Fewer people in Brighton and Hove are cycling weekly.

Figures from the Active Lives Survey from Sport England, compiled by the Department for Transport, show 16.6 per cent of people in Brighton and Hove were cycling at least once a week in the year to November 2023 – down from 18.8 per cent the year before.

In 2019, before the pandemic, 16.2 per cent said they were cycling at least once a week in the area.

Across the country, 10.1 per cent of people reported cycling weekly, up from 9.3 per cent the previous year, but still below pre-pandemic levels, when 11.2 per cent did so.

The survey also revealed a gap in cycling habits between the least and most deprived. While 11.1 per cent of those better off cycled weekly, only 8.7 per cent of those in the most deprived areas did.

Fewer people cycled for leisure last year than they did before the pandemic, but more people walked regularly. Last year, 54.8 per cent reported taking a continuous ten-minute walk for leisure at least once a week, up from 50.9 per cent in 2019.

This figure stood at 57.5 per cent in Brighton and Hove.