Community Path and Route Development
MPG are one of 7 groups in Aberdeenshire to benefit from specialist active travel and path development consultancy support in order to develop new routes in their area. This support
What do we do?
We are all about active travel in and around our communities
Promoting Active Travel
Encouraging and supporting sustainable travel options in the Oldmeldrum area.
Path Maintenance
Maintaining local paths, access infrastructure and signage
route maps & leaflets
Creating route maps and leaflets to help you get around
Active Travel Routes
Supporting the development of a safe active travel route between Oldmeldrum and Inverurie
Community Ebike Hire
A scheme to make affordable Ebike Hire available for local use
Latest News
Just Transition Fund – Success!
Thankyou for your vote!! We have been successful in our application to the Just Transition Fund. This fund uses Participatory Budgeting to allocate funds from a central pot. We are
Just transition fund bid – Voting OPEN
This is most of the Meldrum Paths Group crew who worked for a couple of years to get this path up and running. Thank you Aberdeenshire Council for getting the
Forsyth Drive link – update
Do you remember we said we’d been working with the council and Taylor Wimpey to get agreements in place to improve the path from Forsyth Drive to the Academy? It’s
Forsyth Drive link path
The Forsyth Drive work has started, which is great news. MPG are the licence holders for this work and will be responsible for the new path. The works are being
New path to link to Meldrum Academy from Forsyth Drive
We have been working with the Aberdeenshire Council and Taylor Wimpey to get agreements in place to improve the path from Forsyth Drive to the Academy. It can be very
About Us
Meldrum Paths Group
Meldrum Paths Group (MPG) was founded in March 2012 with the aim to develop and help maintain paths around Oldmeldrum.
In the early years and even before MPG was formed, a number of local folk were working to improve active travel routes in and around Oldmeldrum and between nearby communities. You can read all about the various projects, surveys and achievements on our History page.
In September 2021 we set up Oldmeldrum Community Ebikes – a project to provide very low cost ebike rental to the community
In November 2022 Meldrum Paths Group achieved recognition as a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO Number SCO51977)