Commendation for Normand Park
Tuesday March 16, 2010
The recently transformed Normand Park has been given a commendation at the Civic Trust Awards.
In November 2009, the park in Fulham won a Landscape Institute Award. And now, it has received another prestigious honour, following a ceremony in Liverpool last week (Friday March 12).
The park reopened in July 2008 following a £3 million transformation led by the council, neighbourhood regeneration programme North Fulham New Deal for Communities (NDC) and Arts Council England.
Cllr Paul Bristow, cabinet member for resident’s services, said: “I am delighted that Normand Park has been commended by the Civic Trust. I am sure that anyone who has visited the rejuvenated park will agree that it is fully deserving of this honour. Everyone knows how committed the council is to improving its parks and open spaces but it is always wonderful to receive recognition from a panel of experts.”
David Bowler, Director of the NDC, said: "The regeneration of Normand Park has been a long standing priority for the NDC and local community. I am delighted that the vision and efforts of the NDC, our council partners and the committed residents who worked with us, have been recognised at the Civic Trust awards."
Features of the new park include:
- A larger and improved play area with outside table tennis tables, climbing walls, ball games area, wildflower planting, sand pit, an informal play area with grass, trees and balancing beams
- A BMX practice area for younger people
- A new tree lined walk around the bowling green
- An open grass area with picnic decks and wildflowers
- A community garden area
- A broadwalk running through the park with overhead artistic lighting which creates patterns and shadows when activated by movement
- A refurbished building to provide new toilet facilities and office space for the new park officer
- New viewing panels in the park wall along Normand Road to improve visibility into and out of the park
- An underground water tank which will collect rain water to irrigate the park
- Beautiful new plants and trees from one of Europe's top nurseries
