Route 001b Newbury Avenue Park (Long)

This is an extended version of 001a Newbury Avenue Park (Short) walk that will take you through the Newbury Avenue Park.

This route is approximately 1.4 miles on pavement.

Important information:
Plenty of roadside parking is available for those that don't live along the route.
Additionally, there is a local centre, which includes a Tesco Express.
While this walk is fine for pushchairs, an oddly placed gate at the North End Play Area and some kerbs mean that I wouldn't recommend this route for mobility scooters.

Directions:

1a) I will start describing this route from Amberley Close, where the path follows a line of trees, then an avenue of trees that lead directly to Newbury Avenue Park.

1b) Newbury Avenue Park

There is a lovely circle of lime trees here, and plenty of benches. There is a dog bin, however no litter bins yet.

2) Exit the park on via the western path and continue in a westerly direction through Newbury Avenue.
This development was part of the Persimmon-led Lansdowne Park estate, built in the 2000s.

3) Continue around Newbury Avenue and within a couple of minutes you will see some hedging and trees. Follow the round around to the right, but then cross the road when you see the path on the other side.

4) This small area is a lovely green space, one that really needs a bench! Continue onward and the path will lead to Greenacres Way.

Greenacres Way began life in the 1990s as the entrance road to the development off Woodsage Way, which we're heading to now. The name doesn't seem to come from a field name, but rather a school: Greenacres approved school for girls. These days the entire site is Springfields Academy, a fantastic place that provides Special Education Needs for Autistic Spectrum Disorder along with emotional, communication, and learning difficulties.

5) Your next left will take you onto Woodsage Way, part of the Chilvester Farm Development, built by Heron Homes in the 1990s. Follow this through Carpenters Close and around to Braemor Road.

6) Continue on to North Way, which was part of Calne's very first Council housing estate in the 1920s. When you arrive at the T-junction between North Way and Lickhill Road, turn right. 

7) If you're using a mobility scooter, cross Lickhill Road before Bremhill View, head onwards to the roundabout and cross back over to School Road alongside Bremhill View Park. 

Alternatively, there is a shortcut at Bremhill View Park, a green space with some benches.

When you're ready, continue along School Road back to Amberley Close and the completion of this route.

Thank you for using this route!

Map from the lovely folks at OpenStreetMap. © OpenStreetMap contributors

One of my Google 360 images of the Circle of Trees.