Friends of the Inkerman

Wednesday, 6 March 2019

New Friends Group

A new 'friends' group for Monkey Park on Chester St are holding their inaugural meeting on 13th March at 6.30pm in Monkey Park cafe. All welcome.

Sunday, 13 January 2019

We held our Wassail on 13th January in rather windy conditions!

Mulled cider and apple juice. Cock and Magpie Morris, bless the trees 'doff' our hats. Its traditional to fire a gun through the trees but we made do with party poppers!

Short YouTube video of the event here.

Friday, 11 January 2019

Mindless Vandalism

A small group of teenagers kicked a litter bin out of the ground on the park this evening. reported to the police, local councillors and the Borough Council.

Wednesday, 9 January 2019

Litter Pick

An unidentified group doing a litter pick on the Inkerman today!

Saturday, 24 November 2018

Woodcraft Event

First two reindeer made at our workshop today. Reindeer, log tea light holders and bird boxes built.

Monday, 19 November 2018

Workshop 24th November

Thursday, 4 October 2018

Clearing round the apple trees

We cleared around the apple trees today and sprinkled flower seeds on the bare patches.

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About Us

We are a community group promoting the use of the Inkerman Park (aka Wasp Nest) in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. We organise occasional events on the Inkerman Park.

In conjunction with the Borough Council we held a public consultation in 2010/11 and from the results of that we have a plan to enhance the park.

Plans include:

New playground (completed with a grant from Biffa)

Apple orchard (completed with trees donated by Transition and CBC)

Surfaced footpath and cycle route (completed with a grant from Biffa)

More tree planting (completed with Awards for All Grant)

Replace wooden benches (completed with a grant from Awards for All)

Noticeboard (completed with a grant from Awards for All)

Surfaced perimeter walk

Community Garden

Potential Housing Development

The Chesterfield Borough Council's 'Sites and Boundaries' document of 2013 had the Inkerman identified as a site for potentially 18 houses.

Friends of the Inkerman were opposed to this. We applied for QE2 Field status in conjunction with Chesterfield Borough Council which was accepted and the deed has been signed.

We have been advised by the QE2 authorities:

The protection afforded the site is such that only a compulsory purchase order can supersede the covenant FIT place on a site. If this unlikely event does occur, the benefit is that you have the backing and legal support of a Royally-founded national charitable trust. The protection only allows for ancillary developments to the benefit of the site, such as pavilions, changing rooms, children’s play areas, etc

Our response to Chesterfield Borough Council to the 'Sites and Boundaries' document can be downloaded below:

Downloads:

Our response to Chesterfield Borough Council

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