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the Wessex Way |
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Wessex Way will go from Weston Bay to Seaton |
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The
Wessex Way cycle route will eventually run for 120km from the Bristol
Channel coast to Lyme Bay. Once the route is finished in 2005, it
will mean cyclists will be able to ride all the way from the Bristol
Channel to the English Channel.
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A new
cycle route - all the way from the Weston Bay, in North Somerset,
to Lyme Bay and on to Seaton in East Devon - is being created in time
for a grand opening in 2005.
Once complete, cyclists will be able to ride from the Bristol Channel
to the English Channel.
The route - called the Wessex Way - is 120km long, with some 25km
being in Devon. It is an integral part of the Sustrans National Cycle
Network and should be complete by the summer of 2005.
Devon
County Council is also backing the Wessex Way scheme, which will
eventually form part of the proposed south and east Devon national
cycle route from Plymouth to Axminster.
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Seaton
Harbour
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It
will be a key section along the Dover to Penzance National Cycle
Network Route 2.
The Wessex Way route is designed to encourage people to take up
cycling, and will be mainly off road, or on lightly-trafficked roads.
Major roads and junctions will be avoided, and the route aims to
go through the centre of each town and settlement along the way.
Other attractive features of the route are:
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very few steep gradients
- stunning
scenery
- historical
points of interest
- easy
cycling distance between each rural town
Devon
county councillor for Seaton Rural, Margaret Rogers, described it
as "an incredibly exciting project".
She said: "As an off-road route, the Wessex Way will be as
attractive as possible, and become a flagship for this form of sustainable
transport in England.
"I hope that local people will support the development of the
route."
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