Greenways Countryside Project is an environmental project in the

Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in Suffolk, England. It is the county town, and largest in Suffolk, followed by Lowestoft and Bury St Edmunds, and the third-largest population centre in East Anglia, ...

area,

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. It was founded in 1994 and by 2018 it was involved in the protection and management of around 100 square kilometres green spaces in and around Ipswich.

Foundation and early years

Greenways Countryside Project was founded in 1994 by

Suffolk County Council Suffolk County Council is the upper-tier Local government in England, local authority for the county of Suffolk, England. It is run by 75 elected county councillors representing 63 divisions. It is a member of the East of England Local Governme ...

Ipswich Borough Council Ipswich Borough Council is the local authority for Ipswich, a non-metropolitan district with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Suffolk, England. It is the second tier of a two-tier system, fulfilling functions such as refuse ...

Babergh District Council Babergh District (pronounced , ) is a local government district in Suffolk, England. In 2021 it had a population of 92,300. The district is primarily a rural area, containing just two towns, Sudbury and Hadleigh. The council was based in Hadleig ...

, and

Suffolk Coastal District Council Suffolk ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Norfolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Essex to the south, and Cambridgeshire to the west. Ipswich is the largest settlement and the county ...

with funding from the

Countryside Commission The Countryside Commission (formally the Countryside Commission for England and Wales, then the Countryside Commission for England) was a statutory body in England and Wales, and later in England only. Its forerunner, the National Parks Commissi ...

, which continued for six years. In its first ten years Greenways responsible for mobilising 7,181 volunteer days of work during this period.

Sites

Sites in which Greenways is involved include: * Alderman Canal East and

Alderman Canal West Alderman Canal West is a one hectare Local Nature Reserve in Ipswich in Suffolk. It is owned by Ipswich Borough Council and managed by the Greenways Countryside Project. Paths run along the canal and through reedbeds. There is also grassland w ...

* Bobbits Lane * Millennium Wood * Mill Stream Nature Reserve * Sandlings

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Greenways Countryside Project Ipswich Environmental organisations based in the United Kingdom