Cycle hire

Coming from far afield? Don't worry about getting your bike to the Cotswolds - hire from a local firm and save the hassle. These companies are based on or near the Cotswold Line Cycle Route.

• Midland Cycle Hire: deliver to any starting point in Worcestershire.
• Peddlers, Worcester: 46-48 Barbourne Road, phone 01905 24238 (no website).
• Elite Bike Hire: based in nearby Broadway (south of Honeybourne).
• Cotswold Country Cycles: situated on the route near Chipping Campden.
• Cycle Cotswolds: based in Chipping Campden.
• Hartwells: based in nearby Bourton-on-the-Water. (We suggest you follow minor roads to Stow-on-the-Wold, then the proposed National Route 48 as shown on the map.)
• Bourton Cycles: based in nearby Bourton-on-the-Water.
• The Toy Shop, Moreton-in-Marsh: phone 01608 650756 (no website).
• Back on Trax: Oxford.
• Bainton Bikes: Oxford.
• Bike Zone: Oxford.
• Cycloanalysts: Oxford.
• Oxford Cycles: Oxford, delivery possible.

Also see the Cotswold AONB website for hire elsewhere in the Cotswolds.

Bike shops

If you need repairs en route, don't worry - there are several helpful companies along the way. Many of the hire companies listed above can also help.

• Cycle shops around Worcester
• About Bikes, Evesham.
• Vale Cycles, Evesham.
• Cycle and General Store, Hanborough: 01993 881020 (no website).
• Cycle shops around Oxford