A NEW community path at Buckland Monachorum was officially opened by the mayor and mayoress of West Devon recently.

With support from the loal community and several other agencies, Buckland Monachorum Parish Council had successfully bid for a grant of nearly £7,500 from Natural England's 'Path for Communities' scheme to create a new 'accessible for all' path in the heart of the village, around the granite stile at the back of St Andrew's Church, and to resurface the path to the main gate of the parish meadow, creating a new right of way across the cemetery car park.

The parish council was delighted as it was the only project in Devon to be successful in obtaining this grant.

A key aspect of the project was the community support and the parish council was 'over the moon' at how local residents came forward to help with the project from tidying up scrub along the new path to making home made refreshments for the opening party.

The parish council expressed thanks to everyone involved.