Rugby's green space plan taking shape - The Rugby Observer

Rugby's green space plan taking shape

Rugby Editorial 7th Sep, 2015 Updated: 27th Oct, 2016   0

THE TRANSFORMATION of a former allotment site in Newbold into a flagship green space has received the seal of approval from Rugby’s MP.

Mark Pawsey was taken on a tour of the Parkfield Road site by Rugby Borough Council’s parks and grounds team.

The council, working with Newbold-on-Avon Community Partnership, has secured more than £200,000 in funding to push ahead with the ambitious plans – looking to finish work within the coming weeks.

The plans include a play area, an outdoor ‘green’ gym, a sensory garden, wildlife zones, a butterfly bank, a picnic area and a nature play trail.




Mr Pawsey said: “I am often invited to visit projects when they have been completed so I was delighted to have the opportunity to visit the Parkfield Road site while it was under development to see first hand how the former allotment site is being transformed into something the whole town can be proud of.

“I was very keen to see how the new green space is being developed, the use of recycled materials as hardcore and how mature trees on the site are being preserved and incorporated into the new plans.”


Mark was joined by Joe Newby, grant manager for WREN, a business which awards grants for community, conservation and heritage projects. The group awarded a £75,000 grant to fund the project’s play area.

Mr Newby said: “We’re delighted to be supporting the Parkfield Road project and pleased our funding will provide such a fantastic facility for children and young families across Newbold and Rugby.”

In addition to the funding from WREN, the Parkfield Road project has been supported with a £100,000 grant from the Veolia Environmental Trust to create the park and wildlife zones, and a £35,000 grant from SITA Trust to build the outdoor green gym.

The Woodland Trust has also backed the project by donating more than 5,000 trees.

Rugby Borough Council environment spokeswoman Coun Lisa Parker said: “The former allotment site in Parkfield Road has been transformed within the space of a year.

“By working with the Newbold-on-Avon Community Partnership, and with the generous support of our funders, we have been able to create an outstanding green space to benefit the community for generations to come.”

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