Author: Sal
Royal Parks Join Forces With Isle of Wight Council
Monday, 2nd March, 2009 at 1:03 pm, Isle of Wight
Conservation, Environment, Island-wide
Senior representatives from London’s The Royal Parks are on the Island for the next couple of days touring the Wight and taking part in discussions with the Council’s Parks and Countryside Department on the formation of an official partnership.
Council staff will be taking the representatives to Fort Victoria Country Park, Ventnor Botanic Garden as well as along part of the Island’s coastal trail.
Well done to the team at the Council’s Parks and Countryside Department, who we know have been working hard to encourage this partnership for some time now.
With the weather as it is today and the Island looking at it’s best, we’re sure that they are going to be pretty awe-inspired with what the Island has to offer.
We understand that the touring party will be joined by Leader of the Council, David Pugh and Chief Executive, Steve Beynon to enjoy the delights of Alan Staley’s menu at The Royal Hotel today, all paid for by the Friends of the Ventnor Botanic Gardens – so at no cost to the tax payer.
Mark Camley, Chief Executive, The Royal Parks said:
“This is an excellent opportunity for The Royal Parks and Isle of Wight Council to share best practice, explore ways that we can work together in the future, and look to provide a better experience for our respective park visitors.”
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I think there might well be an outcry if one of London’s The Royal Parks were run as a golf course as Appley park in Ryde is.
Far from being, as the Civic Trust who award the Green Flag state is a requirement in the criteria used in making there awards:
http://www.greenflagaward.org.uk/award/key-criteria/
“1. A Welcoming Place: Good and safe access;…Equal access for all members of the community”
“2. Healthy, Safe, and Secure :The park or green space must be a healthy, safe and secure place for all members of the community to use.”
In fact it is too dangerous to even walk around the perimeter path during summer months due to people who have never even played golf in their lives paying the council for the privilege of endangering the public in this public park.
In what the council themselves describe as:”A challenging 9 hole golf course equivalent to par 3″
http://www.iwight.com/placestogo/default.asp?ls=rec&recid=795&opt=3
How can a challenging golf course also be a safe and secure public park?
Or are we not supposed to ask questions like that!
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Both Richmond and Bushey Park have areas set aside for Golfers, granted they dwarf Appley Park.
There are also more perils in them than the occasional golf ball
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@V and South Central Los Angeles is a lot more dangerous than either Richmond or Bushey Park , so does that mean we shouldnt mention the danger in Appley park?
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Merely an observation..I am in general agreement with your stance.
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INSIDER, Totally agree.
There are far too many golf courses about with people dressed like Rupert Bear who think they have a divine right to bomb passing pedestrians, horse riders and car drivers with their little white balls. In fact, I would dig up our local course and give it over to the need for allotments. Much better than Dudley Road.
It would also be far more productive, wouldn’t you agree?
Allotment holders could sell their produce in various towns around the island and the golfers could be given first refusal.
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