In 2020 the National Trust’s Director-General Hilary McGrady announced our ambition to create 20 “green corridors”, knitting together green space, woodlands, towpaths and parks to remove barriers that could prevent those in inner city neighbourhoods from accessing large green areas.
The corridor through Bathampton Meadows is the first of these corridors to be confirmed.
Meandering out from the heart of the City of Bath World Heritage site, the route through Bathampton Meadows is now in the care of the National Trust and safeguarded from future development. This is thanks to a transfer of land from Bath and North East Somerset Council, and an acquisition of farmland using a restricted fund of legacy donations.