Waterloo Meadows Sustrans Path
The path along the north bank of the Kennet through Waterloo Meadows has now been surfaced. This is part of improvements that Sustrans are carrying out to the pedestrian and cycle route.
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The view from Katesgrove Hill
Category: Walking (page 1 of 2)
St John’s Conduit and urban art
St John’s Conduit on the side of the church on Nelson Street has recently been restored. The conduit dates from the fourteenth century and is part of Bristol’s extensive medieval water system.
Fobney Island Wetland Nature Reserve
On 23 March the Government published stricter guidance on staying at home and away from others that superseded the advice in place at the time of writing on 18 March.
Whitley GrowAllot. Picture (c) Huma Jehan
Image (c) Huma Jehan
Struggling through the Rose Kiln Lane bicycle path gate
Struggling over the Rose Kiln Lane bicycle path gate
Reading Borough Council (RBC) offered its support this week to the sustainable transport charity Sustrans in their project to remove motorcycle barriers on the Kennet Path between the Katesgrove Lane IDR underpass and Fobney Lock.
Western Kennet path, near Rose Kiln Lane
Sustrans signpost on Waterloo Meadows
Struggling over the Rose Kiln Lane bicycle path gate
The deadline has been extended for public responses to Sustrans’ survey about their plans to improve the Kennet cycle and foot path between Reading town centre and Fobney Lock .
Coley Meadows (c) Adrian Lawson
On Sunday 17 November there’ll be a walk from Waterloo Meadows Children’s centre into the marshes of the Coley water meadows. We’ll meet at 10am, and we’ll expect to return by 1pm.
Sustrans signpost on Waterloo Meadows
Stuart Langridge (Sustrans community liaison officer) and Peter Challis (Sustrans network development manager)
The sustainable transport charity Sustrans will hold a drop-in event at on Tuesday 22 October at the Waterloo Meadows Childrens’ Centre to answer questions about their proposals to improve the Kennet cycle and foot path.
From L to R: Stuart Langridge (Sustrans community liaison officer) and Peter Challis (Sustrans network development manager)
The sustainable transport charity Sustrans wants to improve the Kennet cycle and foot path between Reading town centre and Fobney Lock. Improvements could include the removal of motorcycle barriers as well as resurfacing and tidying up the path.
Approaching 79 Silver Street
The site at 79 Silver Street
TW Construct Ltd
The Silver Street bus stop is currently closed because of works at 79 Silver Street, where a block of 61 student rooms is being built. The bus stop has been relocated a small distance up Mount Pleasant, and part of the pavement directly in front of the building closed off. This was all set out in the relevant approved planning applications and approvals.
Sustrans signpost on Waterloo Meadows
Reading were at home to Sheffield Wednesday for their first game of the 2018/19 season. It was a fine day, so we decided to see what had changed since 2017 on the scenic cross-country route from the Whitley Pump to the Madejski Stadium.
The weir at Fobney Island
In July 2018, the multi-disciplinary artist Peter Driver set out on a three day pilgrimage from the Stanley Spencer Gallery in the village of Cookham to the Sandham Memorial Chapel at Burghclere. A Walk for Stanley is a travel diary that captures the journey in photos, sketches, woodcuts, sonnets and prose.
The Black History Mural and the IDR
The Whitley Pump asked Reg Vastern-King, chair of the Friends of the IDR (Inner Distribution Road), what he thought about the Reading Borough Council (RBC) consultation on transport strategy; he was not impressed. “I just don’t understand,” he said “how can you carry out a transport strategy consultation which does not even ask how you feel about the IDR?”
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