GW horningsea

A safer and better route for people walking, wheeling, cycling and, where appropriate, horse-riding between Horningsea, Fen Ditton and Cambridge.

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This will be a better way to get to Fen Ditton Primary School, residential areas, businesses, the river and leisure or retail facilities in this part of Cambridge. Attractions on the route are the garden centre in Horningsea, and the popular walk to Quy and Lode starting just north of the village of Horningsea.

It will include convenient links to the Bottisham and Swaffham Greenways for onward travel into Cambridge and out to nearby villages and attractions such as Anglesey Abbey.

Off-road shared paths, safer crossings and quiet streets with reduced speed limits where the Greenway runs on the road will make it safer and easier to travel along. Vegetation will be cut back to make it easier to see vehicles and obstacles.

There will be easier-to-follow signs to guide people along the Horningsea Greenway route.

Route overview

The route starts at Horningsea village then continues along the Horningsea Road (B0147), over the A14, past the primary school and on to Fen Ditton High Street. From the High Street it follows the Wadloes path to Ditton Meadows where it joins up with the Bottisham Greenway and continues into Cambridge.

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Where we are

Our work in Horningsea and Fen Ditton is nearly complete, with just improvements to streetlighting and the introduction of high-friction road surfacing to help prevent skidding and mitigate the risk of collisions left to install.

Work is expected to wrap up in February, by which time both villages will have benefited from pedestrian-friendly upgrades making walking through the villages safer and more enjoyable. 

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How we got here

The decision to proceed was taken by our executive board in March 2023

The route was engaged upon in autumn 2022. A summary of feedback we received can be found in the Summary Report, and our course of action can be found in the You Said, We Did report after the consulted in autumn 2019.

There was a consultation in autumn 2019. The report was published in January 2020.

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