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14

Aug 2021

Last Updated: 13/08/2021
Environment
Environment

Muddy footpath in Nidd Gorge transformed

by Thomas Barrett

| 14 Aug, 2021
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12 volunteers from Bilton Conservation Group spent 77 hours this week laying the 45-metre footpath, which is close to Tennyson Avenue. The group had attempted a lightweight boardwalk solution three times, only to find it damaged by vandals.

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A muddy footpath in Nidd Gorge has been transformed thanks to Bilton Conservation Group.

12 volunteers from the group spent 77 hours this week laying the 45-metre footpath, which is close to Tennyson Avenue, using 13 tonnes of limestone ballast. 

It was funded through a £1,000 grant from Bilton Conservative county councillor Paul Haslam's Locality Budget. 

The main ‘Millennium Path’ was laid by the group in 2015 and was extended towards Tennyson Avenue in 2016.

The group had attempted a lightweight boardwalk solution three times, only to find it damaged by vandals.



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Keith Wilkinson MBE from Bilton Conservation Group praised Warren Considine for masterminding the project.

He said:

 "The 45-metre extension created on Monday made good a very muddy natural surface which had become dangerous to walk in."


Cllr Paul Haslam added:

"I use my Locality Budget to focus on things that improve the environment for as many people as possible."