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Bristol and Bath Railway Path

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A petition against this proposal on Bristol City Council's website gained over 7900 signatures within the first month. A website was set up by a group opposed to the plans. In a council meeting on 1 April, plans for the busway were put on hold, but the council refused to rule out using the path for a
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From 1999 to July 2001 South Gloucestershire Council built a new section of the A4174 Avon ring road along part of the path. While the work was being undertaken the path was diverted away from the old railway line and a new section was added around the ring road, increasing the length by 200 yards.
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A housing development at Clay Bottom (near the B4469) has encroached onto the alignment of the railway, and the cycleway diverts around several houses causing a blind corner. These houses would be in the way of any future use of this section as a guided busway or rail use.
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The remaining island platforms have railway-related sculptures between them, some depicting waiting passengers. One notable sculpture was that of a suitcase, supposedly belonging to one of the passengers. However, it disappeared in the summer of 2008.
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It is suggested that the eastern route of a proposed Bristol rapid transit system could run as a light rail track alongside the Bristol and Bath Railway Path, which would not have to close.
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The new section includes two bridges, several tight corners, a hill (South Gloucestershire Council describes it as a 'barely perceptible gradient'), and two
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Save the Railway Path | The campaign to save the Bristol to Bath cycle path from being turned into a bus-lane
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contains a cafe, serving refreshments seven days a week year-round, and includes public toilets.
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A short distance from the station is the entrance to the 0.3-mile-long Staple Hill Tunnel under
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now provides a spur from the railway path northwest to the Bristol ring road cycle path and
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between 1979 and 1986, which leased a five-mile (8.0 km) stretch near
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The end of the path is at the Brassmill Lane trading estate in Bath.
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As of 2007 there were 26 commissioned artworks along the Path.
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The Bristol and Bath cycle path passes under Station Road in
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The west Bath riverside path continues to the city centre.
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The Bristol & Bath Railway Path, looking towards
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Index

Bristol & Bath Railway Path

River Avon
Kelston Park

cycleway
National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 4
Sustrans
Saltford
Avon County Council
Midland Railway
Mangotsfield and Bath branch line
Beeching Axe
Great Western Railway
Lawrence Hill
Bristol
Newbridge
Bath
Easton
Fishponds
Staple Hill
Mangotsfield
Warmley
Bitton
Saltford

Fishponds, Bristol
51°27′22″N 2°34′30″W / 51.456104°N 2.575019°W / 51.456104; -2.575019
Staple Hill station

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