Corridor 5 of 12
Fulbourn Greenway
The urban improvements survive and the Tins Path railway bridge is still in the scheme, but unbuilt; the longer-term paths along the rail corridor are not.
In design or planning
What became of the 6 proposals for this corridor
What the 2016 review asked for
- Path widening and junction work between Orchard Estate, Railway Street and Cherry Hinton High Street
- New 200 m of path to the Tesco / Yarrow Road crossing, and widening behind Tesco
- A new bridge over the railway on the Tins Path, with longer-term paths along the rail corridor towards the Chisholm Trail
What happened
- Autumn 2018First public consultation.
- February 2020Executive Board approves funding.
- 2023Outline business case: 6.4 km route, £21.7m capital cost at Q1 2023 prices, benefit-cost ratio 2.75:1, opening year 2026. 85% of respondents support improving the Tins Path.
- Summer 2023Four-week consultation reaching 9,600 households and businesses.
- January 2024Board agrees to progress phase 1.
- June 2024Phase 1 construction starts — resurfacing on Cow Lane and Apthorpe Street.
- 11 February 2025Proposals to re-route phase 3 along Mill Road are first put forward.
- 19 March 2025Board approves a new alignment for phase 3, between the A1134 and Carter Bridge, re-routing it via Mill Road.
- Early 2026Phase 2 consultation launches.
Where it stands, November 2026
Phase 1 resurfacing has not been confirmed complete; phase 2's promised early-2026 consultation has not been confirmed as launched; phase 3 is in design following a Mill Road re-route agreed in spring 2025. The business case's opening year of 2026 has not been met, no revised date has been published, and the route has not appeared in a monthly Greenways update since December 2025. The 2016 review's judgement that a new rail crossing here 'could transform some journeys' remains untested: the Tins Path bridge is still unbuilt, and the longer-term rail-corridor paths towards the Chisholm Trail and Science Park are not in the scheme.
Every proposal on this route
| Proposed intervention (2016) | Type | Scale | Status 2026 | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Widen the path between Orchard Estate and Railway Street, Cherry Hinton | Upgrade | 100 m | In design or planning | In the later phases; phase 2 consultation launched early 2026. |
| Cycle slip, path widening and junction changes near Cherry Hinton High Street | Upgrade | — | In design or planning | Retained in the scheme. |
| New paths to link with the signalled crossing at Tesco, Yarrow Road, and upgrade that crossing | Gap-fill path | 200 m | In design or planning | Retained in the outline business case. |
| Widen the path to the rear of Tesco, Yarrow Road | Upgrade | 150 m | In design or planning | Retained. |
| Resurfacing on Cow Lane and Apthorpe Street (phase 1) | Upgrade | — | Built and open | Phase 1 began June 2024; resurfacing completing through 2026. |
| New bridge over the railway on the Tins Path | New structure | new bridge | In design or planning | Kept: the outline business case identifies the Tins Path railway crossing as a critical bottleneck and includes its upgrade. Still unbuilt. A new alignment for phase 3 was approved in March 2025. The review paired the bridge with longer-term paths along the rail corridor towards the Chisholm Trail, Cambridge North and the Science Park; those are not in the scheme. |