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Forest nears completion as green lung for town

An open day at Shaw Forest Coun- God of the earth, will be grass es will be installed next Spring to
try Park on 23 September gave seeded. complete Phase I and II.
people the chance to discover the The entrance road from Mead Work on converting the third
signiﬁ cant work carried out over Way into the park will be upgraded phase, until recently a landﬁ ll site,
the last three years since the site and better signage and more bench- should start next year.
off Mead Way was threatened with
commercial development in 2004.
Huge amounts of landscaping
work has been completed in the
last year, thousands more trees have
been planted and a network of foot-
www.wlsphotographic.co.uk paths has recently been ﬁ nished. A
Local wedding photographer large grass events area is ready for
use and also a car park.
now taking bookings for 2008 Shaw and Nine Elms councillor
Call 01793 771035 Nick Martin, who in 2004 said he
would lie down in front of bulldoz- A corner of Shaw Forest Country Park showing trees planted
ers if the council sold the site for a at community open days over the last ten years, footpaths,
football stadium, commented, “In wildﬂ ower meadows and the event ﬁ eld, with Shaw and
1994 I was one of the Thamesdown Peatmoor in the background.
councillors who voted to turn the Photo: Sky Eye Aerial Photography Ltd. Tel: 01491 873277
former landﬁ ll site into a forest www.ﬁ ndaerialphotography.com
Your local park.
“Today I am delighted with the
ﬂ orists at hills, ﬁ elds and woodlands that Cricklade Country Way loses out in Big Lottery
Abbey Meads have been created at Shaw Forest. Hopes of a wildlife and leisure corridor linking Mouldon Hill in North Swin-
Village It is a remarkable achievement and don to Cricklade were dashed on 18 October when the project failed to
I’m proud that residents can enjoy make the ﬁ nal cut in the Big Lottery Living Landmarks programme.
Centre such a large green space barely two Twenty three projects from the UK were bidding for awards of between
Now stocking a range of gifts miles from the town centre; our £10m and £25m. In October six made it to the ﬁ nal shortlist but Cricklade
children will inherit such a valuable Country Way missed out.
Open until 7pm on Friday natural resource.” “The team is absolutely gutted,” said project manager Ken Oliver. “We
FLOWERS FOR ALL REASONS During the winter, more trees thought we stood a good chance of getting it. The Cricklade Country
will be planted and the prominent Way is still on the cards. We will be looking for alternative funding but
mounds of earth shaped into the we won’t be able to deliver the project as quickly.”
land to represent Gaia, the Greek www.crickladecountryway.org.uk

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