Mini nature reserves

Enhance this already well-used green space by weaving in new wildlife-rich areas while protecting and supporting existing uses such as walking, play, exercise and dog-walking. Work in partnership with local users to ensure the space works beautifully for both people and nature. 

Wildflower areas would focus on the middle, sloped, portion of the site. Woodland works would include sensitive thinning/coppicing in order to provide more age classes of tree and so keep the woodland healthy in the long-term.

Bring this currently unmanaged area into positive stewardship, increasing biodiversity, creating healthier habitats and working closely with nearby residents to shape a space that supports a greater variety of birds and other wildlife that people can enjoy from outside of the drainage feature.

Due to access and safety constraints, there are no plans to make this space publicly accessible.

Build on the park’s popularity by sensitively increasing biodiversity in order to boost nature and wellbeing, whilst ensuring that established activities - walking, playing, relaxing—continue to thrive in harmony.

The two existing wildflower areas (at the Northern and Southern ends of the park) would be gradually (over several years) enriched with a greater variety of native flowering plants.  Opportunities would be explored to bring in further patches or strips of wildflowers, where these wouldn’t interfere with other uses of the park.

The woodland components of the park have reached an age where they are well-established, but without increased management they risk falling into decline.  No wholesale changes are proposed, but there are clear opportunities for sensitive thinning/coppicing in order to provide more age classes of tree and so keep the woodland healthy in the long-term.

Protect this much-loved open space by enhancing its natural character, creating more diverse habitats and ensuring that everyday users can enjoy an even richer, greener environment.

Opportunities would be explored to bring in patches or strips of wildflowers, where these wouldn’t interfere with other uses of the park.  The most likely locations for these would be as more natural buffer strips at the edges of the woodland.

The woodland in this park has reached an age where the way it was originally planted (very dense, with tree stems close together) risks causing problems for the trees as they grow larger.  Good woodland management at this stage is sensitive thinning (slowly, over several years) in order to give the remaining trees space to grow.

Strengthen the park’s value as a community space by introducing strips of wildflowers, improving biodiversity and encouraging a greater variety of insects, such as butterflies.

These strips would need to be designed in a way that suits this more formal park setting; working with local users so that the park continues to meet all of the ways people already enjoy it.

Restore and positively manage this under-tended area, improving habitat quality, supporting wildlife and working with local residents to create a nature-rich woodland that feels cared for and is a welcome presence in the local area.

Due to access and safety constraints, there are no plans to make this space publicly accessible.