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Grassland Community Centres Queen Most of the green spaces are Elizabeth Woodchester II Playing Park Bro Health Centre wheelchair accessible, with ckworth Fields Abbotswood Woodland Primary School many offering suitable paths too. Wellesley Primary Paved routes* Libraries School ay W ire (off-road) We’ve marked on a range of paved Sh Shopping / retail and unpaved routes to help you S Unpaved routes h i re W (off-road) explore the area by foot or by bike. ay Shopping Some of these are pedestrian only. Wapley Bushes Restaurants / 12 Nature Reserve Avon Cycle Way eating / drinking Please check local signage and respect Shireway Immanuel Community Food + drink Christian Centre Bus stops Playgrounds your fellow path users. You can check School the latest recommended cycling routes at Car parks betterbybike.info/maps-and-guides/ Schools regional-cycle-maps. Electric vehicle charging Places of worship points + car parks Wapley Drop into your local library and Allotments * Paved routes include paved footpaths for pedestrian use only, and some pick up an ‘Out and About’ pack CYCLE PARKING shared-use paths which can also be used by cyclists. Please check local signage and respect your fellow path users. of walking routes for the whole of On the map we have highlighted some of the local attractions that have some cycle parking available, but across the area there 1 1 South Gloucestershire. You can also find are many places to park your bike – many of the local attractions, /4 mile /2 mile local recommended walking routes at green spaces, amenities and schools have convenient cycle parking and more is being added all the time. oneyou.southglos.gov.uk/move-more/walking 100 m 500 m 800 m 1 Brinsham Fields Park 4 Peg Hill Skatepark 8 Yate Common (formerly 10 Lilliput Park and Spar Pools Skate, scoot or wheel your way over to this community park. Westerleigh Common) This local green space with a small community orchard is a As well as being a popular local fishing site, Coopers Lake and the The ‘bowls’, ramps and rails on offer are good for beginners When exploring these 124 acres of green space, you and perfect spot for meeting friends or stretching your legs - quite surronding marshland are an important habitat for wildlife. Enjoy a and those looking to hone their skills. your family will find ponds, a stream, woodland and football literally if you jump on the adult exercise equipment! The park stroll through the park, visit the wildlife pond just off the walking pitches with an 800m running course. Teeming with local and its green-fingered Friends were awarded the 2016 RHS trail around the water, or set your little ones loose in the children’s 5 wildlife, the common is perfect for ball games, walks, picnics Britain in Bloom award for community gardening. play area. Frome Valley Walkway and kite-flying. Much of this land was used during both WWI This tranquil stretch of the Frome Valley Walkway provides a and WWII as a Prisoner of War encampment,and was levelled The park was originally the ornamental garden of Lilliput Court At one time, quarries in this area accounted for over 70% of the peaceful walking route from the foot of the Cotswolds in Old in WWII to grow crops. – a grand house that once stood here. You will find the original world’s production of celestine (spar). This valuable mineral was Sodbury, through the medieval town of Chipping Sodbury, Yate, house’s steps and terraces at the east end of the site, and in the first dug in the 1880s and was used primarily for refining sugar and all the way out to Castle Park in Bristol. The footpath is During your visit, you might also discover the famous ‘Road top field, in the Winter sun, you can spot the old ‘ridge and furrow’ beet. It was later used in pyrotechnics, flares and more recently surrounded by woodland and runs alongside the beautiful river to Nowhere’ – a curious, unfinished stretch of tarmac that was marks from when this land was used for crop cultivation. in the electronics industries. The extraction of celestine ended Frome (otters have recently been spotted in the stretch in Yate). abandoned by the council in the 1970s and never completed. in 1994 when supplies were exhausted, leaving a series of ‘spar The ‘road’ is still a regular filming location for the BBC television The entire walkway is 18 miles-long in total and passes through 11 Witches Hat Play Area pools’. Most were eventually filled for safety reasons but the breathtaking countryside. From Yate, you can continue eastwards drama Casualty and other productions. Visitors are still drawn and Skate Park lake is a surviving reminder of the area’s mining past. for the valleys of Winterbourne Down, the pretty village of to its eerie strangeness and an unmissable photo opportunity! Come for a clamber in the ‘Iron Age fort’ playground with Frenchay and the bright lights of the city. 2 Millside Open Space 9 Kingsgate Park trampoline, fantastic sand pit, ‘jungle maze’ ropeways and of course the ‘Witches Hat’ spinning climbing net and climbing There’s lots for families to explore in this green space, including 6 Stretch your legs and relax in this beautiful parkland. Run riot in Lye Field Park frame. Bring your wheels to the skate park and halfpipe, or play equipment and wooden carvings by local sculptor Andy the playground, spot wildlife and native trees in the nature reserve, This green, open space is a great spot for a kick-about, a picnic burn off some energy at the football and basketball mini-courts.
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