The Friends Of Hale Park met on Wednesday 9th July at 7pm upstairs in the meetings room of the Childe of Hale Public House.
It was announced by Mike Wharton, the Chairman of the Friends Group,, that Hale Park had been successful in it’s stage 2 bid for National Lottery funding to enhance and restore historical features in the park, as well as improve the park as a whole for the public of the village.
Following a round of applause from those present, Mike thanked everyone for thier own part played, within the Friends group and thanked Nick Martin for his expert skill in preparing and constructing the bid, that was submitted in March.
After a short question and answer session, it was estimated that the work will commence near the end of 2008 to renovate and improve the parkland and that the work would take around 8 months or there-abouts for it to be completed.
The five hectare Hale Park in the heart of the historic village of Hale, Cheshire, was once a small part of a much bigger parkland estate belonging to the residents of Hale Hall, who lived there over several centuries. Many of its features such as stone gate piers, the lodge building, prominent carriageways and boundary planting hint at this fascinating past.
The grant of £643,000 will be used to provide a community park that can be enjoyed by local people and visitors to the village, whilst still retaining its historic value. Plans include restoring original views and planting schemes. New paths to enable year round access and improved play facilities will meet the needs of modern-day users, and an exciting range of events and activities to encourage more community involvement are also planned.
If you are interested in horticulture, nature or the wellbeing of Hale Park and would like to combine your interests into one active role as a volunteer with the group, then please do get intouch with Mike or Karen, as new volunteers are now being sort.
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