Volunteers from Baildon Walkers are Welcome and Friends of Gill Beck have been out in their wellies and with their shovels and pickaxes to improve the much-used stepping stones across Gill Beck. Some passing walkers tried them out and gave them the thumbs up.
Details of 5 new guided walks have been published. Check them out on our What’s On page. To book email: info@baildonwalkersarewelcome.org
Good news for anyone walking the Welcome Way, Dales Highway, or Millenium Way! Following a concerted request from the four local Walkers are Welcome Towns (Baildon, BIngley, Burley, and Otley) Bradford Council Highways Service has created a new footway to separate walkers from the busy traffic on Bingley Road for a 200 yard section near Weecher Reservoir. We offered to …
Many thanks to Bradford Countryside Service
After selling out of all of the original print-run of The Welcome Way Guide, we are delighted that the Second Edition has just rolled off the press, and now includes “The Bingley Loop” and some other minor improvements to the route. The full route is now 36 miles long. The book is attractively printed with clear mapping, photos, and information …
We are delighted to once again be able to offer you small group Guided Walks. The June walks will be publicised in our June e-newsletter which will come out at the end of May. Booking will be required, We look forward to walking with you again soon, The photo was taken on the Guided Sixer Walk on Monday 12 April, …
Bradford Council is required by the Government to produce a Local Plan identifying land for housing in all parts of the District. Here, below, is the link to read the proposals for Baildon, several of which are on Green Belt land. Baildon Walkers are Welcome committee is particularly concerned about the proposal for housing on the field below Meadowside Road, …
GUIDED WALKS: We adapted to the restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic by organising guided walks for small groups of up to 6 participants with one leader throughout summer, autumn, and winter, whenever the current restrictions for the Bradford area allowed. Pre-booking was required. There were usually at least four of these “Guided Sixer” walks each month, led by a …
The Buck Lane footbridge across the River Aire has reopened after repair. This makes it possible for us once again to walk across to Thackley and Idle (Route 5 in our Baildon FootNav book), and to enjoy wandering into Buck Woods. To read about the history of this crossing of the river, see https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/19005415.history-buck-mill-bridge/
The bridge over Gill Beck at the Sconce end of the Gill Beck Valley, (below the White House) has been removed by Bradford Countryside Service following flood damage. No date for replacement is known. There is, however, better news about the Buck Lane Bridge, where repair work is well underway. This bridge is expected to reopen very soon. We will …
