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.

Executive Board

Our Executive Board met on Thursday 5 March 2026. The Board has decided to approve the plans for both the Experimental Traffic Regulation Order ETRO on Sidgwick Avenue and the full business case for the greenway. For further information, you can view each of the papers that were discussed at the Executive Board.

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 will become England’s first Cycle Street.  The works on Adams Road will involve:

• Altering the existing road layout by widening both sides of the footways to ensure  there is enough room for people walking.
• Resurfacing all footways and the entire road.  
• Adding planting areas along the road’s edge with the required drainage. 
• Improving the existing signalised junction of Grange Road.  
• Construction of a new raised table junction at Adams Road/Sylvester Road. 
• The addition of uncontrolled crossings along Adams Road.

  You can see the difference these changes will make to Adams Road by watching the animation below. 

Daytime road closures are in place between Wilberforce Road, Stacey Lane and Sylvester Road. Access through Wilberforce/Adams Road junction for residents and users of the sports facilities during working hours will be permitted with controlled access through the road closure. Outside of working hours, temporary traffic signals will be used as required, particularly at weekends when large volumes of people are expected at the sports facilities.  

Vegetation has been cleared, kerb lines have been added, and we’re now finishing the surfacing of the footpath on the southern side of the road between Wilberforce Road and Sylvester Road. Landscaping of the rain gardens has also been completed in this section.

On the northern side of the road, between Sylvester Road and Grange Road, final surfacing has been completed, and works will now move to the opposite side of the road.

In the next month, we’ll also start work on upgrading the existing signalised junction of Grange Road and Adams Road.

Sylvester Road is currently closed to through traffic to allow for kerb removal and excavation on the southern side of Adams Road (between Sylvester Road and Wilberforce Road). 

During works there will be closure points at each end of Adams Road, but access for residents will remain, however residents may need to come through a particular end depending on the stage of works. Signage will be in place if this is the case.  

Following completion of all our works, a limited number of marked parking bays will be installed. These bays will likely be included as part of the ‘Wilberforce area resident’ parking scheme. For more information about this scheme, please visit our project page.   

The removal of most of the on-street parking will improve safety and make the road far more user friendly for pedestrians by creating more space along the footways whilst providing additional planting.  

Coton village

Resurfacing and white lining works at High Street/Cambridge Road junction took place overnight between Thursday 19 and Saturday 21 February. Further white lining in the village will take place in March. Completion of the street lighting installation will take place at the end of next month.

Installation of the 20mph speed limit will be carried out later this year.

Works in the village include: 

•  Street lighting upgrades

• Carriageway resurfacing

• Redesigned junctions

• Footway improvement works and raised traffic-calming features to improve safety and visibility.  

Two raised table junctions, similar to those being installed in Barton village, will be introduced at the junction in the centre of the village (High Street/Cambridge Road) and outside Coton primary school as traffic calming measures to slow vehicle speeds. This will ensure parents and children will be able to cross safely at school drop-off and pickup while pedestrians and cyclists can cross the junctions at other times.  

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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.