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The existing stretch of the Line (which you must visit if you haven't already!) is also covered.

A traffic-free multi user path in historic Somerset which will ultimately connect Shepton Mallet with Clevedon via Wells, Cheddar and Yatton - supporting Active Travel for our communities This page is maintained by the Strawberry Line Association, an association of interested groups wanting to see the line expand from its existing boundaries at Yatton and Cheddar to Clevedon and Shepton Mallet.

02/11/2026

New village signs in Cheddar, thanks to Arien Signs Ltd and CRS Building Supplies, Cheddar for the postcrete and a generous grant from Cheddar Parish Council.

Added to similar signs recently at Easton, Dulcote, Wells and Westbury sub Mendip they really sit beautiful on the route and help promote our amazing communities.

All inspired by work on the North Somerset stretch some time ago by Gareth Withers while working for North Somerset Council. 🥰

31/10/2026

New accessible benches christened in Cheddar with coffee and cake by the local volunteers who were holding a maintaince session .

With positive feedback from passing residents who use the path every day, as easily accessible for scooters and dog walking 🥰.

Where all your positive feedback is shared with the volunteer group, and is a great motivator.

Noting improved accessibility also cover people out walking, wheeling, rolling, rambling, strolling and riding. Or sat at one of our many ‘destinations’ enjoying the view and wildlife.

Thanks again to Mendip Hills National Landscape for your grant, and all the other generous support we receive, that makes all of this possible.

28/10/2026

Ensuring that the destinations we are creating will last, local volunteers improved the drainage around the renewed viewpoint at Axbridge recently 🥰.

Part of our wider promoting accessibility campaign, funded by Mendip Hills National Landscape

Axbridge Blackberry Carnival Cheddar Parish Council Cheddar Walking Cheddar Running Club

26/10/2026

Leaf clearing season is upon us 🥰.

We do this regularly all along the 29-mile route from now until the winter to keep the path free of leaves which, if left on the path, mulch down into a slippery mud.

By clearing the leaves with our Kress UK and Ireland blowers, we keep the path clean and user friendly.

The leaves are left on the sides for wildlife to enjoy 🥰.

So, maintaining the connections between our communities and doing our bit for conservation.

With thanks to Kress UK and Mendip Hills National Landscape for their generous support.

24/10/2026

Thank you to everyone who respects our work sites and observes from the safety of the security fencing at Easton and Shepton Mallet. ❤️

As a thank you to you all, please enjoy these latest images showing huge progress in digging out the Ridge Road bridge arch to the required depth to create a dive under of this busy road, supporting by the bridge owners, HRE. 🥰

As well as work on a short section of the next Easton extension. That’s visible from the current temporary terminus.

It’s going to be a while before you will be able to enjoy either of them, so we thank you for your patience and understanding.

And spread the word; please keep out of sections
under development for your safety, also importantly to respect what is PRIVATE LAND until work is completed. Wondering around someones home and farm risks the landowner withdrawing their consent.

It takes years to win landowners round, so please don’t jeopardise that when we are so close to the end.

Noting on both these sections, there’s still lots more to do!

As every, huge thanks to Somerset Council, Greenways & Cycleroutes Ltd, MP & KM Golding Ltd and our amazing volunteers for making this progress possible.

Plus a special mention for Heidelberg Materials UK for supplying 920 Tonnes of aggregate towards the Stump Cross bridge path works, which is equivalent to over £16,000 folks 🥳. Money we can save to spend on the next project.

Also, if you like any of the new signs we’re putting up all along the path, their made locally by Arien Signs Ltd, and supported by CRS Building Supplies, Cheddar. As well as the our new trails maps, produced by St Andrews Press 🥰

21/10/2026

Axbridge viewpoint new benches installed and the site tidied.

Big thank you to the whole team working on this project and to Mendip Hills National Landscape for funding.

A stunning update to this destination, with more accessibility improvements to come.

Where we’re confident the council will make good on their commitment to marking disabled bays in the nearby Lookout car park.

19/10/2026

You could be forgiven for thinking a small army of Norbots had been let loose between Congresbury and Winscombe, but it’s actually small groups of dedicated local volunteers some what turbocharged by our lead trustee for improving maintenance activities, Matt.

Thanks to grants from Kress UK and Ireland and Mendip Hills National Landscape, Matt has been able to improved the standard of maintenance equipment available to local volunteer teams along the whole 29-mile route.

As well as generating a team capable of tackling larger works. Where when combining volunteer power with donated materials/plant, we can deliver improvements and repairs at a fraction of the cost and at greater scale than previously possible.

Big thanks to Matt, and the local volunteer groups. 🥰.

New volunteers always welcome via the ‘Jojn Us’ link on the website.

Winscombe and Sandford Parish Council Cheddar Parish Council St Cuthbert Out Parish Council Axbridge Town Council Yatton Parish Council Congresbury Parish Council The Mendip Society Westbury-Sub-Mendip plus Easton and Priddy Good Neighbours Draycott Community Shop Shepton Mallet Town Council Wells City Council

17/10/2026

If you are out and about over the autumn don’t forget to use the routes across Wells and North Yatton that add more miles to the landscape you can explore 🥰

With two new Trail Leaflets to download and enjoy along more details on our new web page ‘Explore our Landscape’

14/10/2026

Look 👀 out for ground works at our Hollybrook nature reserve between Westbury SM and Easton to complete the top path for the two view points.

Another ‘destination’ funded by Mendip Hills National Landscape and built by volunteers 🥰

With further thanks for 60 tonnes of donated aggregate from Heidelberg Materials UK worth over £1,000 and support from Fisher and Dean Construction Ltd. As well as donations of machinery by J C Porter and BCL Groundworks 😍🫶🥰.

Westbury-Sub-Mendip plus Easton and Priddy Good Neighbours St Cuthbert Out Parish Council

12/10/2026

There’s light at the end of the tunnel, or at least under a bridge, critical for the next planned extension of the 🍓 line westward from Ridge Road, Shepton Mallet down to Summerhill Lane. A big step towards linking through to Wells.

Greenways & Cycleroutes Ltd have been working closely with HRE to reuse one arch of the bridge to dive under a busy route between Shepton Mallet and Wells.

As well as adding 450m of fencing at the Summerhill Lane end of this section, in just one week. Possible thanks to sterling work by local volunteers, and amazing local contractor in MP & KM Golding Ltd and volunteers from much further afield.

There’s still a huge amount of work to do before a single person can enjoy this new section (with stunning views 🥰), but it feels like a big corner has been turn.

As ever, a huge thank you to everyone involved. Proving its collective people power that underpins our ‘Britain’s favourite path’ award.

Somerset CouncilMendip Hills National LandscapeThe HRE Group Wells City Council Shepton Mallet Town Council The Ramblers

If you like what we do, please please join us as a volunteer or become a member using the ‘Join Us’ link on the website.

We desperately need more of both 🥰 to complete the path.

Address

Station Road
Westbury-Sub-Mendip
BA5

Telephone

+441749595780

Website

http://www.thestrawberryline.org.uk/

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