Update January 2018
Redcliffe Path Wins Awards
The
redeveloped Redcliffe riverside path, with its three excellent
interpretation boards, has won 'Best Small Conservation Area,
Britain in Bloom' 2014, 2016 & 2017.
The first phase of the Trust’s
project, the complete redevelopment of the path itself, was
completed in the spring of 2013, but almost lost in the winter
storms when the flood bank was badly eroded by exceptional
flooding and severe gales. Only the hard work of the Trust and its
volunteers saved the path and flood bank from total destruction.
The second phase, the installation of
three information boards, was completed in early summer 2014, just
in time to form part of the ‘Wareham in Bloom’ entry into Britain
in Bloom. A more robust flood bank repair was completed by the
Environment Agency in the autumn of 2014.
The photograph shows John Scott,
Development Manager of the Trust, receiving the award from the
Town Mayor of Wareham, Cllr. Mr Malcolm Russell, November 2017, at
a special ceremony in the Town Hall.
2014: REDCLIFFE RIVERSIDE PATH
Information Boards
One of Wareham’s most popular riverside walks,
until recently nothing but a muddy track, was completely
redeveloped in early 2013 by the Trust and is already proving a
great success in creating a better and safer route between the two
communities of Wareham and Ridge, and also a greatly enhanced
stretch of the ever popular Purbeck Way.
Since then the
enjoyment of the path has been added to by the installation, by
the Trust, of three information boards.
Walking from Wareham towards Ridge the first
board, entitled ‘A Walk on the Wildside’, tells the story of the
wildlife that you might encounter along the river and was produced
in partnership with Dorset Wildlife Trust.
The second board, entitled ‘From River to
Coast’ illustrates the changing scene around you, ‘the past, the
present, the future’ caused by rises in sea levels, and what is
being done by man to try and hold back the water. This board was
produced in partnership with LiCCo (Living with a Changing Coast),
and linked to the Environment Agency.
The third board, produced in partnership with
The Westerman Yarns, is devoted to the memory of local author
Percy F. Westerman 1876-1959, and marks the position where The
Barge, his houseboat home, was moored and where he wrote his
numerous ‘ripping yarns’ for boys. The board was officially
unveiled by Eric Axford and Michael Spilman, who as boys both knew
Percy Westerman. The ceremony on Wednesday 23rd July was also
attended by local dignitaries, friends and family, and the
sponsors of the board, and followed by a reception at the
Redcliffe Yacht Club.
Redcliffe Path Wins Award
The
recently redeveloped Redcliffe riverside path, with its latest
additions of three excellent interpretation boards, has won ‘Best
Small Conservation Area: Britain in Bloom 2014’.
The first phase of the Trust’s project, the complete redevelopment
of the path itself, was completed in the spring of 2013, but
almost lost in the winter storms when the flood bank was badly
eroded by exceptional flooding and severe gales. Only the hard
work of the Trust and its volunteers saved the path and flood bank
from total destruction.
The second phase, the installation of three information boards,
was completed in early summer 2014, just in time to form part of
the ‘Wareham in Bloom’ entry into Britain in Bloom. A more robust
flood bank repair was completed by the Environment Agency in the
autumn of 2014.
The photograph shows John Scott, Development Manager of the Trust,
receiving the award from the Town Mayor of Wareham, Councillor Mrs
Carol Turner, at a special ceremony in the Town Hall on 31st
October 2014.
Contact
details:
John Scott, Development Manager, Wareham & District
Development Trust
01929 554236 Mob: 07971 029940 E-mail:
john@wddt.org.uk
Design of information panels by Debi Waller of
Eco
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