Parks / Heritage and Arts : Projects Update Area Forum 31 st January - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Parks / Heritage and Arts :

Projects Update

Area Forum 31st January 2019

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Redlees Park

Redlees derelict pavilion View of the stable block Redlees Park Masterplan

New courtyard

Redlees Courtyard

Prunus Serrelata ‘Taihaku’

Redlees Courtyard

• The space is tree-lined with a permeable compacted gravel surface
• There will be a pop up electricity point and water point to accommodate hires i.e.

markets, pop up festivals; food, children’s activities, Boules, art, sculpture etc.

• Concrete anti-skate benches will be installed which will also act as a barrier to

prevent any rogue cars entering the wider park.

• The area in front of the Redlees Artists’ Studios will be returned to pedestrian use
• nly, except for delivery and emergency access to the Bowls Club and Art Studios.

Bollards will be installed to control this access.

• Benches and bins will be upgraded in the rest of the park
• Friends group development and launch event
• Controlled Parking update

Parks and Open Spaces in Isleworth

Northcote

• Has received Village Green Status
• The design is being finalised to improve accessibility, biodiversity inc. maintenance

Brent Lea

• Site improvements; community involvement in locating new benches, new fruit Orchard,

butterfly and bee planting; re-commissioning the Tennis Court; MUGA, new entrance area

• Gate Pier requires re-building

Duke of Northumberland's River- DNR

• Installation of Aquatic Ledge, new fence along Woodlands
• Continue to support FORCE and local residents to look after the river
• In-stream litter clearance and Floating Pennywort removal -January and February

St Johns

• Footpath upgrade planned for Spring 2019
• ASB issues being addressed

Silverhall Park and Mill Plat

• Winter works with GS360 & Friends Group volunteers.
• Fencing repairs around the perimeter of the park – taking place this week

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Brent Lea new entrance Brent Lea Community Planting Day

Continued

Thornbury Park

• Site improvements; new Friends notice board, new entrance K-gates and self-closing

mechanism on London Road Gate; boundary shrub reduction; bulb planting with Spring Grove School

• Playground upgrade in progress inc. tree planting with Spring Grove School

Jersey Gardens

• Tennis Courts been cleaned, re-marking and given new nets
• Hedge and shrub reduction

Isleworth Cemetery Gates

• Working towards appointing a contractor to repair and restore

Cemeteries Strategy just launched www.haveyoursay.hounslow.gov.uk/parks/cemeteries-strategy/ 5th February Workshop at the Civic Centre, book a place via the web site above Consultation is open until 21st March

Thornbury Park Orchard

Parks and Open Spaces in Brentford

Hawthorne Hatch

• Active Spaces new playground

Carville Hall Park North

• Active Spaces new playground and fitness equipment
• New gate from pedestrian crossing under M4

Carville Hall Park South

• Improvement funding available

St Pauls

• Playground upgrade tender in progress
• GS360 Tree and bulb planting post utilities works
• GS360 planted a living Christmas tree

Green Dragon

• Tree planting supported by GS360

Robin Grove

• Future S106 site funding for improvements

Gunnersbury Park & Museum

Gunnersbury Horseshoe Pond & Orangery

• Refurbished Gunnersbury Museum and

eastern side of Park now open to visitors

• www.visitgunnersbury.org for more

information and what’s on

• Sports Hub construction on schedule

for summer 2019

• Appropriate uses for other buildings in

the Park under investigation as next phase of Regeneration Masterplan

Gunnersbury Park & Museum

Boston Manor House and Park

Artist’s impression of refurbished Boston Manor House

£6m investment with external funding secured – House now closed to prepare for the capital works and will remain closed for duration of the works

• Historic House restoration with

public and creative uses

• Cultural facility – free entry
• Wider audiences, new

programme

• HLF funded capital works

complete by 2021

• A new BMH Charitable

Management Trust will operate the House from 2021

Boston Manor House

Boston Manor Park

• Lottery Round 1 grant

award to develop design scheme

• Masterplan detailing

currently

• Park improvement with

public and creative uses

• Public Consultation Day 23

February (to be confirmed and will be publicised)

• £5m investment with

external funding to be secured

• HLF project could start

2020 and complete 2022 subject to funding