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Last weekend around 90 of us had a brilliant afternoon exploring CL2 – the Mayfield, New Islington and Ancoats loop. We were welcomed by our interim project director Steve Connor at the lovely community garden Station Sanctuary (a collaboration between Network Rail, the National Trust, Sow the City, and Manchester Action on Street Health (MASH)…

Here’s a run down of events and activities with CyanLines connections happening in May. If your organisation or group would like your nature focused event featured here or in our newsletter, please email the details to pr@cyanlines.com and we’ll do our best feature it. Greater Manchester Walking Festival – May A month long celebration of…

Help us shape the future of CyanLines by taking part in our first public survey. We want to gather as much information as possible to support important decisions about the future development of CyanLines.  The 100 miles of CyanLines routes, starting with the city centres of Manchester and Salford, will eventually link our region’s green…

Huge thanks to everyone who braved the weather and joined our CL3 – St Peter’s Square to Whitworth Park walk on Sunday 29 March. The rain soon stopped as we ventured from the Emmeline Pankhurst statue, led by Jonathan Schofield, past the Bridgwater Hall and on to the Rochdale Canal to Oxford Road. From there,…

We brought CyanLines to the international stage as part of the Invest Manchester Partnership MIPIM programme. Two of our founders Tom Bloxham MBE CBE, chairman, Urban Splash and Manchester City Council leader Councillor Bev Craig OBE were joined by representatives from our partners – Jessica Bowles, strategy director, Bruntwood and Paul Morris, director and head…

This is a question we’ve discussed a lot during the last few months. With 15 miles of the first four routes already identified, defining and developing the remaining 85 miles plus of the network will be a key focus over the next ten years. Central to this is the CyanLines co-design programme and so we…

Central to the CyanLines community engagement programme is speaking to voices that are often under-represented in the design and planning of our places and spaces. Earlier in February, we ran our second consultation event  in partnership with GM Moving and new partners, PLACED Academy (a free-to-access built environment educational programme for young people aged 14 –…

With the BRIT Awards in town, we decided Saturday 28 February would be a great day to join forces again with the Canal & River Trust for one of our towpath clean up days. Huge thanks to the 25 volunteers who joined us as we made our way along the Rochdale Canal from Piccadilly Basin, through New…