Coventry Biennial Cycle Club: Coombe Country Park and Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

Resting at Hearsall Common during Coventry Biennial Cycle Club Meeting.

Coventry Biennial Cycle Club is designed to connect people with artists and cultural institutions in Coventry and Warwickshire in a social way that benefits health, wellbeing and promotes mutual support.

During this meeting the Cycle Club will ride from Coventry City Centre to the beautiful Coombe Country Park where we’ll take a short break to share some food and discuss the ride.

We’ll then cycle back to the City Centre via a slightly different route where we will visit the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum to see Leilah Babirye‘s Nagirinya from the Kuchu Ngo (Leopard) Clan which has been acquired for the gallery’s permanent collection following it’s presentation at Coventry Biennial 2021. Ryan Hughes (our Artistic Director & CEO) will discuss the work and its themes including Leilah’s relationship to cycling.

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Please note: The Coventry Biennial Cycle Club is FREE and open to everyone, however, for your safety and the safety of the group, we ask that you observe the following rules and guidelines:

1. Ensure that your bike is road worthy, has lights and perhaps a bell.
2. Ensure that you wear a helmet at all times, as well as weather appropriate clothing.
3. Bring your own water, and other ride supplies (perhaps a phone, inner tube, pump and tool).

This event includes a total of 12 miles cycling on predominantly flat public roads, and some cycle paths.

Each meeting of the Coventry Biennial Cycle Club will be led by members of the Coventry Biennial team who will ensure that no one is left behind by the group, and that informal support is available along the route and at our destinations.

Please note: This event is not suitable for anyone under the age of 16. Participants under the age of 18 must be joined by a parent or guardian throughout the event (all attendees must hold tickets).

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This event is generously funded by Arts Council England, Coventry City Council and is supported by the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum.

Coventry Biennial Cycle Club has been developed through research carried out as part of Spatial Practices in Art and Architecture for Empathetic Exchange (SPACEX). A project that has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE). 

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