A new community path has opened up in Croxteth to connect the community with local woodlands and Croxteth Country Park.

Locals were previously required to take a 1.5-mile detour to reach the park, but the Cowies Meadow and Brooks Way route reduces the distance to 150m on foot.

The project was led by The Cass Foundation in association with The Friends of Croxteth Greenspaces, Alt Valley Community Trust, local primary schools and local organisations with the help of a £50,000 grant from Cory Environmental Trust in Britain and funding from Liverpool City Council, Arts Council England and Cobalt Housing.

A community celebration comprising a drumming troupe performance by Rhythm Reaction, a lantern walk and youth theatre production of Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ was held to mark the opening of Cowies Meadow and Brooks Way.

Alt Valley Community Trust, Croxteth GEMS and Autism In Motion were among the groups involved in the event, which was attended special guests Councillor Peter Mitchell, MP Stephen Twigg, Deputy Mayor Ann O’Byrne and Alfie Wall, grandson of Reverend Ian Brooks, whom the path is named after.

Helen Rawlinson, from The Cass Foundation charity, says: “We’re delighted to see the link path open to the public. The number of people, largely families, who came to celebrate far exceeded expectations and demonstrates the huge local interest and support.”

More than 2,000 people from the local community backed the new path link with a campaign which began two years ago.

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