21 March 2013

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A presentation on the new Avenue Verte route between London and Paris will be given by a spokesman for Mid Sussex District Council at East Court starting at 6.30pm on 28 March.

The talk will include the consultation being launched by MSDC to improve signage and promotion of the Avenue, and how it can be improved in East Grinstead.

The ‘green’ route linking two of Europe’s capital cities uses traffic-free public rights of way and disused railway lines wherever possible.

In East Grinstead it is on a route along the Worth and Forest Ways with a passage between them through the town.

The idea of the Avenue Verte was to promote green tourism by providing walkers, cyclists and horse riders with as safe a route as possible starting at St Paul’s cathedral in London and ending at Notre Dame in Paris, via ferries from Newhaven to Dieppe.

The path gives various options to travellers, with the shortest route 250 miles or 400 kms long – and the opportunity to return by train.