New path provides safer route to Wallyford Primary

A new path providing an alternative safer route for pupils attending Wallyford Primary School has been completed.

The tarmac path between the school and Albert Place includes new lighting to make it useable throughout the year.

We carried out the project following extensive engagement and consultation with key stakeholder groups and supported by Transport Scotland through the charity Walking Scotland’s Ian Findlay Path Fund. The council also made a funding contribution from its Active Travel Infrastructure budget.

Pupils from the school have been trying out the new route which has been named the Wallyford Express Path.

It is the latest travel improvement delivered by us in the area following the recently opened Wallyford Bing path and the upgrading of a section of the long-established route connecting the village and historic Fa’side Castle.

Zena Diggle, headteacher at Wallyford Primary School, said: “I am so proud of our partnership with the parents, carers, and community at Wallyford.

“We cannot underestimate the importance of this new pathway for our children and young people which is already making such a positive difference. This will allow a further safer route to school and will help our walking bus go from strength to strength.”

Willie Gordon, from the Wallyford Primary School Parents and Carers Council which also backed the project, said: “The path is fantastic. Our thanks go to Walking Scotland and East Lothian Council for all their work and support. The children love the path and the wider community is also benefiting greatly from the new route.”