Cricklade Country Way

Green Infrastructure Plan 2007

The Cricklade Country Way (CCW) Project is seeking to create a recreational corridor linking urban Swindon and the Saxon town of Cricklade, the Cotswold Water Park and the River Thames.

In helping to develop the detailed business plan for the CCW, the Great Western Community Forest team was tasked with producing a ‘Green Infrastructure (GI) Plan’ for the corridor. The GI plan identifies opportunities and puts forward proposals to enhance the provision of GI in the project area.

As the GI plan is a large document we have broken it down into sections for ease of viewing. The maps in the document can also be viewed separately. The following sections of the GI Plan are available as downloadable PDF documents.

GI Plan

Section 1: Proposals for Improving Green Infrastructure within the CCW (1.8Mb)

Section 2: Describes the rationale, process and strategic context for GI planning (440Kb)

Section 3: Presents a detailed analysis of current GI provision in the project area (1.7Mb)

Section 4: Describes the demand for GI in project area based on survey work and stakeholder consultation (684Kb)

Maps in Document

Figure 1: Overview of CCW study area (1.2Mb)

Figure 2: Opportunities for connecting people and place (558Kb)

Figure 3: Opportunities to reconnect the landscape (615Kb)

Figure 4: Great Western Community Forest Boundaries (453Kb)

Figure 5: Existing areas of wildlife interest in the CCW (613Kb)

Figure 7: Partial phase 1 habitat survey (541Kb)

Figure 8: Publicly accessible open space in the CCW (3.4Mb)

Figure 9: Overview of open space provision in the wider Swindon area (3.9Mb)

Figure 10: The public rights of way network and promoted routes within the CCW (582Kb)

Figure 11: Joint Character Areas included in the CCW (424Kb)

Figure 14: Existing agri-environment schemes within the CCW (599Kb)

Figure 15: Landholdings covered by consultation work (529Kb)

Figure 17: Schools within the CCW area (578Kb)

Further Information

For further information contact Jonathan Wilshaw by email: jwilshaw@swindon.gov.uk or by tel: 01793 466322.