The Chisholm Trail is a key north–south walking and cycling route across Cambridge, providing a safer, quicker and largely off-road connection between the city’s major employment sites, railway stations and green spaces.
The 3.5km section between Cambridge Station and Cambridge North, which is the focus of this project, forms part of a wider 26km walking and cycling route from St Ives to Trumpington.
The trail links Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Cambridge Biomedical Campus in the south with businesses and science parks in the north. It follows the railway line wherever possible and is mainly off-road and traffic-free, connecting green spaces including Coldham’s Common, Leper Chapel Meadows, Ditton Meadows and Stourbridge Common.
The route also connects with several other planned transport and active travel schemes, including Greenways projects, Cambridge Eastern Access and Waterbeach to Cambridge.