Tag: cycling

  • Pop-up Shop

    Pop-up Shop

    The Greenway is going very public!

    After some superb publicity generated from a Facebook Live interview with Daniel Mumby which made it to almost everywhere including the top of the BBC Southwest pages, we are about to do our first public information event.

    Some of you may know about the Pop-Up Shop in Fore Street, Wellington but for those that don’t, this is run by Wellington Town Council who offer it to various causes for nothing other than the cost of the utilities.

    We have it for the whole of next week, and will be there in person from Wednesday to Saturday. We have used the generous grant fomr Somerset Community Foundation to put together our materials, so why not come along and say hello.

    High Sherrif’s Coffee Morning

    Rob Beckley is a supporter of the Greenway as well as a keen cyclist and member of the Wellingto Wheelers Cycling Club. Both he and his wife walked along the valley with us a few months ago. The High Sherrif is holding a coffee morning for any number of walking and cycling groups who are scheduled to congregate on the playing field at Blagdon Hill on 9th June … at coffee time! Again, we will have a stall, so why not come along and support us.

    Walk the Greenway

    Yes, we are continuing our popular walks along the valley from Wellington to Taunton to look at possible routes the Greenway may take. e throughout the summer, so why not come and join us. The route is about 8.5 miles along footpaths over almost flat terrain. We have kept going throughout all the rain and rain of winter, and not heard anyone say they didn’t enjoy it.

    To sign up, go to the Events page on our website

    New Brand

    I am proud to announce that a collaboration with the media department at Richard Huish College has produced some outstanding work for us to use into the future. Our website and logo design had been a bit rushed, but now we have a new one. The students who are in their first year os study at Huish designed almost all the materials we are using in the Pop-Up shop -I’ll send out some photos when we have it all set up, but here is our new logo

    There is much more news on the back of the Wellington Station, but I will make that the subject of the next post.

    Thank you as always

    Grand Western Greenway Team

    (Want to join us? Get in touch)

  • Wellington Station and the Greenway

    Wellington Station and the Greenway

    The new railway station planned for Wellington makes a cycle route between the town and Taunton a real possibility.

    The new railwaystation planned for Wellington ‘boosts the argument’ for a cycle route between the town and Taunton.

    That’s the view of campaigners who want it to follow the grand western canal – rather than the busy A38 as had been originally looked at (see below). 

    At the weekend the first in regular guided walks – along the proposed route – took place so potential users could see the benefits. 

    The proposed new route would connect with the new Wellington train station, which the Government recently gave the go-ahead for. 

  • How is the campaign going?

    How is the campaign going?

    There has been a campaign to get a traffic-free cycle route between Wellington and Taunton for many years. In the last three years this has involved a well supported protest and rally at which prominent local politicians including the current leader of Somerset Council pledged their support and committed to getting it done.

    Somerset Council has commissioned consultants to put together an outline strategic business case for a cycle path from Wellington to Taunton. This is in preparation for the time when funding is available from the Department for Transport and other sources, and is looking at all the options between the railway line to the north and the M5 to the south.

    The consultants will be conducting stakeholder consultations in the next few months, and we, the Grand Western Greenway Association, will lobby hard for our route to be favoured. The more people we have supporting us, the stronger our case will be, so please get involved.