Letters of Support
Letters of support have come in from all parts of the community. At the first public meeting a group of children wrote letters describing their feelings and drew pictures of what they wanted to see on the park.
Maria Robinson
Kids’ Pictures and Posters
At the first public meeting at St John’s Church, several children made posters or drew pictures of their ideal park while their grown-ups were at the meeting. This was the starting point for the impromptu focus group: Thea wants to have monkey bars, a…
Picnic on the Park
Picnic on Onchan Park to celebrate the Queen’s 90th Birthday! Bring your own picnic food, blankets, chairs and outdoor games. Have fun and enjoy your local park!
Friends of Groups in the local area
There are eight well established ‘friends of’ groups in Gedling all of them working hard to protect and promote our local green spaces. Friends of Gedling Country Park @fgcpmedia Friends of Jubilee Park, Burton Road facebook page and more info from the Gedling Borough Council…
Video: Save Onchan Park
@NG4online produced a video showing Onchan Park and calling for it to be saved. Have a look and let us know what you think. Thanks, @NG4online we love your video of Onchan Park in the Spring!
Map of the local area
This is a map of the local area, taken from the Nottingham City Council Insight Mapping website showing the road traffic accidents (yellow circles), schools (red houses) and care homes (purple C) along with the local parks and green spaces. We…
Activities of the Friends of Onchan Park
We have a dedicated group of committee members and we have lots of help from a wider group. During the last few months we’ve been busy with the following activities: working on the website tweeting @OnchanPark- please follow us! writing…
First public meeting February 2016
Do you remember how it all started? Alison and Jill organised a public meeting in St John’s Church on Oakdale Road. David Wakelin, one of two directors at Gedling Borough Council, and Melvyn Cryer, Service Manager of Parks and Street Care, addressed…
Trees: The many benefits
Friends of Onchan Park are very concerned that the sale of the land including the old bowling green, pavilion, tennis court and football pitch for redevelopment into housing will badly affect the local community in many ways. Here we consider…
Summary of Meeting with Vernon Coaker, MP for Gedling
The meeting took place with our MP on Friday, 15th April 2016. Those present were Vernon Coaker, his secretary Collette and, representing Friends of Onchan Park, Nicolas Kyriacou and Terry Pollard. Vernon Coaker appeared very well informed about the situation…