Call to join walk to save disputed path

VILLAGE campaigners are keeping up a fight to save an Anglesey footpath 'for future generations' by appealing for locals to join a community walk. It is being organised to illustrate a disputed route through the Lleiniog woodlands in Llangoed, which has been at the centre of a long running access battle.

- By DALE SPRIDGEON

Locals had been trying for more than five years to save the pathway for public use and it is now subject to a public inquiry.

Campaigners led by Dr Nick Stuart and Gareth Phillips have long argued that the route, which runs from the Aberlleiniog Castle area towards Lleiniog beach, between Llangoed and Penmon, should be protected.

They had said it was an ancient route, close to the 11th century Aberlleiniog Castle used for centuries - although in a recent legal joust for public access they only had to prove it was used for 20 years.

The campaigners had gathered statements from the community, many older residents, who said it was accessed by generations of local families and visitors.

They had also called in their MS Rhun ap Iorwerth for support and who had written to Planning and Environment Decisions Wales (PEDW) to encourage it to conduct an urgent site visit to better understand the route.