Raleigh Road Recreation Ground Green Hub project

Overview

Thanks to funding from the Council’s Community Fund, the Parks Team in partnership with local charity Habitats & Heritage are proposing the addition of features below to Raleigh Road Recreation Ground that benefit wildlife and the local community. ‘Green Hubs’ is a project developed by Habitats & Heritage to improve urban areas as habitats for wildlife.

Please click here to see a close up of the 'community area'. Please click here to see a close up of the 'pollination station'.

These changes will:

• Improve the recreation ground as a habitat for birds, insects, pollinators and hedgehogs
• Increase biodiversity in the recreation ground
• Provide space for community food growing
• Provide resources to improve outdoor education opportunities for children, including Windham Nursery students
• Retain large amenity grassland area

Habitats & Heritage and the Parks Team are also looking to develop a ‘Friends of Raleigh Road Recreation Ground’ group which will allow local residents to help look after the recreation ground and have a say in how it is managed.

Have your say

Please give us your feedback using the online survey link below. If you would like a paper copy or another format, please contact us at hello@habitatsandheritage.org.uk

Drop-in session

If you have any questions, you can join the Heritage and Habitats team at a drop-in session at the Recreation Ground:

• Saturday 18th May, 13:30 - 15:30

What happens next

All feedback we receive in response to the consultation will be carefully analysed and considered before a decision is made on the way forward.