Grant of £5,000 awarded in 2019. Total project cost £6,570
A stretch of the B4009 road between Kingston Blount and Crowell, south of Oxford, sees about 100 walkers pass by each day, but until recently they were forced to walk on the road or the verge. The landowner agreed to a permissive footpath across his fields and a new all-seasons reinforced grass surface now offers walkers greater safety and comfort.
Situated just inside the hedge, the new footpath has been created by local volunteers, assisted by the Chiltern Society’s South Chilterns Path Maintenance Volunteers. As the fields are arable, barriers were used at each end to create pinch points to prevent cyclists and horse riders using the footpath.