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 |  |  About The Group | | Church Lawford & King's Newnham Footpaths Group, made up of volunteers from the two parishes with an interest in walking, is, on behalf of CL Parish Council & KN Parish Meeting, working with the County Council's community paths officers in carrying out work under the scheme. The Group, formed in 1997, began work by conducting surveys to determine the condition of all of the rights of way within the two parishes; after which a programme of work was drawn up detailing the tasks which were required to be carried out to restore the paths to a satisfactory condition. Initially a contractor was employed to carry out the restorative work. Later tools were purchased to enable the group to perform the tasks themselves and in this way the grant money has been made to go further. |
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Recent improvements by the Footpaths Group to the ‘furniture’ on Church Lawford’s footpath network include the installation of two new kissing gates on the path passing through St Peter’s churchyard; a wooden gate at the churchyard boundary and a metal one opposite the entrance to the churchyard. In addition the Group has installed two new footbridges on the Church Lawford / Long Lawford footpath - the stiles and sleeper bridges at these locations were difficult to negotiate and the new bridges now make it easier for walkers of all abilities to use the path.
Church Lawford & King’s Newnham’s ‘Day of Walks 2007’ was held on Sunday 5th August - a total of eighteen people took part. Members of the Footpaths Group laid on two circular walks starting from The Green, Church Lawford one to Brinklow, taking in the motte & bailey castle, and the other to Newbold taking in the Oxford Canal tunnel. Given the very wet and cool weather we have had this summer we were pleased that on the day the weather was hot and sunny, and stayed so into the evening for the post-walks barbecue in a resident’s garden.
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