1h06m

Distance

7.33km

Speed

13.8km/h

Ascent

0m

Descent

20m
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

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November 23, 2025

Warners Bay to Wallsend - 13km one-way - All shared paths, including the Tramway Track

Time

1h03m

Distance

13.6km

Speed

16.8km/h

Ascent

80m

Descent

80m
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

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November 16, 2025

Wickham to Hickson St Lookout, Merewether - 5km cycle to Merewether Baths, 1km walk up to the lookout

Time

2h08m

Distance

12.8km

Speed

8.8km/h

Ascent

110m

Descent

110m
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

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October 25, 2025

Belmont to Blacksmiths Breakwall to Swansea - 23km loop - 95% on Shared Paths, 5% quiet streets

Time

3h29m

Distance

23.4km

Speed

15.4km/h

Ascent

70m

Descent

70m
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

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October 11, 2025

Newcastle Sustainability Tour 14km Loop

This ride starts and finishes at The Newcastle Pushbike Library, 106 Robert St, Islington. This loop passes by 3 more local initiatives that work to reduce waste:

The Share Shop, Hamilton
Full Circle Collective, Hunter St, Newcastle

Upcycle Newcastle, Clyde St, Hamilton North

Time

2h44m

Distance

14.1km

Speed

13.0km/h

Ascent

40m

Descent

50m
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

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September 27, 2025

Lambton Park to Dixon Park Beach cafe: 8km One-Way: Easy, Flat, Quiet Route - No main roads - 60% on shared paths

Time

0h47m

Distance

8.57km

Speed

12.9km/h

Ascent

30m

Descent

30m
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

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September 19, 2025

Islington Park to Merewether Beach - 17km return - quiet streets & shared paths - flat, low-traffic route

Time

2h35m

Distance

16.7km

Speed

12.1km/h

Ascent

50m

Descent

40m
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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