Overview
Through a grant from our Sustainable Development Fund, we were
able to finish a footpath project that had been funded by Hampshire County Council and New Forest National Park.
What was done
The Avon Valley Railway was one of the branch lines closed by Beeching in 1964. The section through the parish of Breamore has been restored as a footpath. The project connected the final sections, joining the New Forest National Park with Cranborne Chase AONB and completing the route so that it could be used and making it coherent and connected to the Avon Valley Footpath and other rights of way.
Outputs/Outcomes
£945 grant completed a £30,920 project.
Learning
Wide partnership networks enabled interested parties (HCC, NFNPA and CC AONB) to provide enough funding to deliver a project that was supported by local residents and land owners.
Links
Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway - Wikipedia entry
Breamore Railway Station – Wikipedia