Bath ‘green corridor’ will be first of 20 to improve access to nature

National Trust plan for England, Wales and Northern Ireland aims to help people reconnect with the countryside

A green corridor" inspired by the 18th-century fashion of perambulating for both pleasure and therapy is to be created, linking the city of Bath with the rolling hills that surround it.

The corridor is the first of 20 projects that the National Trust is planning to design to connect urban areas in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to green spaces on their fringes.