Congratulations to Team GB on their record medal haul! It really does make you proud to be British and as Hyndburn Cabinet Member for Sport and Leisure I was also thrilled that the Olympic Torch came through the Borough in June. What an exciting atmosphere in Hyndburn when thousands of people became part of this moment in history as they came out to line the streets and cheer the torch through the Borough. Mercer Hall Leisure Centre is currently going through a refurbishment of the changing rooms and the new gym only opened this week, make the most of the Olympics and get down and see about membership. We may not all be athletes, but we can all stay healthier by getting out in the fresh air and having a run or walk through our parks!
It’s good news then that six of our parks are among the best in the country and have been awarded the prestigious Green Flag recently. Wilson’s Playing Fields & Woodlands in Clayton-le-Moors is the latest park to be awarded and joins our Lowerfold Park in Great Harwood, Cutwood, Oakhill, Mercer and Gatty Parks in scooping the Green Flag. Our parks are fabulous green spaces for the whole com! munity to enjoy and the award shows that they are well managed and maintained, are welcoming, safe for users and have good links with the local community.
Still on the healthy theme, did you know that the Council has a wide range of growing spaces available now at Meadoway and Woodnook allotment sites? We have recently filled all vacancies in Great Harwood so please have a look at the other sites.
Sites on offer range from small, easy manageable but highly pr oductive raised beds where you can grow a lot of food with easy access and no digging required, to the larger allotment plots, where some good healthy digging will ! be needed, but well worth the reward, when you’re tucking into food you’ve grown yourself.
Meadoway on Queens Road West and Woodnook allotments at the end of Rothwell Avenue are great places to be, with stunning views and a friendly atmosphere in the company of other local people. If you fancy having a go, give our Allotments Manager a call on 01254 388111.
Sites on offer range from small, easy manageable but highly pr oductive raised beds where you can grow a lot of food with easy access and no digging required, to the larger allotment plots, where some good healthy digging will ! be needed, but well worth the reward, when you’re tucking into food you’ve grown yourself.
Meadoway on Queens Road West and Woodnook allotments at the end of Rothwell Avenue are great places to be, with stunning views and a friendly atmosphere in the company of other local people. If you fancy having a go, give our Allotments Manager a call on 01254 388111.
I wanted to let you know that recently Cabinet approved plans to buy land for the development of an additional cemetery site at Great Harwood, to act as a! n extension of the current site. I know this will be an immense relief to residents who plan to be buried in the same place as their loved ones, as generations of Great Harwood., Rishton and Clayton-le-Moors families are buried at the cemetery and it’s important that it remains in use.
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