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Active Calderdale

Active Parks Update

Updated: Feb 13

Active Parks is driving system change by adopting a collaborative, community-led approach to improving parks and green spaces. It puts communities at the heart of planning and decision-making for park improvements and investments.


Key changes in practice:


  • Communities co-design and set priorities for park improvements.

  • Communities help decide where investments are made to create spaces for physical activity.

  • Stakeholders, including park services, neighbourhood groups, and voluntary organisations, collaborate and share resources to work with communities in creating better spaces for active living.

  • Safer Parks for women & girls research has been integrated into the planning and delivery of Park improvements.


31 interventions have been delivered and 33 park community events developed and delivered with the community.


Active Calderdale budget spent or committed: £430,050

Funding from other sources: £335,000

Overall funding committed to parks: £765,158


Interventions include (in red if from other funding brought in to compliment Active funds):


Shroggs:


  • Benches

  • Fencing

  • Overgrown Shrubbery management 

  • Crown lift/ tree reduction

  • Improvement to entrances

  • Pavilion demolished

  • Improvement to entrances to reduce ASB

  • Bins 

  • Pond improvement (underway)

  • Monument refurb

  • Active Spots (not yet installed but allocated)

  • Hedging

  • Woodland Walk development 

  • Orienteering posts

  • Orchard (underway)

  • Signage  and noticeboard (not yet installed but allocated)

  • Paths  (jointly funded)


Cornholme:


  • Basket swing – Portsmouth Rec

  • Moved bin – Portsmouth Rec

  • Improved /additional paths (underway) -The Rock – Baptist church Tod Town Council

  • Remove broken roundabout and tarmac area – Harrison / Hirst Street

  • Cut back growth / crown trees at Palma Street

  • Active Spots – Portsmouth Rec (allocated but not installed)

  • Active Sports – Harrison / Hirst Street#

  • New noticeboard (allocated but not installed)


Mixenden:


  • Cutting the grass on the bowling green, top field and pathway on green spaces off Woodbrook Avenue

  • Opening up the green space off Woodbrook Avenue by removing overgrown trees/shrubs as you walk down the path and the perimeter of the bowling green/courts

  • Cutting back the pathways on the Hebble Brook Trail to ensure paths are clear and easily accessible & well maintained going forwards 

  • Removal/cutting back of trees/ shrubs in Seed Hill Woods to open the space up – more safe and less ‘spooky’

  • Cutting back the public path going from Clough Lane up the side of the reservoir to Brow Bottom Lane (side of MAC)

  • Sunny Bank Park refit – partial Active fund

  • Courts in Mixenden Park / MUGA

  • Football goals on the top field behind the Addy (Woodbrook Avenue) 

  • Nature and history walk

  • Regular physical activity opportunities – 4 different regular sessions 

  • Adventure play zone

  • Paths – a new path system connecting the formal areas. Creating an accessible walking route from the entrance by the Addy.  


People’s Park:


  • Visibility – fining of greenery along Hopwood Lane

  • Refurbished Benches

  • Measured Routes and active dots

  • Refurbished Bandstand – contribution from AC

  • Refurbished noticeboards (allocated but awaiting installation)

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