Project overview

Walk Wheel Cycle Trust is working with Transport for West Midlands and Coventry City Council to enable more people to walk, wheel or cycle to schools in the Little Heath area and within their local neighbourhood. The project aims to make streets in Little Heath safer, more child-friendly, more joyful, and more welcoming for everyone.

This community-led project will develop a shared vision for local change. It will empower young people to take the lead, shaping a safer, more playful and healthier environment that supports them to grow and explore their neighbourhood independently.

The project is funded by the UK Government through Active Travel England and Transport for West Midlands and will deliver a community vision and initial designs by March 2027.

We invite you to help shape these proposals.

Let’s discover and design together.

What will happen?

Walk Wheel Cycle Trust work with local communities to create the designs. We want to speak with local residents, school communities, businesses, local organisations to explore the Little Heath area through your eyes. Everyone is invited to share their views and experiences. Our team will run both online and in‑person engagement activities in two stages: exploring your neighbourhood together in September through to December, and then co‑designing the changes from January 2027 onwards.

We want to hear about:

• your journey to school and travelling locally - good or bad
• current issues you face and opportunities for improvement
• your ideas for creating a safer, and more welcoming neighbourhood for walking, wheeling, and cycling

Feedback from events, surveys and meetings will be used to develop a community vision for your neighbourhood – a masterplan – and some initial designs. The next steps will be implementing your ideas on the ground which, subject to funding, we hope to do by 2028.