Cheaper Travel Options
Newtown Area
Hire an Electric Bike - FREE for 4 weeks
- Try out an electric bike or an electric cargo bike. free for four weeks
- For more information contact: Jack Neighbour
- Email: jack.neighbour@sustrans.org.uk
- Phone: 07876 234112
- Email: jack.neighbour@sustrans.org.uk
Fix or Buy a Bike
- Newtown has a community bike workshop called Bike to the Future"
- For more information visit the Bike To The Future website
Join Led Cycle Rides
- A led cycle ride helps you to learn good local cycle routes and become more confident about cycling around the Newtown area
- Contact Ruth Stafford Ruth Stafford (ruth.stafford@sustrans.org.uk) for more information.
Powys Including Newtown
Save Money on a New Bike
- You may be able to save money by buying a bike using the salary sacrifice scheme. This reduces the cost of a new bike by reducing the tax you pay.
- Take a look at the following documents to see if you are eligible
Newtown Area
Walking
- >Walking Newtown is a local organisation that provides ...
- A range of FREE leisure walk routes
- Get to known the area around Newtown better by walking more.
- Go to the Walking Newtown webpage to choose and download a route.
- Led Walks during Newtown Outdoor Festival
- This year's festival runs for three days from Friday 2nd June to Sunday 4th June 2023.
- See more details on the Newtown Outdoor Festival web pages.
- Learn more about Walking Newtown activities by following Walking Newtown on Facebook.
- This year's festival runs for three days from Friday 2nd June to Sunday 4th June 2023.
- A range of FREE leisure walk routes
- Other Led Walks in and Around Newtown
- Led walks are also available at other times and can help you to learn new routes around the Newtown area.
- Joining a led walk will give you more confidence to explore on your own.
- For more information contact Ruth Stafford (ruth.stafford@sustrans.org.uk).
Powys Including Newtown
Led Walks
- Other led walks available in the Powys area include walks organised by the Ramblers Association
Powys Including Newtown
Travel by Train
- Look up train times at Transport for Wales
Make More Use of Local Bus Services
- Look up bus and train times at Traveline
Powys Including Newtown
TripTo Car Club
- A cheaper, greener car option.
- Pay as you move – smoothly – in an electric car or van.
- TripTo is a not-for-profit organisation with Electric Vehicle available for short term use in:
- Newtown
- Machynlleth; and
- Llanidloes
- See TripTo prices and related information
Car Sharing
- Use Liftshare or another similar service to:
- Offer lifts
- Ask for lifts; or
- Arrange lift shares