by Neil Birch | 9 August 2024 | News
In mid-February, ScotWays was informed by a member of the public about a proposal to install security shutters across the interior of a shopping arcade in Ayr town centre, which would be locked at night. In its planning application to South Ayrshire Council, the Lorne...
by Richard Barron | 29 June 2024 | News
Our attention was recently drawn to an article in the Spring 2024 issue of Land Business, the Scottish Land & Estates magazine. The article, placed by Network Rail, was entitled “A 200-year-old concept that still exists on Scotland’s Railway” and set out Network...
by Richard Barron | 11 December 2023 | News
Working with Ramblers Scotland, Cockburn Association, Edinburgh Geological Society and Mountaineering Scotland, we have launched an urgent petition calling on Historic Environment Scotland (HES) to reopen Edinburgh’s Radical Road, following a packed public meeting on...
by Richard Barron | 20 November 2023 | News
PUBLIC MEETING. The Radical Road in Edinburgh’s Holyrood Park has been a much-loved walking route since 1822. In 2018, Historic Environment Scotland closed the route due to fears of rockfall. This public event will explore the history and use of the Radical Road, and...
by Richard Barron | 14 September 2023 | News
A wooden walkway forms the eastern approach to the Bedford Memorial Bridge. In 2020, we received reports that the stonework supporting the walkway was being eroded. There was a risk that a future flood could sweep the walkway away, leaving the path impassable....
