By GB News (World News) | Created at 2025-04-04 09:56:24 | Updated at 2025-04-05 10:08:15
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A row has broken out between neighbours and the council over a controversial cycleway.
The conflict centres on a greenway that cuts through the heart of Grantchester on a link between Haslingfield and Cambridge.
The Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP), the group behind the greenway is made up of representatives from Cambridgeshire County Council, South Cambridgeshire District Council and Cambridge City Council.
Grantchester Parish Council has launched an objection claiming the section through the village - the setting for the ITV series - will ruin its unique aesthetic and character.
A man cycles between rapeseed fields in Grantchester near Cambridge
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Justice Lieven, who at one point during a cross-examination said, "this is just verging on insanity", reserved judgement with the parish council’s legal team thinking it might be months before they hear about the case.
Peter Scrase, 82, has lived in the village for 55 years, highlighting the narrowness of the roads, telling The Telegraph: "If you are getting out of a car and you have a cyclist coming, you could have a very nasty accident."
Cyclist Steven, 70 said: "I think it would be useful. The other option is going up the A10, and through the busier parts there you have to be careful, some bits there’s cycle paths and some, it’s non-existent.
"It would be safer [to have a cycle path], I think. A lot of people come to this village anyway – I don’t think it would bring that many more."
The Blue Ball inn
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A GCP spokesman told The Telegraph: "We now await the judge’s decision and will comment further once legal proceedings have concluded"
GB News has approached the Parish Council for a comment.
