Bengeo Trails is one of a number of projects that have emerged out of the Bengeo Neighbourhood Area Plan. The Neighbourhood Plan Area spans nearly 700 hectares from Westmill Farm in the north to Folly Island in the south. It incorporates St. Andrew Street and Old Cross, parts of Hertford Castle Gardens and Hartham Common, and Waterford Heath and Marsh.
The Plan Area has historic buildings (including a Norman church), a thousand-year-old Common, beautiful rivers (one of them a rare chalk stream), two nature reserves, ancient woodlands, distinctive church spires, a little theatre and arts centre, two community gardens, and lovely surrounding countryside. The trails will visit all of these, as well as some important views, special green spaces, Listed Buildings and community facilities given additional protection through the Neighbourhood Plan.
Some of the trails visit Bengeo Community Garden, and when the Bengeo Mosaic is installed, it will be included in the trails. Both are Love Bengeo Community Group projects.
The trails are also shared through the Bengeo Trails Facebook Group. As more are produced, they’ll be added to the list below, and to the Facebook Group
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Bengeo Trails 1 – View across Beane Marshes
Bengeo Trails 2 – St Leonard’s Garden Hartham and Ware Park Manor Views
Bengeo Trails 3 – Bengeo Field Views
Bengeo Trails 4 – Around Hartham Common^J Cowbridge and Port Hill with the Neighbourhood Plan
Bengeo Trails 5 – Public Footpath 93 to North Road Meadow
Bengeo Trails 6 – Neighbourhood Plan Important Views and Green Spaces
Bengeo Trails 7: Ware Park Manor and the River Lee Navigation
Bengeo Trails 8 – Bengeo Field to St. John’s Wood
Bengeo Trails 9 – Around St. Andrew Street, Hertford Castle Gardens, and Folly Island with the Bengeo Neighbourhood Area Plan
Bengeo Trails 10 – Bengeo’s front gardens and wildlife corridors
Bengeo Trails 11 – Five footpath circular from The Avenue
Bengeo Trails 12 – Footpath 96 towards Westmill Road
