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                                     The Ramblers' Association is a registered charity (number 1093577) and a company limited by guarantee in England and Wales (number 4458492).

                                                                                    Registered office: 2nd Floor, Camelford House, 89 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TW

                      

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Footpath Closures

A number of footpaths are temporarily closed, in particular footbridges. Details are Here

Please keep reminding Herefordshire Council that it is important to get these routes re-opened!

 

 

Thank you campaign
 If you have enjoyed a walk in Herefordshire recently please write to your local councillor to thank them and remind
them of the importance of the rights of way budget. A suggested template is Here
To find your local councillor, follow the link Here
Two towns in Herefordshire have gained official “walkers are welcome” status, Ross-on-Wye and, most recently, Bromyard. You can find out more about walkers are welcome in these two towns at www.ross-on-wyewalkersarewelcome.co.uk and www.bromyard.info

Save Our Buses

Herefordshire Council is looking at ways in which it can cut its budget in 2011 - 2012. Buses will be one area on which the Council will focus. We need to make our views known now before the cuts are made; we owe it especially to the young and elderly who are major users.

If you would like further information regarding the campaign to save the buses then please click Here.

 

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Country’s best known walker visits Herefordshire

BBC Countryfile visited Hergest Ridge, Herefordshire to support Disabled Ramblers and the 40th Anniversary of the opening of Offa’s Dyke Path.

 

 

Ramblers maintenance team help out with gates installation

A small group of Ramblers suitably watched over by Steve of AMEY installed a new wooden frame to the kissing gate at Brilley Church. Later in the day they erected the metal pedestrian gate near Bredward and in between times added an extra cross step to a stile making it a lot easier to use. All those involved thought that they’d had a good day out and done something to put a little bit back for the future.

 

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For more information on the Ross Walkers are Welcome Group and its plans please contact the Chairman, Sam Phillips,
on 01989-563874 or visit the Group’s web site at www.ross-on-wyewalkersarewelcome.co.uk .
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New Gates for Wye Valley Walk
Great news for walkers – those dreaded stiles could soon become a thing of the past on part of the Wye Valley Walk. After a long day out rambling, climbing the last few stiles to reach home can really be exhausting. The Walkers are Welcome Group is delighted to announce the first phase of their new project to improve the local footpath network ‘Smiles without Stiles’. This is good news for everybody but especially for older walkers and those with mobility problems.

The Group  has secured a grant from the Severn Waste Environmental Fund that will enable it to commence work on the first phase of ‘Smiles without Stiles’. During the next 6-9 months it is planned to replace up to 18 stiles with gates on the section of the Wye Valley Walk between Ross and Welsh Bicknor. The Severn Waste Environmental Fund is a community and environmental grants scheme covering the counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Grants are provided to projects which fall within the criteria of the Landfill Communities Fund including the provision and maintenance of public amenities and parks.
Feedback from visitors to the three Walking Festivals has consistently included comments that the relatively large number of stiles on local footpaths is a deterrent to older walkers and to those with mobility problems, a view shared by members of local walking groups. Some stiles on local footpaths have been replaced by gates by Parish Councils and by Amey Herefordshire on an ad hoc basis in recent years. This grant will enable the Group to focus resources on an important section of a popular long-distance trail, the Wye Valley Walk, that contains 18 stiles in a little over 8 miles. Installation of the gates will be carried out partly by volunteers such as the Bridstow Footpath Volunteers  but mostly by EnviroAbility, the Ross-based environmental charity which already carries out footpath maintenance work for Amey Herefordshire and various Parish Councils. It is hoped that EnviroAbility will also be able to manufacture some of the gates thus providing further opportunities for its enthusiastic workforce. Agreement has already been reached with two local farmers and six of the gates will be installed early in the New Year.
With further support from the Wye Valley AONB and Amey Herefordshire the Group will be working with all its partners to also improve the footpaths from Wilton to Kerne Bridge. The Bridstow Footpath Volunteers have already replaced all the stiles from Wilton Bridge south to the parish boundary. During 2012 work will continue to both replace stiles and to improve the surface of the footpath in a couple of difficult locations. Success with both projects will enable a stile-free circular walk to be created that will prove attractive to visitors and local walkers alike.