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Walnut Bridge Replacement – Preliminary Work To Start This Month
Preliminary work to replace the pedestrian Walnut Bridge, installed in 1986, that crosses the River Wey between the railway station and the Odeon cinema, will start later this month (February…
Letter: Why Not Extend Walnut Bridge Over Walnut Tree Close?
From Mike Pugh See: ‘Iconic’ New Bridge Approved by Borough Council Executive If the primary purpose of the replacement Walnut Bridge is to provide safe pedestrian and cycle access from…
Letter: Walnut Bridge – Not So Much A Route to the High Street
From William Wood See: ‘Iconic’ New Bridge Approved by Borough Council Executive Everybody keeps talking about the Walnut Bridge as a link between the railway station and the town centre…
Letter: Is a New Walnut Bridge the Best Way to Spend £2.7million?
From Bernard Parke Hon Alderman I must have missed the point of providing a new Walnut Bridge over the Wey for an estimated sum of £2.7million. Frankly, I cannot see…
Letter: We Need More Than Just a New Walnut Bridge
From Barry Williams If the proposed new Walnut Bridge gets pedestrians away from the narrow pavements of Bridge Street that is a good start but it is only a small…
Walnut Tree Bridge Replacement Will Allow Improved Access To The Town Centre
Walnut Tree Bridge, a footbridge over the River Wey crossing from Walnut Tree Close, by the railway station, to the area by the Odeon cinema is to be replaced. A…
Letter: Why Is GBC Paying for Bridges?
From: John Redpath former R4GV borough councillor In response to a comment on: Guildford Council Answers Questions About Walnut Bridge Mrs Coleman raises an interesting point about GBC and the…
Walnut Tree Close to be Closed for 10 Weeks for Pavement Works
Pavement works on Walnut Tree Close will start on Monday, January 8 2024 and last for 10 weeks. They will take place from Bridge House (Opposite Station Approach) to Kernal…
Updated Comment: A View On a Bridge
By Martin Giles The large “D” tattoo on a circle of dead, preserved human flesh had a macababre fascination for my next-door neighbour chum and me. In the 1960s it…
Mystery Now Likely Solved: How Yorky’s Railway Bridge Got Its Name
By Frank Phillipson The origins of the name Yorky’s (or Yorkies or Yorke’s) bridge to the north of Guildford station, and the reason it was built, have been pondered for…
See Dragon story: GBC’s Explanation of Major Land Sale Notice Error ‘Borders on Arrogant’ Says Councillor
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