East Suffolk Council
Quiet Lanes Suffolk
Arising from our focus on Active Travel in 2019, our Travel Forum, held on World Environment Day, resulted in a mandate from Greenprint members present, to pursue the principle of expanding on the smaller number of Quiet Lanes established in East Suffolk in 2013/14, as part of the original pilot.
Following this, the Greenprint Forum secured initial funding from the former East Suffolk Partnership, which shortly afterwards was given a massive boost by the Suffolk County Council 2020 Fund, enabling the development of a self-help process for parishes to seek designations of Quiet Lanes at minimal cost through a county-wide project led by community demand.
The designation of a Quiet Lane seeks to maintain the existing tranquillity of a suitable rural road and encourage the use of it through active and sustainable means such as walking, cycling, and horse riding, thus contributing to the Greenprint Forum’s goal on Active Travel.