The Strawberry Line Heritage Trail is an eight mile
trail providing easy level access for walkers, cyclists and
wheelchair users through the heart of North
Somerset.
Horse riding is permitted between Dolemoor Lane and Carditch
Drove in Congresbury. Download the
map (pdf, Aug 11, 4.6KB) to view this
section of the trail.
The line was part of the Great Western Railway and originally
completed in 1869.
It takes its name from the famous Cheddar strawberries which
used to be carried along the route. The route also became an
important line for passengers, dairy produce and stone from Mendip
quarries.
The line was busy for nearly a century until its closure in 1965
but since then has been turned into a
Local Nature Reserve. This reserve protects a wide variety of
wildlife habitats from ponds and wetlands to limestone grassland
and dense scrub.
Volunteers from the Cheddar Valley Railway Walk Society began
converting the line into a walking and cycling route in 1983. The
heritage lottery fund and
South West Regional
Development Agency are funding more major improvements.
The Strawberry Line follows the old railway line from
Yatton
Railway Station in North Somerset to Cheddar, passing
through Cheddar Valley Railway Nature Reserve. The trail forms part
of the National Cycle
Network.
Following the line takes you from the Biddle Street
Site of
Scientific Interest (SSSI) near Yatton into the
Mendip Hills Area of
Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
More information is available on the
Strawberry Line
website.
You can download the new
Strawberry Line heritage trail
leaflet (pdf, Jan 11, 1.29MB) and
the Strawberry Line map (pdf, Nov 08,
589KB). Or, pick up a copy from our
Tourist Information
Centres or your
local library.
We make sure the Strawberry Line is maintained. For more
information download our
service standards (pdf, Apr 09,
102KB).
For more information about
cycling across
the district or to order a free copy of the North Somerset
Cycle Map contact our
Sustainable
Travel team.
