Mobility Mapper

Help build Britain's
route map for
wheelers

Help build Britain's route map for wheelers

Mobility Mapper is a free app for wheelchair users, mobility scooter riders, handcyclists and tricyclists.

Record your journeys, flag the barriers you encounter, and help create an accessible map of routes that genuinely work for you.

Download the App to start mapping

Every Journey Builds the Map

Great Britain is the first country to build a dedicated route network for wheelers, and you're at the heart of it.

Mobility Mapper is gathering real-world data from wheelchair users, mobility scooter riders, and tricyclists. Every journey you record helps build the wheelable network: a growing map of Britain's streets that shows which routes are genuinely passable for people using wheeled mobility devices.

Phone showing the Mobility Mapper app with a Bristol network map

How it works

Download and sign up

Free on iOS and Android. Create an account, add your mobility device, and you're ready to go.

Record your journeys

Open the app and hit record whenever you head out. It automatically tracks your route using GPS.

Flag what you find

Spotted a problem? Tap to log barriers as you go - missing dropped kerbs, steps, narrow paths, steep slopes, uneven surfaces.

Build the network together

Your journeys join thousands of others to create an ever-growing picture of Britain's streets.

Report Barriers

As you travel, you can flag the barriers that block your path or make it difficult to use.

Wheelchair user stopped at a staircase with no ramp or alternative access

Steps

Steep uphill street that is difficult for wheelchair users and others with mobility needs to navigate

Steep Slopes

Uneven cobblestone pavement that makes wheelchair access difficult

Uneven Surfaces

Metal gate blocking a narrow path, restricting access

Gates

Wheelchair user on a pavement with no accessible dropped kerb to cross the road

High Kerbs

Narrow metal barrier at the end of a pedestrian path, making it difficult for wheelchairs or bikes to pass

A-Frame

Bollards

Parked cars narrowing the route, making it difficult for wheelchair users to pass safely

Parked Vehicles

Roadworks

Narrow pavement partially blocked by posts and chains, limiting wheelchair access

Narrow Pathways

Broken and uneven kerb surface that prevents safe wheelchair access across the road

Unusable Dropped Kerbs

Street corner with no dropped kerb and metal posts blocking access to the crossing

Inaccessible Crossing

Every report is pinned to the map with its exact location, so the picture of Britain's barriers grows with every journey.

Part of something bigger

The wheelable network doesn't exist yet — but every journey you record brings it closer.

Recording your journeys is the first step towards giving wheelers the kind of route planning tools that motor vehicle drivers, walkers and cyclists have always taken for granted. The GPS data you generate, combined with the barriers you report, will build a picture of Britain's streets for the first time.

Your data is anonymised and is never shared with third parties without your explicit consent.

Together, we're building something Great Britain has never had before — one journey at a time.

We're starting in Bristol — find out about the Bristol Pilot and how you can be part of it.

Illustration showing the wheelable network coming together like a puzzle