Project aims:

1. To further improve accessibility of the site, following on from the shared path that was installed through the meadows and playing fields in 2017. Project works include upgrading the circular route around the BMX track and along the river.
2. To increase Iford Meadow’s resilience, capacity and attraction to mitigate recreational pressure on nearby sensitive nature sites including St Catherine’s Hill and Hengistbury Head. This includes enhancing the car park and new signage, seating, interpretation panels and dog bins.
3. Improving the site for biodiversity and wildlife with tree planting, the creation of a large wildlife meadow on the unused lower pitch adjacent to Iford Lane, and scrub and grassland management within Iford Meadows.

Project aims:

1. To increase Winton Recreation Ground’s resilience, capacity and attraction to mitigate recreational pressure on nearby sensitive nature sites including Turbary Common and Kinson Common. This includes introducing a nature trail with wooden sculptures and providing for signage, seating, picnic benches and interpretation panels.
2. Improving the site for biodiversity and wildlife with tree, hedgerow and bulb planting, the creation of meadow areas to the perimeter of the main field, and the creation of a wildlife pond with decking.
3. To improve site security with boundary repairs, new self-closing pedestrian gates and clearance of some of the understory vegetation across the site.

Project aims:

1. To open a 30 acre area of land to the public which is managed as flood plain meadow, created on land beside the River Stour previously known as Hicks Farm
2. Works included vegetation clearance, the installation of footpaths and a shared footpath/cycleway, seating, cycle stands, tree & copse planting, reinstatement of hedgerows lost to agricultural practices, and new fencing
3. Conservation grazing, which will improve wildflower diversity within fenced areas of grassland
4. A free 20 space visitor car park created including disabled parking spaces, cycle parking & electric vehicle charging points. This has a height barrier and a gate which is closed overnight
5. Signage and interpretation including noticeboards with information about the SANG and activities.

Full details & project diary at BCP Projects | Stour Valley water meadows 

Project aims:

1. To provide additional car parking on land adjacent to Cherry Tree Nursery for users of the Stour Valley Nature Reserve and Stour Valley Way and to spread visitor use throughout the Stour Valley.
2. Improvements to entrance signage and furniture including cycle stands, bollards and dog bins.
3. Improving the site for biodiversity and wildlife with wildflower seeding, tree planting and shrub planting.
4. To improve site security with perimeter bunding, a new height barrier and site gate.

Project aims:

To provide a place where dog walkers could let their dogs off lead as an alternative to using Upton Heath and other important protected heathland sites.

This was achieved by creating a new SANG – an additional 75 acres of open space at the Country Park, converted from neighbouring farmland.

The project introduced a new SANG 24-space car park, many new circular walks and better access through the woodland and along the Holes Bay shoreline, a fenced dog training area, connection of new tracks to the Holes Bay cycling network, new signage and finger post waymarking, a large wildflower meadow and new bridges and stepping stones across the stream, with dog

The SANG also includes new bins by the picnic area and dog play pen, noticeboards, gates, 48 trees, 6,500 hand planted whips and signage.

The final phase of the new open space was opened up to the public over the weekend of 25 July 2020.

Further details & images at BCP Projects | Upton Country Park SANG 2014-2020