Case Studies

This is the bespoke bus shelter Falco manufactured, supplied and installed for Millgate Car Park in Thirsk last week, on behalf of North Yorkshire Council. The 5m x 1m bus shelter is based on the traditional FalcoLok design, complete with open front, perch seat, branding graphics, safety glass cladding and a powder coated finish. The client originally contacted Falco to provide a simple and effective bus shelter solution, suitable for a busy market town centre location. Falco provided the client with a free site visit, free HD rendering graphics to help visualise the proposed design and free AutoCAD drawings. The installed shelter is a bespoke contemporary design of the classic FalcoLok shelter, which features clean lines through the glass cladding and supported by stainless steel glass clamps. The steelwork is hot dip galvanised to BS EN ISO 1461 and also meets UK structural design laws with EN 1090 accreditation. Rainwater is collected via innovative integral gutters as part of the roof system and a bespoke bund ensure that the cycle hub is weather proof! Millgate is an 85 space, 24 hour, car park located on Marage Road, located in the busy market town of Thirsk. Millgate offers low cost car parking, electric vehicle charging points and a public convenience facility. For more information about the scheme here for Millgate Coach Park or how Falco can assist your cycle parking scheme, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.

Falco continues with the roll out of the next tranche of cycle parking facilities across ScotRail's franchised network of over 300 stations across Scotland. Pictured here are four of the latest installations at Huntly, Nairn, Larkhall, Lenzie and Gourock Stations. The New Year saw the start of ScotRail’s Cycle Parking Upgrade Works with the roll-out of the first tranche of cycle parking facilities across ScotRail's network of over 300 stations. The scheme, which got underway this winter, involves the surveying of stations, proposing solutions and the manufacture, supply and installation of cycle parking systems to help implement ScotRail’s cycling strategy. In order to create a network-wide brand feel to encourage more people to cycle to stations ScotRail’s strategy is to install standard facilities throughout the network so that cyclists know exactly what to expect regardless of which station they use. Two key products of the programme is the innovative FalcoLevel-Premium+ two-tier cycle rack and the spacious FalcoRail cycle canopy. The latest two-tier rack offers superior practicality compared to other cheaper models and is exceptionally user-friendly, quieter in operation and offers enhanced security. The FalcoRail cycle canopy was purposely designed to compliment the two-tier system and offers maximum coverage whilst promoting a open spacious and lightweight design and additional snow loading to cope with harsh Scottish Winters! Falco has already carried out the design, manufacture, supply and installation of secure cycle parking facilities for Conon Bridge, Muir of Ord, Keith and Insch, Huntly, Nairn, Larkhall, Lenzie and Gourock stations, with more than twenty further stations to receive secure cycle parking this spring. Upcoming stations include: Inverness Fort William Glasgow Queen Street Perth Dunkeld Elgin Rosyth Newcraighall Markinch Glenrothes Cupar Barrhead Pitlochry Ladybank Kirkhill   Patrick Harvie MSP, Minister for Active Travel, announced a £2million cycling legacy fund to promote and enhance cycling infrastructure and services across Scotland’s Railway. As part of the legacy fund, a bespoke secure cycle hub will be installed at both Inverness and Fort William stations. For more information about the ScotRail cycle parking project please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.

Winslow’s brand new railway station has received a huge cycling boost after Falco manufactured and installed a series of 68 cycle parking spaces with associated cycle canopies this month. The new station is located on the western outskirts of the town, at the junction of Buckingham Road and is being built for Winslow as part of the East West Rail project, which is to re-establish the route between Oxford and Cambridge. As part of the new development, Falco installed a series of 68 spaces of the UK’s best-selling two-tier cycle rack, combined with 15m of the open and spacious FalcoRail cycle canopy, providing cycle-rail users with everything they might need as part of their daily commute. Two key products of the scheme are the tried and tested FalcoLevel-Premium+ two-tier cycle parking system and the EN 1090 FalcoRail cycle canopy, which have been used throughout the railway network to give cyclists using the railway the same experience across the region’s stations. When combined together, the Falco facilities create the ultimate cycle park - providing cyclists with high levels of cycle security in a spacious contemporary canopy design. The FalcoLevel Premium+ two tier cycle racks incorporate an integral gas strut to enable easier lifting of heavier bikes as well as additional locking points so that cyclists have multiple security points for their bikes. Once up and running, Winslow Station will become a stop on the new East West Rail line between Oxford, Milton Keynes and Cambridge. In addition, Winslow is only one of hundreds of key UK-wide stations to receive Falco cycle parking in recent months, with major installations also including flagship cycle parking infrastructure for Manchester Piccadilly Station, a bespoke cycle hub for Kenley Station, cycle shelters for Uttoxeter, Boston and Long Eaton Stations and a flagship cycle hub at Walkden Station. For more information about the cycle parking installation at Winslow Station, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.

This is the new buggy shelter manufactured, supplied and installed by Falco on a cold winter morning, as part of a new buggy park facility for visitors to the world's oldest scientific zoo! The simple and effective FalcoRoller is a purpose designed shelter to provide visitors to the zoo with secure accommodation for buggies, pushchairs and wheelchairs. The FalcoRoller has been installed within the ‘Monkey Valley’ themed area of the zoo and provides visitors with free accommodation for up to five buggies.  The FalcoRoller, as shown here at the Zoological Society of London, is manufactured from 100% recyclable hot-dip galvanised steel and 100% recyclable polycarbonate plastic, the FalcoRoller is a sustainable purposely designed buggy shelter for storing pushchairs, buggies, prams or hospital wheelchairs. With the optional addition of powder coating in a choice of 192 different RAL colours, the FalcoRoller can be easily transformed into a vibrant, florescent shelter design ideal for any children’s environment. Derived as a smaller version of the stylish and popular FalcoSail canopy, at 3,750mm wide, the buggy shelter can accommodate up to five pushchairs. Falco provide a complete buggy shelter package including free AutoCAD design, rendering graphics and free UK-wide site surveys, manufacture, supply, the provision of groundworks and installation. For more information regarding the buggy shelter for London Zoo or any other product from our cycle parking and shelter portfolio, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.

Supplied and installed across the UK for decades, the FalcoQuarter has been a fundamental product within Falco’s shelter portfolio for many years - providing secure cycle parking to thousands of cyclists. From primary schools to universities, leisure centres to housing associations, the FalcoQuarter offers cyclists of all ages and abilities with universal cycle parking when coupled with the traditional Sheffield cycle stand or Toaster rack. The FalcoQuarter cycle shelter offers great flexibility and quality but for minimum cost. It is one of Falco’s best selling cycle shelter designs and available in a wide range of options with bays in 2m, 3m, 4m and 5m variants enabling any size of shelter to be created. Falco has installed hundreds of the cost-effective shelter across the country - here are four of the most recent installations with Falco providing full manufacture, supply and installation for each scheme: Location Description Image Corbie Inn, Edinburgh   4m FalcoQuarter cycle shelter coupled with a five stand Toaster cycle rack to accommodate ten bikes. Steelwork powder coated in RAL 6005 Moss Green. Crown Industrial Estate, Taunton 4m FalcoQuarter cycle shelter coupled with five surface fix Sheffield Stands to accommodate ten bikes. Steelwork powder coated in RAL 9005 Jet Black. Berger Primary School, Hackney   4m FalcoQuarter cycle shelter coupled with a five stand Toaster cycle rack to accommodate ten bikes. Steelwork powder coated in RAL 3020 Traffic Red. Bourne Valley Community Hub 4m FalcoQuarter cycle shelter coupled with the A-11 cycle rack to accommodate ten bikes. Steelwork powder coated in RAL 6000 Patina Green Like all Falco structures, the FalcoQuarter cycle shelter not only meets the EN1090 Construction Products Regulations but also comes hot dip galvanised to EN1461 as standard. All products can then be powder coated in any of the 192 RAL colours in our own production facility. The shelter is clad in robust polycarbonate providing a maximum flow of light. With the addition of a simple walkway cover and optional gates front and rear, the FalcoQuarter can easily be made into a very versatile storage compound. Again with up to 5m variants, it is possible to create enclosed, weather proof spaces of any size. There are a wide range of cycle parking systems which can be incorporated into the FalcoQuarter including traditional Sheffield Stands, Toast racks, A-11 racks, Ideal racks, Perfecto stands and FalcoCam cycle stands. In addition to a cycle shelter, the FalcoQuarter design can also be used as a smoking shelter, waiting shelter, wheelchair shelter or storage shelter. For more information about the FalcoQuarter or how Falco can assist your cycle parking scheme, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.  

The picturesque Isle of Skye is the latest setting for Falco’s most recent cycle shelter installation, taking place at the Sabhal Mòr Ostaig higher education college, which is also the National Centre for Gaelic Language and Culture, located in the Sleat peninsula to the south of the island. Falco installed two FalcoZan-180 cycle shelters at the college’s Àrainn Chaluim Chille campus, providing students and staff members with up to twenty secure and lockable cycle parking spaces. Each bay of the adapted FalcoZan shelter, featuring bespoke lockable gates, is manufactured from a combination of hot-dip galvanised steel with FSC® certified hardwood slats. The FalcoZan is coupled with the popular five stand Toaster cycle rack, providing universal cycle parking for all types of cycle designs. The steelwork on each lockable store has been powder coated in an attractive RAL 5005 Signal Blue for added durability. Pictured here are both of the cycle shelter installations - one of which is located next to the spectacular Penthouse Suite, located within the Lòchran an Dòmhnallaich Tower. The FalcoZan-180 cycle shelter is the single sided version of the product range and meets EN1090 CPR which is UK law for cycle shelters. A base module is 3,980mm wide x 2,495mm deep, with a free head height of 2,100mm. The base module can be added to - to create a cycle shelter as wide as required, by using standard ‘add-on’ units. The steelwork and roof are hot dip galvanised to BS EN 1461 as standard with an option to polyester powder coat on top of this substrate if required. The popular cycle shelter design has been used across the country with recent installations at Manchester Airport, BP’s New Chargemaster Production Centre in Milton Keynes and both Loughborough and Reading Universities. The steelwork and roof are hot dip galvanised as standard with an option to polyester powder coat on top of this substrate if required. The popular cycle shelter design has been used across the country with recent installations at Loughborough and Reading Universities. For more information about the scheme here at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig or the FalcoZan-180 cycle shelter, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.