In Sussex, on the edge of Lewes by the River Ouse, are more than twenty acres of land, used for over fifty years as rail yards. When they were dismantled, they became a wasteland. After twenty-five years of benign neglect, the land was saved from development by a group of local residents. Since then, it has become a prized nature reserve around which several social and ecological projects gravitate. These, and the web of relations between them, constitute the Railway Land Project.
Final day of the sponsored event
Date: 14/06/2008
The final leg of the journey begins with the English and French leaders relaying the mascot from Dieppe port onto the safe Avenue Verte at St Aubin le Cauf.
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Day Four of the sponsored walk
Date: 13/06/2008
A big day in which the walkers are greeted by 163 primary school children taking part in a river festival on the Railway Land Local Nature Reserve in Lewes.
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Day Three of the sponsored walk
Date: 12/06/2008
This was a mixed section of woodland and fields which finally brought us to the river Ouse.
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Day One of the sponsored walk to France
Date: 10/06/2008
The Nature Corridors for All team of adults with learning disabilities (called participants) are in their fifth year of the project. On 10th June, they began their sponsored walk to raise money for special equipment for the Linklater Pavilion.
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This website, part-financed by the European Union and the Railway Land Wildlife Trust, is managed by the Trust which co-ordinates the Railway Land Project on the ground in partnership with Lewes District Council.


