Friends of the Railway Path

Promoting and developing the Coate to Marlborough Railway Path

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Friends of the Railway Path

Promoting and developing the Coate to Marlborough Railway Path

Vision

To develop and maintain the railway path to encourage a wide variety of users and make it an interesting place to visit.

Objectives

  1. To advertise and promote links to paths, byways, bridleways and minor roads to enable walkers, runners, cyclists & horse riders to relax, exercise and explore the local countryside.
  2. To support the biodiversity of the area by maintaining and improving habitats along the path, and its surrounds.
  3. To improve and develop the path thereby supporting local communities with a safe route for people to get to work, schools, shops and local businesses, connecting people with the local economy.
  4. To help attract people to the area, and encourage a fuller appreciation of the its history, agriculture, ecology, culture and geology; promoting the path as a gateway to the Marlborough Downs, the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and to "Jeffries' Land".

Our leaflet describes a little more of our aspirations for the Path.