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Urgent meeting to form town green group
MANY of you who regularly walk for recreation or to exercise the dog(s) on Markham and Little Francis Fields have been concerned at the recent piece in the Echo reporting on the progress of legal proceedings to challenge the Town Green status of this open space.
For those of you reading this who may not be sure where this area of open green space is, it is the green hillside below Wyke mast.
It has been designated as having special landscape value since it is such a distinctive landmark, being clearly visible from many locations in and around the town, including Hardy's Monument.
If you want to pinpoint it on a local map, it is the area criss-crossed by footpaths (including Cockles Lane), accessed from the end of Markham Avenue off Chickerell Road and located behind St Augustine's School.
It is part of the area that presently forms a green boundary between Wyke and Westham and is listed in the Local Plan on the council's web site www.weymouth.gov.uk as an important Open Gap.
The Town Green was first proposed by the Society for the Protection of Markham and Little Francis.
This group was dissolved when the green was deemed safe. In view of its now uncertain future, however, some of those who were originally involved in setting up this group have decided to reform it.
The initial meeting will be held at the Methodist Church Hall, Lanehouse Rocks Road on Thursday, March 6, at 7pm. The intention of this meeting will be to form a working group of people who will represent and inform the community on this issue.
Anyone who would like to become involved and lend a hand in any way is invited to attend. It is hoped to hold a separate meeting at a later date to update the wider community, possibly in a bigger venue if there is enough public concern and interest expressed. So watch this space for further news.
At the recent meeting of Wyke Regis Protection Society, Wyke Gardens in Portland Road was one of the items on the agenda.
It is hoped to be possible to set up a separate friends group to help look after the gardens, drawing in more volunteers from the community.
Tara Gooding from the Parks section is helping. The group hopes to organise some events in the gardens to highlight this.
This could be some form of art display in the gardens involving local school children, or storytelling during school holidays - maybe involving the local library and asking volunteers to do the storytelling.
Then there's the spring clean and tidy up of the gardens, perhaps to be held on a Saturday morning with some new volunteers.
Contact Tara Gooding on 01305 838297 if you'd like further information on how to get involved.
2:26pm Thursday 21st February 2008
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