Safer walking, wheeling and cycling between Cambridge and the western villages of Comberton, Hardwick, Coton.

The greenway will make it safer and easier to reach Cambridge University West Campus, the Sidgwick site and Newnham. As well as better access to Comberton Village College and Long Road Sixth Form.

Adams Road

The Adams Road section of the Comberton Greenway runs from Grange Road to Wilberforce Road junction. Already used by up to 3,000 cyclists daily, Adams Road is becoming England’s first Cycle Street.

A compound has been set up in the area to the north-west of Wilberforce/Adams Road junction.

The northern side of Adams Road between Wilberforce Road and Sylvester Road is now open, with footways resurfaced and driveways reinstated.

The site will have periodic safety checks over the Christmas period, the 24-hour greenways phone number: 0800 0281363 can be used if any issues arise.

Following the completion of our works, a limited number of marked parking bays will be installed, as part of the Wilberforce area residents' parking scheme. For more information on this, please visit our project page.

The removal of most of the on-street parking will make the road safer and more user-friendly for pedestrians, by increasing space on the footways.

Widening both sets of footways will make more room for pedestrians. As part of the new layout, cyclists will have priority over motor vehicles. All footways and the entire road will be resurfaced with planting areas along the road’s edge and the required drainage added.

The project includes improvement of the existing signal junction of Grange Road, a new raised table junction at Adams Road/Sylvester Road and new crossings on Adams Road.

During construction there will be closure points at each end of Adams Road, access for residents will remain, however residents may be required to use specific ends depending on the stage of works. Signage will be in place if this is the case.

Construction on Adams Road started on Monday 13 October. Works are expected to take approximately 30 weeks. Daytime road closures will be in place with access maintained for residents.

Coton village

Construction in Coton started in September.

Excavation, kerbing and tarmac surfacing has been completed outside The Plough pub and Whitwell Way. At the Cambridge Road junction drainage works and the installation of kerbing have been completed. The path will be resurfaced in the new year.

The project is expected to finish in early 2026. This will include implementing a speed limit of 20mph throughout the village and improvements to streetlighting.

Work will take approximately 15 weeks with most activity taking place during the day under temporary traffic management with access maintained. There will be some night-time closures for surfacing and road marking and residents will receive advance notice of these.

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We first consulted on the route spring 2019 with further engagement on our updated plans in summer 2022. Our decision-makers on the Executive Board agreed to proceed in December 2022 with some changes in response. These are summarised in the You Said We Did report. 

Starting in Comberton, the route heads north on Long Road and continues towards Coton. It then goes over the M11 bridge and carries on past the Cambridge University West Campus. A new link branches off towards Barton Road before the path continues along Adams Road, Grange Road, Sidgwick Avenue and before reaching Silver Street.