The Martholme Greenway Gooseleach Wood to Simonstone Lane - Preliminary Accommodation Works Martholme Greenway January 2017
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The Martholme Greenway Gooseleach Wood to Simonstone Lane - Preliminary accommodation works Martholme Greenway January 2017 Martholme Greenway Supporters Railway Paths Ltd GREENWAYS AND CYCLEROUTES LTD The British Horse Society Clayton-Le-Moors Harriers Ribble Valley Live Steamers Burnley Bridleways Association Friends of Padiham Greenway Simonstone Parish Council Hyndburn Ramblers Padiham Community Action Hyndburn MP Graham Jones Brian Howarth, Community Great Harwood Community Action Group Burnley MP Julie Cooper Rail Development Offi cer Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans The Martholme Greenway: Gooseleach Wood to Padiham Bypass section | Page 2 | January 2017 The Martholme Greenway: Great Harwood and Padiham The Martholme Greenway is named after The Greenway is based along the general Gooseleach Wood and Simonstone the magnifi cent railway viaduct which spans line of the former Yorkshire Railway built in Lane section the River Calder almost mid-point along the 1860. Over the years a number of sections 7-mile route. have been turned into fi ne public paths for This phase of the Martholme Greenway will the general use of walkers, cyclists and enable Padiham residents to walk out to the most pedestrians. A particularly excellent section attractive wood as a small recreational activity in is the one running south from Padiham its own right. The project will link to the existing which was built with Lottery Funds as part of public footpaths and will install seats and picnic the Connect 2 programme. tables to encourage local people to walk out into their countryside. And walkers can continue along the public footpaths which cross the railway at Gooseleach Wood. View of Padiham Greenway Martholme Viaduct © Alexander P Kapp Map (right) showing overall route Viaduct from Rishton to Padiham: 11km (7 miles) PADIHAM 1 Tarmac path from Station Road Great opposite page 3 - to be read - Binding Margin Harwood to Leeds and Liverpool Canal 3 towpath at Rishton. 5 2 Short section of stone path between Hyndburn Road and Whalley Road. 2 4 3 Approach path from Mill Lane to and across the Martholme Viaduct. 4 Dean Range through Padiham, across the River Calder to the canal towpath. 5 Location of accommodation works. 1 RISHTON The Martholme Greenway: Gooseleach Wood to Padiham Bypass section | Page 3 | January 2017 Martholme Greenway; Gooseleach Wood to Simonstone Lane; Location of Accommodation Works 1 Existing public footpath 1 2 Construct 2 small bridges over cattle-creeps 0 Metres 1000 3 Construct steps to Simonstone Lane 2 2 3 - Binding Margin - to be read opposite page 2 - tobe read - Binding Margin Local Policies The Ribble Valley Districtwide Local Plan June Read Parish Plan of 2012 asked local people if Lancashire County Council’s REMADE 1998 has reserved the railway corridor for the they wanted to see the link from Dunkirk Farm scheme 2008/10 identifi ed this railway Reed/Simonstone by-pass to relieve the two Road to and across the Viaduct. 86% of the corridor as being a priority for their work. In villages from traffi c linking the M65/A56 to the respondents wanted this compared with only 6% 2008 the County Council commented on Time A59. The Bypass received planning permission who did not. Technology’s planning application for new in 1990 but remains unbuilt. With changing times development and noted that they have revised Simonstone Parish Council asked a similar any such road would now include a good quality the position of the planned buildings so as to question of their residents and 75% of the cycling route as a matter of course. The benefi t allow the Greenway through. Lancashire also respondents were in favour of the railway path of constructing a path now would be that it recommended that a fi nancial contribution to the through their area to link Padiham to Great would maintain the fabric of the railway intact for scheme was made by the developer. To date the Harwood. The Parish Council resolved to have such a future road, it would give the planners an planned works have not happened and REMADE the complete route shown on the defi nitive map. advance idea of how many trips they might have lost its funding. to cater for, and if the path was tremendously popular then it might cause the road planners to look for an alternative route. The Martholme Greenway: Gooseleach Wood to Padiham Bypass section | Page 4 | January 2017 Gooseleach Wood to Simonstone Lane: 760m The plans here show the general line of the 2 View along line of trees on the Gooseleach 4 This transition section from mown path together with the three planned Wood embankment. embankment to cutting is accommodation works. the best place to make a view. Cut the path towards 1 Existing natural link to footpath through the southern boundary in woodland slope. Bare soil / grass path with order to leave little space for minimal leveling: this would only require vegetation to grow up and the removal of scrub and no major trees. mask views. In addition, The gradient will be approximately 1:4 from this leaves the sward to the north side heading west. The dry stone wildfl owers and grasses in boundary wall at this point is damaged / this area. missing. 5 Maintain the wild grasses on View through wood the slopes of the cutting here by removing stray hawthorn 3 Excavate out all the rubbish from the fl oor and other bushes. This will of the cattle creep so as to expose its then keep a good area for fi ne ashlar stonework. Provide a 2m wide hawks and owls to hunt. bridge (2.5m span) at the southern end for View of Gooseleach Lane Bridge pedestrians. 6 Gooseleach Lane Bridge is a magnifi cent example of the work which Victorian craftsmen put into such ordinary components of the railway – in this case a farm access bridge, which no-one would ever see – that is until the railway was closed View of footwath subway from the north side and opened for us as passers-by walking and cycling beneath it. 7 Remove all trees from the fl oor of the cutting so as to allow it to dry out and encourage grassland. opposite page 5 - to be read - Binding Margin View of remains of cattle creep no. 1 1 Mown path 5 6 7 2 4 3 0 1:100 at A3 100 metres The Martholme Greenway: Gooseleach Wood to Padiham Bypass section | Page 5 | January 2017 Gooseleach Wood to Simonstone Lane: 760m 11 - Plan of link to Simonstone Lane - west side View from road showing excavation The detail shows the proposed steps and link to Simonstone Lane. In addition to this work all trees within 5m of the masonry abutment of the original railway bridge should be removed so as to ensure that their roots do not cause further damage to the stonework. Materials excavated to 1:1 slope - View towards bridge abutment showing steps 100 tonnes total View looking east showing the grassland at the intersection between cutting and embankment Remains of bridge 8 The second cattle creep. Bridge near centre abutment - masonry 4.0m so as to maintain specimen tree, clean out to show masonry. 4.0m 9 Simonstone Brook Culvert. - Binding Margin - to be read opposite page 4 - tobe read - Binding Margin Fixing refl ective panels to ends of walls - 1.4m high 10 Run centrally through this woodland 25 steps with 160mm along a natural avenue. At the end of the rise and 320mm tread. garden, veer to the south side, as far as the Width of steps 1.0m View from road showing completed arrangement approach to the approach to the access step from Simonstone Lane. 8.0m 2.0m 4.0m Proposals for this area include a possible 2m long extension of the greenway by a bridge Cross section across Simonstone Lane looking north balustrade across Simonstone Lane at a later date. 4m long threshold area Leave this set 150mm above the section of wall carriageway to support bank Paint white line 30m either side of entrance to warn traffi c of edge 2.0m 7.68m 1.4m View looking west through trees. Clear away all the smaller specimens 9 10 11 Mown path 8 0 1:100 at A3 100 metres The Martholme Greenway: Gooseleach Wood to Padiham Bypass section | Page 6 | January 2017 Construction details of replacement bridges over the Simonstone cattle creeps: scale 1:50 at A3 The work will be carried out in steel and painted black to mimic the original railway bridges in material and colour. See note 3, page 4 See note 8, page 5 50 X 50 X 5 Angle iron 4 handrails at 300mm 50 X 50 X 5 Angle iron 4 handrails at 300mm Intermediate handrail centers 26.6mm diameter Intermediate handrail centers 26.6mm diameter stanchions tubular steel stanchions tubular steel 3395mm 5225mm 2990mm 50 X 50 X 3 50 X 50 X 3 Box section Box section 447mm 1058mm 1058mm 447mm 447mm 2009mm end handrail 447mm end handrail stanchions stanchions Wooden kick boards mm mm 20 X 200 300 300 m 12 off diagonal m 40 X 40 X 5 8 Angle iron 44 1 Deck planks handrail brace 45 X 145 Redwood Hi-Grip Excel 463mm4 463mm44 Hardwood battens 35 X 100 bolted to top of beams to 3 off 100 X 50 C screw deck planks to 5 off 100 X 50 C section cross brace section cross brace A and handrail outrigger and handrail outrigger A A 5 off 152 X 89 X 16 A I section beams at 475mm centers Sleeper to act as retaining wall for new path surface To be pegged on path side New surface opposite page 7 - to be read - Binding Margin Existing surface Mounting plate to be grouted to top of abutments to level and retain bridge.