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Bromley shares in £1m funding for London's Parks
A successful bid for Heritage Lottery money will fund improvements to Scadbury Park nature reserve along with five other flagship sites in London.
As part of the London Biodiversity Partnership, Bromley Council’s Heritage Team was a driving force in launching the Capital Woodlands Project to improve London’s woodlands. Bromley’s £75,000-share of the £1m payout will be used over three years to make the park easier for people to visit, provide NVQ training to develop the woodland management skills of people working in the area, and to re-establish the biodiversity of the site, working with the Friends of Scadbury Park. The borough will also share in other pan-London work.
Cllr Neil Reddin, Executive Councillor for Leisure and Community Safety said: " We welcome this funding coming into the borough. It provides us with an opportunity to improve an area of mature woodland and extensive natural habitats for even more people to enjoy."
Scadbury Park, which lies on the borders of Chislehurst and St Paul’s Cray, has been owned and managed by Bromley Council since 1983.
The Park is a mixture of open meadows with mature woodlands in the west. It contains fine specimens of trees such as Hazel, Sweet Chestnut, Alder, Sycamore and Oak, as well as ornamental Conifers. Areas of grassland, streams, ponds, hedgerows and veteran trees add to the variety of natural habitats that enhance the nature trails enjoyed by many visitors throughout the year.
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