Ten years ago this month, the review that planned this network was published. In the time it then took Greater Cambridge to appoint the consultants who would design its routes, Copenhagen's equivalent partnership of councils built a finished cycle route connecting one of its towns to the capital. A decade on, Greater Cambridge has finished one route of twelve.

Finish the Greenways

Twelve corridors

Route by route

Each corridor with the map as it was drawn in 2016, what the review asked for, what happened over the decade, and where it stands now. The coloured strip on each card shows every proposal for that route and what became of it.

The 2016 review's map of the Waterbeach Greenway corridor

Waterbeach Greenway

In design or planning

The review's Option 3 won, the towpath and railway options lost, and after ten years only the Cambridge end is open.

The 2016 review's map of the Horningsea Greenway corridor

Horningsea Greenway

Built and open

The only one of the twelve finished — and the one whose two ambitious links were both abandoned.

The 2016 review's map of the Swaffham Greenway corridor

Swaffham Greenway

In design or planning

Renamed in the singular in February 2026 — because Swaffham Prior fell out of the scheme.

The 2016 review's map of the Bottisham Greenway corridor

Bottisham Greenway

In design or planning

Absorbed the shared Cambridge-end section from the Swaffhams, gained Riverside, lost its underpass and its Wilbraham link.

The 2016 review's map of the Fulbourn Greenway corridor

Fulbourn Greenway

In design or planning

The urban improvements survive; the rail-corridor vision that would have transformed journeys does not.

The 2016 review's map of the Linton Greenway corridor

Linton Greenway

Under construction

The most delivered of the rural greenways — and the one where both major structures were quietly replaced or shelved.

The 2016 review's map of the Sawston Greenway corridor

Sawston Greenway

Approved, construction due

Approved in July 2026 — with the disused railway corridor, the whole reason for re-aligning it, paused on cost.

The 2016 review's map of the Melbourn Greenway corridor

Melbourn Greenway

Under construction

Building at last, after the A505 bridge — the thing that would have finished the route — fell out of the scheme.

The 2016 review's map of the Haslingfield Greenway corridor

Haslingfield Greenway

In design or planning

Completely re-routed. The 2016 alignment, its Cam bridge and its Trumpington works are all gone.

The 2016 review's map of the Barton Greenway corridor

Barton Greenway

Still arguing

Everywhere except one path, this is delivered. The Baulk Path — a countryside bridleway spur — was carved out for a separate decision in July 2025 and, fourteen months on, still hasn't had one.

The 2016 review's map of the Comberton Greenway corridor

Comberton Greenway

Under construction

The programme's flagship — England's first cycle street at one end, and the biggest surviving new off-road route at the other.

The 2016 review's map of the St Ives Greenway corridor

St Ives Greenway

In design or planning

The 'jewel in the network' got three quick wins, lost its flood fix, its bridges and its highest-priority link.