The Anerley Bicycle Club is on of Britain’s oldest cycling clubs having been founded in 1881. It also has one of the oldest websites dating back to 2005.
The website was unsurprisingly showing signs of age having been twice refreshed in 2011 and 2015. Covid changed the way the club operated from a fixed register of large rides to more smaller rides organised a few days ahead. Hence the website was no longer fit for purpose. As a WordPress site the major tasks were:
- Changing and customising the theme. As the budget was zero we picked Themegrill’s Spacious theme which we had worked with before.
- Restructuring the Menu Making it a more logical way for prospective club members to evaluate who, what and where the club operated and inviting them to try a ride.
- Retain all content. The website is a record going back over a century and it was important that none was lost. This needed careful overviews so creating a hierarchy enabling people to more easily find what they wanted without overwhelming them.
All done in under a month including the setting up of staging sites so members could follow and contribute to development. The object is they should be able to manage their website with minimal support.
Launch date was January 9th 2026. Bang on schedule. See here: https://anerleybc.org
