The National Trust has launched a new “green corridors” project with the establishment of a new three-mile route connecting Bath to the surrounding countryside.
The heritage conservation charity has announced that 40 hectares of land alongside the River Avon to the east of the city will be safeguarded from any future development.
The organisation has acquired the greenfield site at Bathampton Meadows which had previously been earmarked for a potential ‘park and ride’ scheme in 2015.
