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07 Sep

Blackpool’s Stanley Park is an English National Treasure

David Simper0 CommentsEnvironment and Nature, Local NewsBlackpool, climate change, england's favourite park, environment, favourite park, greenspace, park, Stanley Park

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] It is official: our Stanley Park is England's favourite park 2022, and a third time win makes it a national treasure. Blackpool haters take heed. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] My previous articles prove that I am a lover of Stanley Park, being taken to it by my dad before I even lived in Blackpool. I never get tired of strolling round it, photographing it and latterly sketching and painting it. Innovations such as the BMX track and the new skatepark, show that the Victorian park can move with the times and retain its integrity. Despite the strains on council budgets, the…

New junior parkrun off to a flying start

Stephen Dunstan0 CommentsSports & WellbeingAnchorsholme, park, sport, Stanley Park, young people

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Since February 2017 the parkrun has been a hugely popular and successful activity in Stanley Park. There is now a junior event in Blackpool with the launch last month of an event for four to fourteen year olds at Anchorsholme Park. For the juniors parkruns take place Sunday at 9.00. Their event is two kilometres, rather than the 5k of the adult event. Unlike the open age parkrun the junior event begins with a warm up routine which at Anchorsholme takes place in the performance area in front of Brew café. Anchorsholme was selected as the venue for the…

Wyre Parks Fly The Flag

Stephen Dunstan0 CommentsLocal NewsGreen Space, park, wyre

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This month of renewed lockdown it’s easy to focus on what we can’t do, and how limited the experience is of some of the things we still can enjoy. But parks and green spaces are a notable and precious exception to that, and several of Wyre’s have been successful in the national Green Flag Awards. The Green Flag Award scheme, managed by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy under licence from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, recognises and rewards well-managed parks and green spaces, setting the benchmark standard for their management across the United Kingdom and around…