GW horningsea

A safer and better route for people walking, wheeling, cycling and, where appropriate, horse-riding between Horningsea, Fen Ditton and Cambridge.

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This will be a better way to get to Fen Ditton Primary School, residential areas, businesses, the river and leisure or retail facilities in this part of Cambridge. Attractions on the route are the garden centre in Horningsea, and the popular walk to Quy and Lode starting just north of the village of Horningsea.

It will include convenient links to the Bottisham and Swaffham Greenways for onward travel into Cambridge and out to nearby villages and attractions such as Anglesey Abbey.

Off-road shared paths, safer crossings and quiet streets with reduced speed limits where the Greenway runs on the road will make it safer and easier to travel along. Vegetation will be cut back to make it easier to see vehicles and obstacles.

There will be easier-to-follow signs to guide people along the Horningsea Greenway route.

Route overview

The route starts at Horningsea village then continues along the Horningsea Road (B0147), over the A14, past the primary school and on to Fen Ditton High Street. From the High Street it follows the Wadloes path to Ditton Meadows where it joins up with the Bottisham Greenway and continues into Cambridge.

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Where we are

The full length of the path alongside the Horningsea Road (B1047) has now been widened and resurfaced. Renewed solar lights have gone in and we installed bollards near Fen Ditton Primary School to enforce against illegal mounting and parking.

The raised, brick-effect area in front of Fen Ditton church and war memorial has been introduced to make sure people drive slow, steady and more safely when turning through here.

We’ve installed new cycle stands in Fen Ditton for people popping to the church, the pub or going for a walk on the Meadows or along the river.

We’re building a new zebra crossing near the Horningsea Road and Fen Ditton High Street crossroads to help families coming up from Abbey and Fen Ditton on the school run. This will be completed in the early autumn after some planned maintenance works nearby.

Returning to Horningsea

When there are fewer road works in the area, we will return to Horningsea to install the pavement ‘buildout’ near Horningsea Garden Centre, add the necessary street lighting, and the 20mph limit signs and traffic islands - slowing traffic speeds in the village for everyone’s safety. We’ll also install the Belisha Beacons (flashing orange lights) at the new Zebra in Fen Ditton around the same time.

Road signs will be placed in the area two weeks before any works in the villages.

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How we got here

The decision to proceed was taken by our executive board in March 2023

The route was engaged upon in autumn 2022. A summary of feedback we received can be found in the Summary Report, and our course of action can be found in the You Said, We Did report after the consulted in autumn 2019.

There was a consultation in autumn 2019. The report was published in January 2020.

Roadworks map