February 15, 2012
First Litter Pick at Lower Lines Park
The Friends of the Admiral’s Gardens (the Lower Lines Park, next to MidKent College in Gillingham) will hold their first litter pick on Saturday 24 March.
We will be meeting in the playground area in the park, at 11:30.
All Equipment will be provided & everyone is welcome.
The group is also planning a series of community events and re-enactments over the Diamond Jubilee Holiday.
To find out more, contact Adam Price on 07976 969912.
February 3, 2012
Friends of Great Lines Heritage Park AGM
All are welcome at the Friends of Great Lines Heritage Park AGM at 7pm on 29 February 2012 at the Brompton Westbrook Primary School, King’s Bastion, Brompton.
Clare Lanes, Medway Council Greenspace Development Officer, will give an update on the management and maintenance plan that she is drafting for the park.
Or you can also join our Twitter group: Twitter #greatlinespark
Future litter picks will be on: 10 March, 9 June, and 8 September 2012. Gloves, bags and pick sticks provided.
January 25, 2012
Practical work has commenced on the GLHP in preparation for the construction of the RSME Bicentenary Bridge to celebrate the 200th anniversary of their establishment in Chatham.
Volunteers at Fort Amherst work towards RSME Bicentenary Bridge
This is a partnership project between the Royal School of Military Engineering, Fort Amherst Heritage Trust and is funded by the EU Walls and Gardens project.
Volunteers from Fort Amherst spent several days at the beginning of January clearing the walls of ivy and uncovering the adjacent pathways on the MoD owned section of the Inner Lines.
Path leading to Bicentenary BridgeVolunteers from Fort Amherst clearing the walls of ivy and uncovering pathways on the MoD owned section of the Inner Lines.
Once in place the bridge will link the MoD land and the unrestored Spur Battery within Fort Amherst.
Volunteers from Fort Amherst clearing the walls of ivy and uncovering pathways on the MoD owned section of the Inner Lines.
Friends of GLHP carried out a community litter pick on the morning of Saturday 10th December 2011. Over 20 people turned up on the sunny but cold morning, including some welcome new faces as well as the regulars to help collect over 30 black sacks of rubbish.
Friends of GLHP carried out a community litter pick up.
The next litter pick is scheduled for Saturday 10th March 2012.
Meeting at the Naval Memorial car park. More details to follow nearer the time.
A job well done.
November 18, 2011
Hot on the heels of the Institution of Civil Engineers “Engineering Excellence” award, given to Prince Williams Bridge for best structure in the southeast in July, we are delighted to have received not just one, but two prestigious Landscape Institute awards. The Great Lines Heritage Park was highly commended in the Heritage and Conservation category, and overall winner of the Local Landscape Planning award. Well done to all involved! See http://www.landscapeinstitute.org/events/awards2011.php for details.
Nicola Moy with our two Landscape Institute Awards
Prince William’s Bridge has also recently picked up its second accolade - Mott MacDonald’s BNI Engineering Excellence Award!
