Our four teams of trained path volunteers liaise carefully with Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire councils to provide a professional standard of path maintenance and improvements. We have the enthusiastic support of the council Public Rights of Way Officers and their Rangers, having developed our expertise and purchased tools in order to be as self-sufficient as possible.

The four teams are:

• The Bath Ramblers Maintenance (BRAM) Team (based on the Bath Group) who work on "heavy duty" tasks under the direction of Bath & North East Somerset Public Rights of Way Officers;
• The BRAM Shears & Secateurs team monitor promoted routes in Bath & North East Somerset and clear minor vegetation;
• The Southwold team work on "heavy duty" tasks under the direction of South Gloucestershire Public Rights of Way Officers;
• The Kingswood team monitor some paths in part of South Gloucestershire and clear minor vegetation. Kingswood also have a section who work on "heavy duty" tasks, as above.

Also, members of Bristol Group occasionally do work for Bristol City Council on a less formal basis and members of Severnside Group are carrying out path surveying work for South Gloucestershire Council.

If you would like to get involved please contact the chair of the Avon Area Path Volunteers committee, Keith Weller.

Some examples of our work