HERE'S a quick
update from the Riverside Project.
Nantwich Lake Area
FOLLOWING on
from new seating provided by Nantwich Town Council and a grant
from the Rights of Way team earlier this year, work is currently
under way on a circular path round the lake to tie everything
together. The area, which can be very wet in the winter months,
will benefit greatly from this improved access for users of all
abilities.
Nantwich Mill / Mill Island Area
FOLLOWING the
installation of the new bridge earlier this year,
works are now
under way on tidying up the Mill Bridge area - the main entrance
to the island. These involve remedial works and the upgrading
of the bridge area to make it safe and fit for purpose. We also
hope it will look quite nice once finished.
Later,
we hope to do something much more exciting with this site to
provide for the future. Watch this space.
Masterplan
IT sounds
quite frightening but we are shortly to be consulting with all
and sundry on the plan for the Riverside area in the
future. This plan/plans will outline all the ideas and potential
for this wonderful area of ours.
Event
AS we have
done in the past, we are holding an event on Sunday, October 12,
12noon to 4pm, at the Shrewbridge Road car park area. BBC
Radio Stoke will be there with their gardening programme and
nostalgia hour, so it’s an opportunity to make your voice heard
on the airwaves. We will be running activities on the day,
including planting out, preparing wildflower meadow areas and
willow weaving. So come and join us.
lSee
a report of the event here.
Willow coppice growing well
IN the
April 2008 report from the
Chairman of Nantwich in Bloom (Alderman Doug Butterill), there are
pictures of the newly-planted willow coppice - complete with
arch - in an area of the Riverside. On this page, the
coppice is pictured in October 2008.
