Greenway Trust

Made in Burton Green exhibition & café weekend: Saturday 23 & Sunday 24 June 2018

Made in Burton Green is a village event incorporating an arts and crafts exhibition at the Village Hall and scarecrow competition (open to all), set against the backdrop of the Kenilworth to Berkswell Greenway running through the village.

Take a stroll along The Greenway to see the results of a community art project and drop into the Village Hall to view a showcase of local arts and crafts talent and enjoy refreshments. The theme for this year’s art project is ‘Mischief in the Woods’. There will also be a chance to vote for your favourite scarecrow. The exhibition is part of the Warwickshire Open Studios initiative (http://www.warwickshireopenstudios.org/).

The scarecrows and “Mischief in the Woods” will be in situ between 16 June and 8 July.

The Annual General Meeting of the Greenway Trust at Burton Green Village Hall yesterday evening was well-attended, with 27 attendees representing a wide range of organisations.

Nick Hillard, chair of the Trust, reviewed activities over the last year, and made a short presentation highlighting in particular the ecosystem services offered by the Greenway to its many users. He also highlighted the latest user count information, which showed an incredible 39,000 user passes of the automatic counter during the month of May.

Marleen Hills, treasurer, presented the annual accounts, which showed a small deficit for the year. She highlighted the ongoing importance of fund-raising and donations.

Committee member Cllr John Whitehouse made a presentation highlighting how the building of HS2 would affect the Greenway, what the Trust had done to petition Parliament on the key issues, the improvements that had been achieved so far, and the main areas of current focus to secure other improvements to the final design of HS2. He also highlighted the HS2 Cycleway project, which planned to use the Greenway as part of an ambitious national plan to link communities along the route of HS2 via enhanced cycling and walking routes.

The meeting also heard from Ian Fenwick from Warwickshire Geological Conservation Group on plans for an interpretation board on the Greenway route, and from Craig Earl of Warwickshire County Council Country Parks on future ideas for the management of the natural habitat along the route.

Tomorrow (Tuesday 6th January) Nick Hillard (chair of the Greenway Trust) and Steering Group member John Whitehouse will be presenting the petition of the Greenway Trust to the Parliamentary HS2 Select Committee in Westminster. They will be seeking substantial improvements to the current HS2 plans as they affect the Kenilworth Greenway through Burton Green and beyond, and the Connect2 Kenilworth path to the University.

We wish them every success, and hope that they get a sympathetic hearing from the MPs!

You can watch the proceedings live on your PC or tablet via http://www.parliamentlive.tv/

The text of the Greenway Trust petition is at http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cmhs2/petitions/1101.pdf

The Greenway Trust is delighted to be collaborating with Warwickshire Country Parks in an attempt to tidy up and plant small shrubs/trees in the vicinity of the A429 Coventry Road in Kenilworth.

Date: Sunday 19th October 2014
Time: 11.30am for 2 hours max
Meet: On the Crackley Bridge over the A429
Attire: Gardening clothes (or similar), sturdy footwear, gloves
Tasks: Tidying up of ground vegetation and planting of small trees/shrubs

If you would like to get involved, then please drop an email to thegreenwaytrust@hotmail.co.uk or just turn up on Sunday morning.