PARKS Manchester park consultation launches pETE hayman


Manchester City Council (MCC) is inviting local resi- dents to comment on plans for a major overhaul of Alexandra Park in Whalley Range. A new email network to


Te park has secured a significant boost


£11.4m funding for South Downs national park


pETE hayman


Te government has allocated £11.4m to help fund work to be undertaken by the new South Downs National Park Authority (SDNPA) in the coming financial year. SDNPA, which is to become fully oper-


ational on 1 April, is planning to provide Community Grants totalling £400,000 over the next year to local groups. Over the next four years, the authority’s


budget will be reduced to £10.2m but chair Margaret Paren said it would ensure the maximum benefit from any expenditure.


new scheme to boost Lancashire moorland


pETE hayman


United Utilities is working with Lancashire County Council as part of a scheme to enhance more than 1,000 hectares (2,471 acres) of moorland near Burnley. Worsthorne Moor is to benefit from a


major restoration project, which has been designed to help prevent the erosion of peatland and improve visitor facilities. Information signs will be installed and


wheelchair access will be upgraded, while a formal mountain bike trail through Hurstwood Wood is also being proposed.


VhE appointed to deliver millennium park revamp


Tom WaLkEr


The States of Jersey has awarded land remediation group VHE a £5.2m contract for the construction of the long-awaited Millennium Town Park in St Helier. Work by VHE will see all toxic materials


removed from the gasworks and secure an environmental future for the public park. Te scheme started on 10 January with


completion due in autumn. Consultants involved are engineer Parsons Brinckerhoff, Davis Langdon and Burns and Nice.


16


gather the views of park users – the ‘People’s Panel’ – has been launched by the coun- cil as part of the process. MCC is currently work-


ing on a bid for Heritage Lottery Fund support worth £2m towards the restoration of the park’s Victorian fea- tures. Meanwhile, a funding application has been also sub- mitted to Sport England, which aims to secure £1.25m towards new sports facilities. MCC executive member for culture and lei- sure Mike Amesbury said: “While the current


Te local community is being invited to help shape plans for the park


financial climate for public services is an exceptionally tough one, Manchester remains committed to improving its parks and green spaces wherever possible.”


FCW to fund Stackpole Estate project pETE hayman


Forestry Commission Wales (FCW) has confirmed that it will fund a five-year pro- gramme to restore the National Trust’s (NT) Stackpole Estate in Pembrokeshire. Work has already started


on clearing shrubs and weeds from parts of the 235-hectare (581-acre) woodland, while a 1960s conifer plantation will also be removed. FCW has also secured con-


sent to remove a group of trees that will help open up views across the estate from where the Stackpole Court mansion once stood. NT’s Shane Logan said: “Tis will encom-


pass the views the Campbells of Cawdor would have enjoyed in the mid 19th century. We’ll be planting trees in other parts of the estate to compensate for the felling. It’s vital that we continue the work of previous generations.”


Te scheme will open up spectacular views across the Stackpole Estate One of the additional benefits from the cop-


picing and felling of trees is that wood will be used in the newly-installed woodchip boiler in the Stackpole Centre for Outdoor Learning. Te Campbells of Cawdor Castle in Scotland


acquired Stackpole in 1689, which became their principal seat until the early 20th century.


Farm attraction ‘admits’ E.coli liability pETE hayman


A Surrey farm attraction at the centre of an E.coli outbreak in 2009 will not dispute lia- bility, according to lawyers. Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW) is represent- ing 27 children who suffered health issues as a


Read Leisure Opportunities online: www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/digital


result of exposure to E.coli 0157 at Godstone Farm and Playbarn. FFW partner Jill Greenfield said: “Godstone


Farm’s confirmation that they will not contest the claim is a welcome decision for all families involved in the outbreak.”


Twitter: @leisureopps © CYBERTREK 2011


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24