Free Public Bicycle Pumps in the United Kingdom

Cities with the most public bike pumps

1. 1London120 stations · 91 repair
2. 2Glasgow30 stations · 16 repair
3. 3Leeds16 stations · 7 repair
4. 4Birmingham14 stations · 10 repair
5. 5Salford14 stations · 10 repair
6. 6Bristol13 stations · 10 repair

Bike pumps in the United Kingdom at a glance

OpenStreetMap lists 1,182 public stations in the United Kingdom in 471 towns and cities: 531 compressed-air pumps and 651 bike repair stations, 401 of which have a built-in pump. In total, 932 stations let you inflate a tire.

Repair stands with hand pumps and compressed-air pumps are roughly balanced in the United Kingdom, so larger towns usually offer both.

21% of the stations are in the 11 cities with their own page below; the other 937 are spread across smaller towns.

Free or paid?

382 stations in the United Kingdom carry fee information: 225 are marked free and 157 paid (59% free). Most are free, but keep a coin ready for compressor pumps. Stations without a fee tag are not necessarily free.

Valves, gauges and opening hours

22 stations list their valve types: 10 fit Presta, 20 fit Schrader, and 6 fit Dunlop (Woods) valves. Riders with Presta valves should carry a small adapter.

Of all stations, 8 have a pressure gauge, 19 are covered, and 72 are lit at night.

169 stations are open 24/7 and 177 have opening hours listed. Pumps inside shops or fuel stations follow their opening hours.

Example stations in the United Kingdom

A selection of well-documented stations from different towns. The live map shows all of them with directions.

• Moray Gravel Collective

  Spey Viaduct Walk, Garmouth

  Repair station with pump · 24/7 · Presta · gauge

• Motor Fuel Group

  Westpark, Westpark 26, Wellington

  Compressed air · paid · 24/7

• Sainsbury's

  Queens Road, Lakenham, Norwich

  Compressed air · free · gauge

• Turvec

  New King Street, Kingsmead, Bath

  Repair station with pump · free · 24/7 · Presta

• Bognor Regis Town Council

  Aldwick Road, Bognor Regis, Arun

  Repair station with pump · free · 24/7

• Brent Council

  Donnington Road, Willesden Green, London

  Repair station with pump · free · 24/7

• Community Volunteers Wales

  Tredegar Street, Pontymister, Risca

  Repair station with pump · free · 24/7

• Gravel Kings

  High Street, The Lodge, New Forest

  Repair station with pump · free · 24/7 · covered

Who runs the stations

The most common operators and brands in the United Kingdom in OpenStreetMap:

• Dero20
• Sainsbury's11
• Shell10
• BP8
• Esso8
• Asda7
• Falco7
• Tesco7

More towns with stations

These places have stations but no page of their own yet. You find them on the live map:

• Cambridge22
• Aberdeen City20
• City of Edinburgh16
• Cardiff13
• Cheltenham9
• Arun8
• Heslington8
• Derby7
• Stirling7
• Chelmsford6
• Chorley6
• Derbyshire Dales6
• Dundee6
• East Hampshire6
• Falkirk6
• High Peak6

How public bike pumps work

Public bike pumps come in two kinds. Bike repair stations are posts with a hand or floor pump, often with tools on steel cables and a hanger to hold the bike. They stand in parks, at train stations, on campuses and along cycle routes, and they almost never cost anything. Compressed-air pumps are electric compressors, mostly at gas stations, car washes and bike shops. They fill a tire in seconds but are built for car tires.

Before you pump, check your valve. Most repair-station heads fit both Presta and Schrader; gas-station air chucks fit Schrader only, so a small Presta adapter is worth carrying. With a compressor, add air in short bursts and check the pressure, because a narrow road tire can burst well below car pressure. The right pressure is printed on the tire sidewall.

All stations on this site come from OpenStreetMap, where volunteers add and update them. If a pump is broken, gone or missing from the map, fix it directly in OpenStreetMap or use the report button on the map. The change appears here after the next data update.

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