RAPHAEL PARK RESTORATION

Work on the restoration of Raphael Park, funded by Heritage Lottery Fund and others, will start in May 2012 and continue until May 2013. The work will include restoration of the lake side promenade and revetments, the provision of a new public toilet facility, café and other facilities in the Lodge at the Main Road entrance to the park, the restoration of the bandstand, the restoration of all footpaths in the park, the restoration of historic features from the eighteenth and nineteenth century history of the landscape, the removal of the concrete culvert and the erection of a new wooden bridge across Black’s Canal at the Lake Rise entry to the park, decoration and repair of the exteriors of the tennis and football/cricket pavilions, improvements to the Gordon Humby Summer Theatre Garden, and other work. The Council works with Friends of Raphael Park and Lodge Farm Park at the park.