Blyth
This Sustrans scheme is part of a major South East Northumberland initiative. It aims to create the UK's first 'Active Travel Town', based around high quality walking and cycling routes and focused activities to change travel behaviour, particularly the journeys to work and school. A comprehensive network of new routes will link to existing greenways to give Blyth's communities genuine travel alternatives to the car and help people to be more active more often.
The scheme will also link both north and south of the River Blyth to the Bedlington scheme. This will include improvements to the current footpath and bridleway along the south bank of the river from Cowpen New Town to Furness Bridge and a new section of path linking National Cycle Network Route 1, to Furness Bridge on the north bank. There will be a combination of both commuter and leisure routes to encourage as many people as possible to make everyday journeys by foot or by bike.
The new walking and cycling network will involve a coastal realignment of the Coast and Castles Route (National Cycle Network Route 1) and will create a comprehensive network of accessible routes into the places where people live, work, shop and play. It will be at the very core of a new drive to make South East Northumberland a healthy, prosperous and inclusive place to live, work and visit.
Latest news
Blyth Portrait Bench
As part of a unique national public art project, a Portrait Bench has been installed on a section of a new route. The Portrait Bench is a simple bench with three life-size effigies of local characters chosen by the community to represent their culture and history. Following a public vote, the Blyth Portrait Bench characters have been announced. The three people are; Guardsman Michael Sweeney, PC David Rathband and Stan Laurel. For more information on the Portrait Bench, download the Blyth Portrait Bench leaflet (pdf).
Works update
All works on the new cycling and walking routes, including signage and on-path marking, have been completed.
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