Pashley Cycles is a British bicycle, tricycle and workbike manufacturer based in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England.

The model range included everyday roadsters, clubman racing machines, tradesmen's carrier cycles and tandems.

Rath had been apprenticed to the Austin Motor Company before the First World War and saw military service as a despatch rider.

These occupations in his early years gave him engineering knowledge and skill and also a lifelong interest in two wheel transport.

Competition in the cycle trade was very fierce and after a short while 'Rath' Pashley realised that success would come through identifying a market niche.

In 1936, the company was incorporated as W.R. Pashley Ltd and moved to a larger new factory (over 30,000 square feet) in Chester Street, Aston.

Pashley's manufacturing capability proved to be of considerable value and the company produced Browning machine gun mounts among other equipment.

In the years following the war, carrier cycles were still in high demand but it was the continuation of the supply of larger tricycles, and the infant development of the motor car for the mass market, that received most of Pashley's attention.

These had a conventional delta tricycle layout (two wheels at the back), similar to the Pashley Pelican motorised rickshaw - with seats for up to four passengers - and the driver.

Perhaps the most successful of the motorised Pashley tricycles was the '3cwt Light Delivery Truck' with a Kendrick[further explanation needed] wheel layout.

This meant a tadpole tricycle configuration with two wheels at the front, giving the driver a view of both the loadspace and the overall vehicle width, useful for manoeuvering in tight spaces.

This led on to motorised delivery tricycles and the manufacture of ice-cream carts, railway station platform refreshment trolleys and specialist units for the dairy and catering trades.

Pashley was one of a small number of UK manufacturers (including Townsends Cycles) to produce this bike and in the 1990s became the sole supplier.

This had wider tyres, reliable drum brakes and for the first time provided postal delivery staff with 3 gears.

In 2010, Royal Mail announced it would be retiring its fleet of bicycles, with the CEO at the time, Adam Crozier, making the decision due to safety concerns.

It was closely modelled on children's tricycles of the 1950s and featured proper ball bearing hubs, headset, bottom bracket and pedals.

In late 1994, the Pashley family relinquished control to the employees in a management buyout led by Adrian Williams, an aeronautical engineer.

Pashley also worked with Land Rover to make an off-road model called 'XCB' with hydraulic disk brakes and suspension forks.

At the end of 1997, Pashley absorbed Cresswell Cycles, a manufacturer of folding bikes and specialist trailer trikes.

Pashley had a number of talented Trial and Trails riders in its employ: Matt and Eddie Tongue, Tim Stedman, Kye and Toby Forte and Dylan Clayton.

In recent years, Pashley has seen strong demand for its 'Classic' models, in particular the women's 'Princess' traditional loop framed bicycle with front wicker basket and Brooks leather saddle.

In November 2023, Pashley opened a crowdfunding campaign, inviting its customers to join its forward journey for the first time in its 97-year history.