Pindar Creative designs cycle and walking maps for UK local authorities, transport bodies and tourism boards — from single-town leaflets to seamless county-wide network bases. Our cartographers have delivered cycle mapping for councils including the City of Edinburgh, Glasgow City Council, Southend-on-Sea City Council, Havant Borough Council and Argyll and Bute Council, and hold ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 27001 certification alongside Cyber Essentials, giving public-sector procurement teams the assurance they need on quality and data security.
Whether the goal is a Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) leaflet, an Active Travel England-funded project, or a fully interactive online cycle map, we handle route auditing, cartographic design, print production and interactive build in-house.
Our maps clearly show distances, gradients, difficulty, cycle hubs, parking, cycle shops and points of interest, and distinguish on-road from off-road and National Cycle Network routes. We work from OS Open Map and other royalty-free vector bases, add hill-shading where it improves legibility, and can consolidate fragmented, multi-sheet map sets into a single seamless master base — as we did for the City of Edinburgh Council in 2026, auditing 184km of cycle network and replacing eight A3 sheets with one master base reissued as five clearer A2 maps.
For councils moving from print to digital, our interactive maps include pan-and-zoom, clickable points-of-interest hotspots, route-layer toggles, isochrone (walk/cycle time) overlays, and search by road, school or landmark — features delivered for Havant Borough Council and Southend-on-Sea's ForwardMotion active travel programme.
Our process
- Discovery and brief — understand the network, existing map assets, and who the map needs to serve
- Route and data audit — verify routes on the ground and against current OS/GIS data (as with the 184km Edinburgh network audit)
- Cartographic design — base map styling, symbology, hill-shading, accessibility-compliant colour and type
- Review and sign-off — working with your team through revisions
- Production — print (including durable, waterproof stock) and/or interactive build
- Ongoing updates — as routes change, we update the master base rather than starting again
FAQs
Do you design cycle maps for local authorities and councils?
Yes. Pindar Creative has produced cycle and walking maps for UK councils and transport authorities including the City of Edinburgh Council, Glasgow City Council, Southend-on-Sea City Council, Havant Borough Council, Argyll and Bute Council and Fife Council (Kirkcaldy), often via competitive tender.
Can you update or consolidate our existing cycle map?
Yes. We regularly take on updates to existing map series, including merging multiple overlapping map sheets into a single seamless master base — as delivered for the City of Edinburgh Council in 2026 — so future updates are simpler and the mapping is ready for digital use.
Do you provide interactive online cycle maps as well as print?
Yes. Alongside printed leaflets and folded maps, we build interactive online cycle maps with pan/zoom, searchable points of interest, route-layer toggles and isochrone overlays, as delivered for Havant Borough Council and Southend-on-Sea's ForwardMotion programme.
How much does a council cycle map cost?
Costs vary with network size, print run and whether an interactive build is required. Contact us for a no-obligation quote.
How long does a typical cycle mapping project take?
This varies on project size/scope. We will confirm time estimates during quoting process.
Do your maps meet accessibility standards?
Yes. Our cartographers design to appropriate accessibility standards for publications, and can advise on map publishing formats that work for a wide range of users.