All being well, we aim to hold our eighth Greenways Workcamp in Shepton Mallet from Saturday 9 to Saturday16 September – working days, with Friday 8 September as our set up day and Sunday 17 September as our dismantling day. We plan to carry out finishing work on a number of routes that will by … More Eighth Greenways Workcamp September 2023
Greenways gets many requests for advice and support from local groups campaigning to put in place a vital traffic free route to transform their area. In the last year alone the North Devon Cycling Campaign has asked if we can help bring forward the long-delayed link from Willingcott to Braunton to plug a major gap … More Supporting Local Projects
Tidenham Tunnel was once again open and illuminated from 8am this morning. The opening times are: 1 – 30 April 8am – 6pm1 May – 15 August 7am – 7pm16 August – 30 September 8am – 6pm “Many thanks to all volunteers who have generously given their time to the project over the winter months including … More Tidenham Tunnel 2023 Openings
Our volunteer ranger, Neville Champion, who has maintained the first path to perfection, has downed his tools and is now putting his energy into National Trust work. We are most grateful for all of Nev’s work which has set standards we hope to emulate elsewhere. Trevor and Simon Hicks at Diamond Farm have very kindly … More Brean Down Way – call for volunteer rangers
This winter 22/23 Greenways has planted some 6,000 hedges and trees of a wide variety of indigenous species. At Aylesbury on the Buckingham Park link project, local resident Lucy Jones divided the work into 8 plots and arranged for local schools and youth groups to plant each up as their own. At Shepton Mallet local … More Hedges and Trees
Please read the corresponding article “A small step for Shepton, but a step change for active travel“ by Mick Fletcher. March 10th saw Annie Maw, the former Lord Lieutenant of Somerset lead a group along the newly laid path from the Shepton Mallet Recreation Ground to Ridge Road (900 metres). This railway path is the … More March 2023 Openings
The Strawberry Line has been extended by a further 1km and was opened just before Christmas. The following is an extract from the Strawberry Line Facebook page: “The new path connects Station Road at Westbury-sub-Mendip with Erlon Lane byway over a kilometre away. Explore the Victorian railway embankment, bask in the glorious views of the … More Strawberry Line Extension Open
Surfacing on the Campus Project at Shepton Mallet. This extends the existing Millennium Way through Collett Park and leads safely under the main road. Further to the west, our contractor Mark Golding is building the path along the old railway from Station Road in Westbury-sub-Mendip to Erlon Lane. This work should be finished and open … More Progress on the Strawberry Line
We are proud to say that we have been given a National Railways Heritage Award for our work in opening Tidenham Tunnel, and wanted to share this with those of you who helped make it possible. The Chairman of the Awards organisation invited us to apply earlier this year – having personally been instrumental in … More Greenways wins NRH Award 2022
The talented Kate Lowry has produced beautiful watercolours from the Workcamp 2022. Head over to the Shepton Mallet page to see all four.
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