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 will become England’s first Cycle Street.

Daytime road closures are in place between Wilberforce Road, Stacey Lane and Sylvester Road. Access through Wilberforce/Adams Road junction for resident 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.

Kerbs have been installed and footway surfacing has been completed, opening this section for people to use. The rain gardens in this section have been constructed, with planting and landscaping to commence later in the programme. At the moment, the rain gardens have been temporarily filled with sand so the footway can be used.

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).

Works will continue in February to resurface footways near the site compound and at the other end of Adams Road close to Grange Road. Installation of the new traffic signals at the Grange Road junction will also begin next month.

The works on Adams Road will involve:

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

The works are anticipated to take approximately 30 weeks.

Coton village

Construction in Coton village commenced in September 2025.

Works in Coton village have resumed after the site was demobilised over Christmas. These works will add street lighting to improve safety at Whitwell Way near the Primary School. After the street lighting has been installed, works will pause for a short period before returning to resurface Cambridge Road junction.

Currently, the project is expected to finish in early 2026. The implementation of the 20mph speed limit throughout the village will be installed later on in the 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.

Additional drainage and landscaping are also planned to accommodate the main works.

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 pickups 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.