Come to our ‘Night at the End of the Tunnel’ event at The Royal Hotel, Pudsey on Saturday 26 November. Three bands will be playing live in the upstairs function room: Amici acoustic band, the Celtic Cowboys (country and Irish folk) and The Variants (punk/new wave). It’ll be a great night so don’t miss out – see you there!

All welcome. Doors open 7.00pm. Free entry.

Many thanks to James Bowling at The Pudsey Squeaker for publishing the article (see below) updating readers on our project.

Saturday 9th July
11.00am start at Mount Pleasant Road

Greenside Greenway members invite you to a free guided walk of phases 1/2 of the proposed route and opportunity to ask questions.

Starting from outside St Joseph’s School on Mount Pleasant Road at 11.00am, or joining us further on the route at approximately 11.30am on Carlisle Road bridge near The Royal public house. The return walk to Pudsey can be the same way or via the bridleway at Black Hey Farm to Fulneck Beck and back to Smalewell Road (walk to finish approx.
12.30 pm).

If you are interested in walking the route at another time, self-guided details of the route are in our post dated 27/10/21.

This is a guide of the central areas of the Greenway through Pudsey (phases 1/2). This is from Mount Pleasant Road to Tyersal Rail Embankment. The route covers five segments of railway line, footpaths/bridleways and residential streets and is approx. 2 miles in length.

The full route plans are to eventually include a link (phase 3) to Stanningley Road to Cycle Superhighway CS1, and at the Bradford end to Spen Valley Greenway (phase 4) via Tyersal Lane.

We hope to see you on Saturday 9 July!

Please note, it is advisable to wear appropriate footwear/clothing.

We had lots of interest in the Greenside Greenway campaign at our Pudsey Carnival stand at the weekend, including a visit from Stuart Andrew MP, who is one of our supporters.

Well done to everyone involved for all your hard work!

Last week we had a meeting/survey of Phase 2 of our Greenway route (from Carlisle Road to Richardshaw Lane). This section, which follows the old railway, is currently used as a walking route but needs improvements to allow other users access, such as cyclists and horse riders. We first need another feasibility study to determine the extent of the works required and costs, which Sustrans are asked to submit.

Greenside Greenway committee members discussed route issues with officers from The Combined Authority, Sustrans, and Leeds/Bradford Council transport development representatives.

We are collecting evidence that Greenside Tunnel and the Railway Cutting have been used as a Right Of Way.

If you have been through the tunnel please complete the online form at:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-WOSC3liWs-96PIJe2MvGbd3sk5oIx0KNUtyJd_QXtKyAwA/viewform.

This is the online version of the PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY USER EVIDENCE FORM for Leeds City Council

We had lovely weather and a good turnout for our recent tree planting / litter picking event – it was great to see some new volunteers taking part as well.

At the committee meeting on 14 March the following was discussed:

Progression of Phase 2/3 of the Greenway Plans
We are just awaiting costings from Sustrans. The route goes from the Royal Pub to just after Pudsey Grammar School (see map below). Most of the route is intact with mostly only one landowner (Leeds City Council). The total distance is 2.3km.

Heritage Display Boards
We also discussed progress on the provision of heritage display boards to promote the history of the former rail stations (pre-Beeching) at Greenside and Lowtown. If sufficient funds are raised, the boards will be enhanced with a bench and some shrubs (see initial drawings below).