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Evesham Country Park

Have your say:

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Welcome to this exhibition which shows emerging proposals for Evesham Country Park.Eagle One, owners and operators of Evesham Country Park, is proposing a range of improvements to the Park themed around ‘The Great Outdoors’ which will create a truly sustainable country park open to all with enhanced links to Evesham town centre and the wider area.

Evesham Country Park is an established visitor and tourist attraction with a successful garden centre, retail stores and leisure facilities. The park already attracts a significant number of visitors but has yet to realise its full potential. These proposals aim to achieve this and to bring benefits to the wider area in a sustainable and complementary manner.

New facilities and amenities across the 125 acre site will be provided in a series of themed zones based around Nature, Fun & Learning, Angling, Lifestyle and Leisure. Throughout the park there will also be an emphasis on supporting Landscape & Ecology, Food and Learning.

Amenities will range from a new wetland nature reserve, nature trails and cycle paths, enhanced angling facilities on both lake and river and timber holiday lodges through to education and exhibition centres, an enhanced showground linking to craft shops and ‘try before you buy’ outdoor pursuits retail stores.

The Great Outdoors

Evesham Country Park

The Great Outdoors

Cars and Coaches to Evesham

Wild for LifestyleWild for Nature Wild for Fun & Learning Wild for Angling Wild for Leisure

Wild for Zones Footpath and cycleroute to Evesham

Footpath andcycle route

Wetlands Nature Reserve

Boats to Evesham

Wild for Zones‘The Great Outdoors’ will provide a significant number of activities and amenities within the various ‘Wild for Zones’ and these will include:-

Wild for Nature

• New Native Woodlands

• Community Orchards

• Heritage Orchard

• New Wetland Nature Reserve

• Nature Trails

• Cycle Paths

• Picnic areas with BBQs

• Farmstead with indigenous animals

• Informal leisure activities throughout

Wild for Fun & Learning

• Adventure play areas

• Enhanced showground

• Play Barn

• Craft Shops

• Exhibition & Art Gallery

• Visitor /Education Centre

• Conference facilities

• Miniature Railway

• Restaurants

Wild for Angling

• Existing lake refurbished and remodelled

• 2 new fishing lakes

• Opportunities for River fishing

• Angling Centre

• Transport between Lakes and River

Wild for Lifestyle

• Outdoor Pursuits retail (fishing, cycling, climbing, walking, skiing etc.)

• External activity and trading areas

Wild for Leisure

• Timber Holiday Lodges

• Family friendly environment

The Great Outdoors

Wild for Nature

Wild for Fun & Learning

Wild for Angling

Wild for Lifestyle

Wild for Leisure

Wild about Landscape & Ecology

Wild about Food

Wild about Learning

River Avon

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E V E S H A M

EveshamCountry Park

Worcester

Blossom Trial

Shakespeare’s Avon way

Gloucester,Cheltenham and Tewkesbury

Oxford and Cotswolds

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Redditch, Stratford-Upon-Avon

Almonry Heritage Centre

Abbey

Battle Site

A Hub for Tourism

The Great Outdoors

The Great Outdoors - Illustrative Masterplan

Fishing

Lake

Showground

Adventure Playground

River Avon

Car Park

Car Park

Existing Garden Centre

Service

Yard

MAIN ENTRANCE

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Holiday Lodge Parking

Existing Miniature Railway

Station and Track

Railway Stop

EVESHAM LINK

Pedestrian & Cycle Route to Town Centre

BIDFORD-ON-AVON LINK

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Site Boundary

Animal Paddock Location

Site Boundary

Dead Man’s Ait &

Nature Conservation Wetlands Area

Nursery Play

Fishing Lake

Lower

Fishing Lake

Upper

New Native Woodland

Car Park

Car

Park

Car

Park

Car

Park

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River Avon

D

E

F

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H

Heritage Orchard

SITE EXTENT & OWNERSHIP

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Existing Buildings

New Buildings

Pedestrian Areas

Vegetation and Orchards

Holiday Lodge’s

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Associated Outdoor Activity Space

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Play Areas

Designated Family Cycle Routes

Designated Woodland Trail Routes

Picnic / BBQ / Rest

Areas

Outdoor Fishing Lakes

A – Play Barn.

B – Angling Centre & Coaching Lake

D – Traditional Craft Retail

C – Proposed Cycle Centre & Outdoor Practice Area

E – Conference & Gallery Space

F – Farmstead Building

G – Visitor Centre & Education Building

H – River Landing Station

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Garden Centre Outdoor Display

Car / Coach

Park

Community Orchard

Nature Reserve Area

Play Trails

Sustainable ‘Reed-Bed’waste filtration system

Bio-disk and Reed-Bed water filtration system

Existing WoodlandNew

Woodland

Wildlife Refuge

Old Orchards

Sustainable bio-disk waste

treatment system

SummaryEagle One believes that these proposals will create an attractive leisure and tourist attraction appealing to all ages in a holistic manner.

The scheme will also bring forward improved links to Evesham town centre through the promotion of footpaths, cycle ways, bus, coaches and taxi links together with the construction of a landing station on the River Avon, designed to encourage river transport. These improvements will help to ensure that the wider area benefits from the additional tourists and visitors.

The Great Outdoors will provide additional floor areas as follows:-

Craft, Play Barn, Farmstead, Education Centre and Exhibition & Gallery Centre – 1,575m²Restaurants – 780m²Retail – 5,170m²Timber Holiday Lodges – 60Additional Car and Coach Parking

We hope that you find our proposals to be of interest and would welcome your opinion.

What happens next: Eagle One and it’s project team will carefully consider feedback from this exhibition and from other groups or organisations being consulted. Once the scheme has been finalised they intend to submit an outline planning application to Wychavon District Council.

If you leave contact details at the exhibition we will make sure you are kept informed about the progress of the planning application.

If you have any further queries please contact:

Avril Baker ConsultancyConsultation co-ordinator

Email info@abc-pr.co.ukTelephone 0117 977 2002

Fax 0117 977 4255

The Great Outdoors