Norman Cycles

Norman Cycles was a British bicycle, autocycle, moped, and motorcycle manufacturer in Ashford, Kent, England.

The company was founded shortly after World War I as the Kent Plating & Enamelling Co by brothers Charles and Fred Norman, making frames in a garden shed off Jemmett Road, Ashford.

In the 1920s they moved to larger premises in Victoria Road, Ashford, and progressed to producing cycles.

In 1935, they had a factory built in Beaver Road, Ashford, and the company was renamed Norman Cycles Limited.

In 1938, it produced an autocycle (a heavier-duty bicycle with a small engine - later commonly known as a moped).