News for June 2018

Despite all the difficulties, the new sports and play equipment and improvements to the existing playground have at last been completed and we hope will be enjoyed by children of all ages for a long time to come. The seats have proved to be very popular, sited for people to appreciate the lovely views and extra ones have also been installed.

We'd like to say a very big thank you to Viridor Credits and the Big Lottery for their generous funding for all this, granted with the help of your supportive e-mails and drawings from children.

We apologise for the delay in giving details of the proposed paths but it is only now after considerable consultation and negotiation with the Council that we have been able to finalise these. They have been rather complicated due to the necessity  for tackling the need for drainage and the choice of paths has been curtailed by the long term cost for the Council  having to maintain them. 

Please see our website (Whitecotesplayingfield.co.uk) for the diagram showing the planned paths which we hope to install later in the year if we are successful in gaining funding from Viridor Credits again.

All the following paths will be Tarmaced:

• Path A from Hazel Drive to the cemetery gate.
  
• Path B from where it joins A to the first seat (despite our best efforts we have been unable to gain permission from the Council to continue it to Whitecotes Close).
  
• Path C  across the corner from Hucklow Avenue to Whitecotes  Park.
  

Path D will be a stone path from the cemetery gate to the Tarmaced path within the cemetery -- we are awaiting a decision about having it Tarmaced as well.

Path E will be a Rye grass path over double drains between which will be exceptionally effective drainage material stretching from the depression near the playground right down to Grindlow Av.Paths A and B will also be single drained and hopefully solve the flooding problem at the cemetery gate.

With best wishes from the Friends of Whitecotes Playing Field.