Active Travel

If you don’t have your own bike, you can hire one of our Swansea University Cycles.

There are hubs located at:

• Singleton Campus 
• Bay Campus
• Fabian Way Park & Ride
• Knab Rock at the Mumbles
• Oystermouth at the Mumbles
• True Student Accomodation 
• Swansea City Bus Station 

Where Can I Go?

You can go anywhere you like – it's up to you! The bikes really are a great way of getting around and exploring Swansea. Maybe you'd like to take in the sights of Mumbles, or enjoy a gentle ride along Swansea promenade? If you're looking for some ride inspiration, have a look at this handy electronic cycle route map.

Just make sure you return your Swansea University Cycles to an official docking station when you’re done, and press the frame lock lever down to lock the bike. If you return your bike away from a station, a service fee will be charged.

How to Sign Up...

If you haven’t already registered for the scheme, just follow these simple steps:

1. Download the latest version of the nextbike app to register and have access to the newest features (available on iOS and Android). Don’t forget to accept the Ts&Cs.
2. Once registered, select ‘Activate Account’.
3. Complete the ‘Profile Fields’. Remember to register with your @swansea.ac.uk email address.
4. Select ‘Unlock Options’ and enter your payment details. A £5 deposit is required to verify your information and will become a credit on your account. Note: Prepaid cards are NOT accepted. For more information, please refer to nextbike T&Cs or email info@nextbike.co.uk.
5. Verify your account by clicking on the link sent to you via email.

Note: To redeem your subscription, you must be registered with your @swansea.ac.uk email address. Membership rates apply to the first bike you hire. All additional rentals will be charged at the standard Pay As You Ride rate. By renting for more than 24 hours, you will be charged for the whole next day.

If you’re registered with a personal email address (other than @swansea.ac.uk):

If you registered using your own personal email address, the system will not recognise you as a student or staff member at Swansea Uni. You’ll need to change your email to your @swansea.ac.uk email address in the app. You’ll receive an email from nextbike asking you to verify your email. Once you’ve done that your subscription will be applied.

Did you know...

That you could benefit from from a CAMPUS Bike annual membership as a staff or student that costs just £10 and means the first 30 minutes of every ride is free, with each 20 minutes thereafter costing just 50p!

Where Can I Find Out More?

You can find out everything you need to know about registering for Swansea University Cycles, including information on how to find, rent, park and return the bikes over on the scheme website.

If you have any queries, nextbike’s customer service team can help: info@nextbike.co.uk  

Phone: 029 2248 3716.

Cycling to, from and between our campuses is convenient and easy and great for physical and mental wellbeing.

The red cycle route links our two campuses, with an estimated cycle time of 27 minutes from campus to campus. Check out the Swansea Cycle Map below:

• Swansea Cycle Map

The links below provide lots more information about where you can cycle (and walk) in and around Swansea:

• Cycle Swansea Bay Map from NPTC
• Cycle Streets
• Swansea Council Cycling Information

Swansea Bayways

In line with the Welsh Government’s Active Travel (Wales) Act 2013, Swansea Council has committed to providing and promoting active travel routes across the City and County of Swansea. This means that more of us can easily and safely commute by foot and bicycle.

Swansea Council has been investing in the Swansea Bayways Walk Cycle Network with over 118km of high quality walking and cycling routes and infrastructure. More routes are being added all the time to allow more and more people to get involved!

We hope to inspire you to give the new network a try for your short, everyday journeys. Perhaps walking or cycling will soon become your preferred way of getting to work and getting around – even if it’s just a few times a week, together we can make a huge difference!

Find out more about the Swansea Bayways walk and cycle network here.

If you are a cyclist at Swansea University, have you considered marking your bike with the Bike Register?

We have introduced Bike Register, the UK’s largest cycle database to our range of on campus facilities available to cyclists. The Bike Register, which is endorsed by UK double gold medallist Alistair Brownlee, is used by every Police force in the UK to assist in the fight against bike thefts, reuniting hundreds of owners with their stolen bikes every year.

Bringing Bike Register to campus is a major step forward in the University’s efforts to promote safe and secure cycling to staff and students on campus.

Getting your bike marked whilst at university is the best thing you can do so they become less vulnerable to theft, and easier to reunite with owners if recovered by the police. It’s quick and easy to get your bike registered. You will find one of our friendly and helpful staff outside Fulton House or the School of Management on the below dates: 

• If you would like to contact us to find out more, email us at travel@swansea.ac.uk 

• Find out more about how thebike register works here.

Learning basic bike maintenance, such as how to fix a puncture, lubricate a chain, or how to adjust your brakes can really help you become a confident and accomplished cyclist.

Bikeability Wales will teach you everything you need to know for FREE!

We send updates to students and staff about these sessions, but you can email us if you have any questions or queries.

Our students and staff can benefit from a range of discounts at local cycling stores by showing a staff/student ID card, inclucing 15% off bikes and accessories at Uprise x Trek Store in Uplands, Swansea. Discounts are also available at Halfords or Evans Cycles.

We organise sustainable travel events on campus throughout the year. Our 'Big Cycling Roadshow' and 'Switch On' events are great opportunities for staff and student cyclists to bring their bikes to campus and to visit a selection of cycling stalls - such as Dr Bike, Cycle Solutions/Uprise, Bikeability, Bikemarking and to have a chat with our Sustainable Travel Officer.

Our campuses are well connected to public pedestrian access ways and provide links though to neighbouring parks, beaches and nature areas such as Crymlyn Burrows and Singleton Park. Large proportions of our campuses are pedestrianised, with the “Mall” at the heart of Singleton Campus, linking east to west, and the indoor and outdoor pedestrian streets of the Bay Campus linking our academic buildings with residential areas and recreational spaces. We are surrounded by green spaces, wooded areas, botanic gardens, meadows and picnic areas on lawns or in the dunes; and encourage our campus communities to roam and take time out in nature.

Active travel is a core part of our strategy for sustainable travel. Our campuses also have dropped kerbs, crossings and easy access to all buildings for pedestrians.

We were the first organisation in Wales to gain the Cycle Friendly Employer Accreditation at the highest level of Gold.  This includes providing access to showers and drying facilities for cyclists and pedestrians. We are a founding member and signatory of the Swansea Bay Healthy Travel Charter.

View a map of Singleton Campus pedestrian friendly areas.

View a map of Bay Campus pedestrian friendly areas.

Only e-scooters that are part of the UK Government e-scooter trials can be ridden legally on roads, cycle paths, and pavements. For further information go to: E-scooter trials: guidance for users - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

There are currently no trial areas in Wales, therefore it remains illegal to ride e-scooters in any public area within Wales including, roads, cycle paths or pavements. To ride e-scooters on private land the permission of the landowner has to be given.

Swansea University does not allow the use of e-scooters on any of its sites.