Market Drayton walking schemes | Shropshire Council

Mapping

Using the green button below, you can take a look at the map of the proposed new walking routes in Market Drayton. The map will open in a new window in your browser, so you can readily cross-refer it with the table on this page listing the schemes. You can zoom in on the map using your browser zoom function if necessary. This function can be found from the menu in the top-right corner of your browser.

Market Drayton walking schemes

Scheme details

Please note that further route-specific walking recommendations are covered in the Market Drayton cycling proposals.

Key principle: Attractiveness and comfort
Strategic walking improvement recommendations: There is an existing historic trail in Market Drayton that could be rebranded and promoted to connect the walking network to its location, giving a sense of place and encouraging tourists to walk around the town

Key principle: Directness
Strategic walking improvement recommendations: If Church Street and Mount Lane were one way, one traffic lane could be reallocated to pedestrians to improve access to multiple amenities including the St Marys Church Car Park, the Mount Lane Day Care Nursery and the Royal British Legion Club. Better pedestrian access to this car park might reduce demand for on-street parking in retail areas

Key principle: Safety
Strategic walking improvement recommendations: 1/ Whilst there are many roads with wide pavements giving good provision for active travel, there are others, such as the southern end of the High Street that present pinch points, particularly to those using mobility scooters/wheelchairs or pushing buggies. Further investigation to identify appropriate improvements such as lowering traffic speeds, widening pavements and provide drop kerbs for these users to move back onto the pavement after negotiating a pinch point, or to sign post vulnerable users to alternative routes 2/ Investigate reducing on-street parking in retail areas to give this space back to active travel whilst maintaining provision for blue badge holders. The High Street in particular could benefit from this. Enforcement of parking restrictions would need to accompany this

Key principle: Coherence
Strategic walking improvement recommendations: 1/ Improved signage around the town centre to clarify where cyclists are allowed. For example the path from Frogmore Road to Town Park and the tunnel from the Frogmore Road Car Park to Cheshire Street both have inconsistent signage at each end banning cyclists 2/ Increased wayfinding signage across the 'core walking zones' to key destinations such as the Town Park, Festival Drayton Centre, Town Hall and High Street 3/ Promote walking routes to schools through improved wayfinding signage