12/06/2026
We're proud to have been appointed by the ForwardMotion initiative to develop a brand new online interactive cycle map for Southend-on-Sea. 🗺️🚲
ForwardMotion is South Essex's active travel programme, funded by Active Travel England, with a mission to help residents swap car trips for cycling, walking, and public transport. From Bikeability training to community engagement and e-bike charging hubs, it's a genuinely ambitious effort to make sustainable travel the everyday norm.
Our role was to create an online interactive cycle map that makes route planning accessible to everyone, regardless of experience or confidence. The map lets users pan and zoom across Southend, toggle cycle route layers on and off, tap into hotspot information for key points of interest and cycle parking locations, and even switch on isochrones to see how far they can walk or cycle from any destination.
It's designed to support Southend's wider active travel strategy and Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan, helping connect residential areas with schools, workplaces and transport hubs — and giving people the confidence to get on their bikes.
You can explore the live map at https://southend.activemap.co.uk
If you're working on an active travel project and need interactive mapping that genuinely helps people get around, we'd love to hear from you. 👉 www.pindarcreative.co.uk/interactive-mapping.html