GRAPPENHALL Heys Walled Garden will be raising the prestigious Green Flag Award again after achieving the international quality mark for parks and green spaces for the ninth successive year!
Grappenhall & Thelwall Parish Council is celebrating the news after receiving the Green Flag Award for Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden, with the site one of 2,250 in the UK to achieve the award, which is the international quality mark for parks and green spaces.
The news that the Walled Garden has met the standards required for the accreditation is testament to the hard work and dedication of the small staff, led by Oliver Groos and the volunteer team that care for the green space, so that visitors and residents alike can enjoy it all year round, with free admission.
Green Flag Award Scheme Manager, Paul Todd MBE, said: “Congratulations to everyone at Grappenhall Heys who have worked tirelessly to ensure that it achieves the high standards required for the Green Flag Award.
“Quality parks and green spaces like this make the country a healthier place to live and work in, and a stronger place in which to invest.
“Crucially, Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden is a vital green space for communities in Warrington and beyond to enjoy nature, and during the ongoing cost of living crisis it is a free and safe space for families to socialise. It also provides important opportunities for local people and visitors to reap the physical and mental health benefits of green space.”
The Green Flag Award scheme, managed by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy under licence from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, recognises and rewards well-managed parks and green spaces, setting the benchmark standard for the management of green spaces across the United Kingdom and around the world.
AS well as three ponds and a vegetable patch the Walled Garden also boasts a restaurant come coffee shop, which is open Friday to Sunday and on bank holidays from 10am-4pm, serving a variety of food and non-alcoholic drinks and afternoon teas. There are also vegan and gluten-free options for cakes.
The Walled Garden was once part of the estate of the Parr family.
The Estate was founded by Thomas Parr around 1830. Thomas was born in 1792 into an old-established Lancashire family with banking interests in Warrington.
The house and formal gardens were sold in 1951, for £7,500, to the British Transport Commission. The farms and other structures were also sold around this time to a variety of buyers.
Finally, after a period as a furniture store, the House and surrounding land passed to the Warrington-Runcorn Development Corporation in 1975. They demolished the house, which was by then in a very dilapidated condition, as well as many of the associated structures.
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