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Waterbeach Greenway

A safer route between Waterbeach, Milton and Cambridge North. 

Linking homes, schools and businesses in Waterbeach, Milton and northern Cambridge and joining up to the Chisholm Trail, Milton Road, Railway stations and Park and Rides for onward journeys.

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Cowley Road improvements

Work to create a new segregated cycle track and footway along the Cowley Road section of the Waterbeach Greenway is now complete.

The shared path has been significantly widened to create a new 4-metre-wide cycleway, with space for people to walk and cycle in both directions. Pedestrians also benefit from a new raised crossing opposite the entrance to St John’s Innovation Park – giving walkers and cyclists priority crossing for the first time on this part of Cowley Road.

These upgrades make it easier to reach Cambridge North Station, the Chisholm Trail, and Milton Road – improving connections for commuters, residents, and local businesses. We want to thank you for your patience as these changes were made.

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Route overview

The revised 5.5km greenway alignment would start on Cambridge Road in Waterbeach before using a new, off-road path along land behind Car Dyke Road. It would then continue along a new, off-road bridleway, through fields behind the A10 as far as Ely Road, where it would then continue through Milton village. From here it would use the Jane Coston Bridge over the A14 and join upgraded paths and cycle-tracks on Cowley Road on to Cambridge North railway station and the Chisholm Trail.

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