Mobility Mapper

31/10/2026

Wheelers, I need your help to test a new feature on Mobility Mapper.

The app will soon be able to import journeys you have recorded on other devices and apps, so if your Apple Watch, Garmin, Strava or Samsung Health already tracks your trips, you can bring those into the app instead of recording them twice.

Before it goes live, I want to test it on real files from real wheelers. If you use a wheelchair, scooter, handcycle, trike or anything else with wheels, and you have ever recorded a trip on a watch or an app, I would love a copy of one.

Any file type is fine. The usual ones are GPX, TCX, FIT, KML or KMZ. Apple Watch wheelchair workouts come out as GPX through the Health app export, Garmin and Strava can export from their websites, and if you are not sure how to get the file out of your app, message me and I will talk you through it.

Please email it to [email protected] and tell me which device or app made it, and what mobility device you used.

We will also use the anonymised journey data to show where wheelers can really wheel, which is the ultimate aim of Mobility Mapper.

Thank you, this makes a real difference to getting it right.

26/10/2026

We're working with the Walk Wheel Cycle Trust to spread the word about Mobility Mapper. Please share our post so we can build the wheelable network in the UK.

Calling all Wheelers‼️ We need your help.

Whether you’re arranging a day out or meeting friends for coffee, planning the journey shouldn’t feel like a military exercise.
Will there be dropped kerbs? Are there steps on my route? How wide is the pavement? 😤

Many of our streets are inaccessible to people using wheelchairs, mobility scooters and other wheeled mobility devices. 👩🏽‍🦽‍➡️

That’s why we’re partnering with Mobility Mapper. They’re developing a journey planning app to show accessible routes for wheelers.

To help to create this we're asking wheelers to:
- download the app,
- record their everyday journeys,
- report barriers - such as narrow paths, missing dropped kerbs, steps and cambers and
- mark on accessible toilets and Blue Badge parking spaces.

The information will be used to build the journey planning app with routes that are genuinely accessible for people using wheeled mobility devices.

Help create the UKs first wheelable network.

Download the free app and start logging your journeys today. Link below 📲

-Mapper

20/10/2026

16/10/2026

Mobility Mapper is also on Instagram! Follow us here for more image- based posts and updates on the app:

179 Followers, 179 Following, 22 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Mobility Mapper ()

14/10/2026

Are you a wheeler based in the Brighton area?

Join our volunteers in mapping accessible routes in Brighton, while having fun, on Tuesday 20th October at 4pm. If you'd like to take part in the games you could win some Mobility Mapper merch.

It's a great opportunity to meet other wheelers while contributing to the wheelable route network. There is also a post-mapping social at 6pm at Alcampo Lounge from 6pm.

If you're not in the Brighton area but would like to organise a mapping session, please message us here or email [email protected]. You are of course welcome to organise mapping days independently, and we'd love to hear about them.

09/09/2026

We had a great time at the Naidex Roadshow South today, meeting wheelers and making new connections.

Many wheelers gave me some good ideas for improving the app, and I will be implementing them over the next few weeks.

This includes a route finder and navigation function - even though it might only be 80% accurate to begin with, it may still be an improvement on other popular routing apps, which are more car or bicycle focused. If you agree this is a good idea, and would use the route finder despite its imperfections and would be happy to report any issues with our suggested routes as you travel, please let me know by leaving a comment below, or sending me a message.

I am totally open to ideas for improving and enriching the app. Please message me or make your suggestions here. Thank you for your help.