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The Link Magazine • August 2006 I ce your fr - cl ifieds
Lottery bid planned for North Swindon country park
Dog walkers, cyclists and vandals have discovered Moulden Hill Country Park, but to the majority of
people the area close to Taw Hill is unknown.
Low key development by North Berks canal, the SUSTRANS na-
Swindon builders and the council tional cycle Route 45 and the Swin-
has been going on for over 10 years don & Cricklade Railway. Volun-
with thousands of trees planted teers are already laying track south
and a lake already created, but to Moulden Hill from Blunsdon
things are about to take off. Station.
With the backing of Swindon The council will find out in Au-
councillors Nick Martin and Justin gust if the project has clearance to
Tomlinson, council officers are make a full lottery bid.
preparing a £12 million lottery bid A council spokesman said de-
to the Living Land Marks fund to sign works on the park is starting
provide a car park, youth and play and this will include full consulta-
facilities, including a sports field, tions with residents and commu-
more tree planting, wildflower nity groups. Work will take about
meadows and improved footpaths. three years but could be longer if
The park is an integral feature of the lottery funds a much larger
No time for DIY? the Cricklade Country Way which programme of development.
HANDYMAN at Home°' • Football on Shaw Forest - see
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Qualit service for all our DIY lobs incorporates the partly restored
North Wilts arm of the Wilts & page 34.
• Put up shelves, blinds, curtains
• Install appliances Narrowboat `cruises' into the centre
• Decorating, tiling, flooring For the first time in a century a narrowboat was moored at Wharf Green on Canal Walk in the town centre
• Small plumbing jobs in early July to promote a waterway as a key part of regenerating the town centre.
• Replace electrical fittings
• Install and set up your tv, hi-fi, The canal boat Jubilee was on a but a comprehensive ^..
home cinema, new phone ext. nationwide voyage to highlight feasibility study is
• In fact any normal DlY job canal restoration projects and needed to examine
All types of job in one visit members of the Wilts & Berks Ca- the options."
Call (local rate) nal Trust and Inland Waterways Right, when the canal
0845 200 7821 Association were on hand to tell panted through the town
people about the benefits of bring-
see our website for more details ing the canal back to the town.
www.handymanathome.co.uk Trust chief executive Ken Oliver Below, it's a dream for
Let us quote for your larger jobs too canal trust chairman Ken
said, after initial rejection of the Oliver, left, with trustdi-
idea, the canal proposal is being rector Peter Smith who
looked at again. "We are pleased got involved with canal
that Swindon Borough Council and restoration over 20 years
g
the New Swindon Company are ago
4 taking an opportunity to re-exam-
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^sw'^ao^ ine how the canal could bring a
focus to the re-development of the
town centre and help to create an
exciting ambience to the proposed
scheme. It is disappointing on this
occasion that Jubilee has had to 1
make the journey by road. We hope
I that the next visit of a narrowboat . e
will be on the Wilts & Berks Ca-
nal." --
Swindon Council leader Rod ^-
Bluh said the council is keen to
explore innovative solutions to re-
generating Swindon town centre

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