Plan For Northwood Community Site Launched

£60K has become available from Marks and Spencer through Groundwork Merseyside and The Forestry Commisions Setting The Scene For Growth Programme to fund pathworks and fishing pegs around the Northwood pond site behind Shakelady Rd to the north of Northwood.

An entrance will be created at the end of Trecastle Rd off Roughwood Avenue and a 'hoggin' self binding gravel path will link the community to the pond.Soon you will be able to both fish and pond dip from a series of bespoke fishing pegs connected to the path by a board walk.

Plan are still in place to extend the scheme to link up with view points behind the pond and to the east of the site through an entrance on Simonwood through the secural of additional funding available through The Forestry Commission.
This round of works will be completed by March 2011.
Residents turned out to see the plans at a drop in consultation at Northwood Community Centre,November 1st evening.

the plan (click to enlarge)

A boardwalk....

A fishing peg....

A hoggin path.....

Northwood Mums Ideas for Local Green Space

Take a look at the latest plans for the green space between the Roughwood Pub and Gilescroft Avenue near the Northwood Mums allotment space.

The local group worked with community development workers and Knowsleys Green Space Team to get funding from The Community Spaces fund to help design and implement a garden space.Knowsley 20 20 drew up this plan based on the groups ideas.

The group intend to involve the community in a range of artist led workshops to implement elements of the scheme.Watch this space for more news!

from Gilescroft towards the allotment site..

from Roughwood Drive towards Gilescroft around the perimter of the Public House!