Many thanks to all those who entered the Friends’ Photo Competition, we had many wonderful entries from Shropshire residents all over the county and we are please to announce that first prize goes to Andrew Silman from Telford with the runners up prize going to Wendy Shaw also from Telford. Other entries that made it […]
The Friends of Telford Town Park are proud to announce that the long term future of the Arena has been protected by the unanimous approval of Telford & Wrekin Councils cabinet members. The decision has been taken to place the Arena in “Fields in Trust”, more specifically, it is to become The Queen Elizabeth 2 Telford Town […]
The latest part of project OPAL has been completed by the Friends. This is a national scheme which is Lottery funded and covers Air Quality, Water Quality, Earthworms, Hedges and other information which is entered on a national database. It is run from University College, London. The Friends will return in May to complete this […]
Volunteers from the Friends, recently helped out the Park Rangers with the planting of a double row of hedging near Fletchers Pool. This was part of the Southwater scheme and it is to recompense for any loss of wildlife at the north end of the park. There will be much more hedge laying and planting […]
The Friends of Telford Town Park were started in 2003 with a small group of 3 people, who all felt that the Park needed some extra care and attention. The group was formally constituted in July 2004 and currently consists of over 20 members from all walks of life. The constitution of the Friends states: […]
The new visitor centre for Telford Town Park has now been approved and work is already underway to prepare the foundations. Spout Farm House has now closed and a temporary building is in place until the new building is open to the public around November 2011. This is the start of the exciting new development […]
Recently the Friends have been involved with Paul Belford of Nexus Heritage in what they believe to be the first survey ever undertaken of a slag crushing plant. These sites were constructed to process the waste slag material from the local iron furnaces and turn it into road making material, subsequently with the addition of […]
Following the completion of the Crannog project on Grange Pool the Friends have produced a leaflet outlining the benefit of the island to local residents and community groups. In time it is hoped this local nature watching site will be used by all to view the wide array of bird and animal life that exist […]
What on earth is “The Crannog”? Well the dictionary defines a ‘crannog’ as a man made island and is an old Celtic word. In our case, the Crannog is indeed a small island situated at the southern end of the park at one end of Grange Pool. Once on the island it is an ideal […]
