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.
On Wednesday 12th October 2022, the new shared use path between the Berryfields and Buckingham Park developments, now known as St Peter’s Greenway, was officially opened to the public. Snipping expertly through the ribbon, Buckinghamshire Council Cabinet Member for Transport, Steve Broadbent said: “Before the opening of this Greenway, you only had the choice of using the … More Buckingham Park Link Official Opening
The new link from Buckingham Park to Berryfields is now open and you can follow a traffic free greenway all the way to Aylesbury Vale Parkway Station and Waddesdon. The path crosses the Quarrendon Historic lands owned by the Buckinghamshire Conservation Trust who have been greatly supportive. The construction of this 1.8 kilometer long path … More Buckingham Park Link Open
Greenways Seventh Annual Workcamp took place from 10 to 17 September, in Shepton Mallet, Somerset. 79 Volunteers worked a total of 260 days – our biggest camp ever. We are immensely grateful for the support of Mendip Council and Shepton Town Council. Read all about it here.
Another Aylesbury project starts construction on site 30th August 2022. The Berryfields and Buckingham Park path will connect a further quadrant of Aylesbury into the Waddesdon Greenway, and extend the Aylesbury Ring another stage. More details here.