John Grimshaw (born 1945) is a voice for cyclists in the UK.
Sustrans
Sustrans is a United Kingdom-based walking, wheeling and cycling charity, and the custodian of the National Cycle Network.
Its flagship project is the National Cycle Network, which has created of signed cycle routes throughout the United Kin ...
, run by Grimshaw, started the
National Cycle Routes
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. The signposts are a cycle with a number outlined in red. Also, on the routes, there is usually a cast-iron signpost. Grimshaw has a signpost in his front garden as a reminder of his work.
After 30 years with Sustrans, Grimshaw decided to step down from the role of Chief Executive, wanting to pursue other opportunities.
After stepping down, Grimshaw remained active advising and surveying potential new cycle routes for
Cycling England
Cycling England was an independent body funded by the Department for Transport to promote cycling in England. It was founded in 2005 to replace the National Cycling Strategy Board. Following the 2010 Comprehensive Spending review it was earmark ...
before its abolition in 2011.
Personal life
Grimshaw married his first wife,
Rosalind, and moved to
Clifton, Bristol
Clifton is both a suburb of Bristol, England, and the name of one of the city's thirty-five council wards. The Clifton ward also includes the areas of Cliftonwood and Hotwells. The eastern part of the suburb lies within the ward of Clifton Do ...
looking over the
Clifton Suspension Bridge
The Clifton Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Avon Gorge and the River Avon, linking Clifton in Bristol to Leigh Woods in North Somerset. Since opening in 1864, it has been a toll bridge, the income from which provides fun ...
. He fathered four children with Rosalind. The couple divorced in the mid-1980s. Now, Grimshaw is with his partner, Sue, in Clifton Wood, Bristol.
A cousin is the architect Sir
Nicholas Grimshaw
Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, CBE, PPRA (born 9 October 1939) is a prominent English architect, particularly noted for several modernist buildings, including London's Waterloo International railway station and the Eden Project in Cornwall. He was Pre ...
.
Honours
* Honorary
Master of Science
A Master of Science ( la, Magisterii Scientiae; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree in the field of science awarded by universities in many countries or a person holding such a degree. In contrast to ...
(MSc) from
University of Bristol
, mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'')
, established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter
, type ...
(2007)
* Appointed an
CBE
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
in the Queen's Birthday Honours, for services to the development of the national cycle network. (2008)
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1945 births
Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Kenyan emigrants to the United Kingdom
British civil engineers
Sustainable transport pioneers
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Living people
People from Clifton, Bristol