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The Closes Management Plan 2015 - 2020 The Closes Management Plan 2015 – 2020 Year One Green Spaces Team The Closes Management Plan 2015 - 2020 Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Site Summary 4 Site Plans: 2.1 Map 1 - Location of Park 5 2.2 Map 2 - Aerial Photo 6 2.3 Map 3 - Access points 7 2.4 Map 3 - Key Features of Park 8 3. Present use 9 4. Facilities 9 5. Management arrangements 9 6. Visions for The Closes 10 7. History 10 8. Ecology 11 9. Site Aims and Objectives 12 10. Main Management Operations 18 11. Appendices Appendix 1-Introduction to Hillingdon 21 Appendix 2-Marketing statement 23 Appendix 3-Historical maps 25 Appendix 4- Tree Survey 27 Appendix 5 - updated Project Outlines 42 2 The Closes Management Plan 2015 - 2020 1. Introduction To The site known as The Closes was transferred to what is now London Borough of Hillingdon (LBH) ownership in 1924 and 1926 and the land was preserved for use as a public open space, or recreation ground. Today, set on the western edge of Hillingdon borough in West Drayton, The Closes is well used and vibrant, welcoming people of all ages in from the surrounding areas. The site incorporates several features (horticultural/ornamental) into its mainly recreational setting, serving the community well with a children's playground incorporating natural play, a ball court, an outdoor gym, a recreational field and a footpath network allowing access for all. The Closes play equipment. 3 The Closes Management Plan 2015 - 2020 2. Site Summary Site Name The Closes Address Church Close WEST DRAYTON Postcode UB7 7PY Ownership London Borough of Hillingdon Lead Officer’s contact details Neil O'Connor Green spaces Team 4W/08 Civic Centre, High Street Uxbridge UB8 1UW Phone: 01895 250111 Date site acquired 1924/1926 London Parks typology designation Park and Garden PPG17 designation Park and Garden Area 23 acres 9.31 hectares Access points The Closes has 4 main entrances: Church Close, leading into the car park Church Road Laurel Lane The Green Access – Public Transport The U3 is the closest bus The 222, U5 and 350 are also close to the Site. Key features Key habitats Amenity Grassland Trees Historic features Horticultural features Sporting features Multi use ball court Outdoor gym Playgrounds/ other recreational Children's playground, Natural play. features Other designations Conservation Area YES Tree preservation orders NONE Additional features 4 The Closes Management Plan 2015 - 2020 2.1. Location The Closes is West of Station Road and East of The Green but north of Laurel Lane in West Drayton. It is surrounded by residential roads with multiple entrances onto the site. The U3 bus is the closest bus to the site but the 222, U5 and 350 also pass nearby. The closet train station is West Drayton Over ground Station. By road, The Closes is approximately: 17.3 miles from the centre of London 4.5 miles from Heathrow airport 6.6 miles from the M40 1.1 miles from M25 5 The Closes Management Plan 2015 - 2020 2.2. Aerial Photograph of Park 6 The Closes Management Plan 2015 - 2020 2.3. Access The site has four main entrances spread around the perimeter of the park, including one which leads into the car park. Street parking can also be found. 7 The Closes Management Plan 2015 - 2020 2.4. Park Features and access. 8 The Closes Management Plan 2015 - 2020 3. Present use The Closes is used for a wide number of reasons including walking around the site, enjoying the pleasant surroundings, using the playground, using the outdoor gym, using the ball court, family outings, making use to the recreational playing field or taking the dog for a walk. The site can also be used as an alternative cut through instead of using the roads. 4. Facilities This site offers a wide range of facilities and they include a children's playground, with additional play equipment and natural play, an outdoor gym and a multi use ball court. Above: The multi use ball court Left: The outdoor gym 5. Management Arrangements The Closes is managed by the London Borough of Hillingdon’s Green Spaces Team. Grounds maintenance is carried out by the borough’s horticultural maintenance team (from January 2013, this function came back “in-house” after many years of using contractors). Work is also done by the council’s team of Park Officers and occasionally with the involvement of volunteers. Typically, contractors are used for maintenance of the park’s infrastructure (although minor work may be done by local staff). Work is monitored by the council’s Green Spaces Area Officers and playground safety inspections are carried out every week by Park Officers. 9 The Closes Management Plan 2015 - 2020 6. Visions for The Closes Our vision of The Closes is to promote the park as a facility for passive and active recreation. We seek to continue to enhance the park further in ways that are appealing to the public and ensure that the site is easily accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities. 7. History The origin of Drayton or 'Drægtun' village, as a 'dragging' or portage point on the Colne. The parish once comprised of three clearly distinct zones, running from north to south. The most westerly, extending along each side of the Colne, consisted of common moorland. Next to it was a region of ancient enclosures, including within it the village, the church, all the principal manor-houses and residences, and, to the south of the village, the common meadow. East of this region, occupying about half the area of the parish, lay the open-field arable land. By 1557 the village had already taken on the approximate shape which it presented when the first detailed maps were made, at the beginning of the 19th century, with its houses and cottages grouped around Town Street, where the Green now stands, and Mill Lane (now Money Lane). Some 16thcentury building survives As late as 1826 West Drayton was still a lightly populated agricultural parish with its village grouped compactly round the Green, and with only isolated farm-houses and residences elsewhere. The transport developments of the first half of the 19th century ended the virtual isolation of the village and created the prerequisites for an industrial development West Drayton formed part of the Uxbridge rural district from 1894 until 1929, when it became part of Yiewsley and West Drayton urban district. In 1949 the civil parish was absorbed into Yiewsley and West Drayton civil parish and ceased to have any independent existence Extensive slum clearance orders in 1935 made the need for a municipal housing scheme urgent, and the urban district council acquired and began to lay out the Bell Farm estate. This was the first significant housing encroachment on the district which had formerly 10 The Closes Management Plan 2015 - 2020 been the open field. A second council estate of 82 acres in Wise Lane was acquired in 1937, although building did not begin until 1953. By 1958 the council had built about 1,800 dwellings on these two estates. Private building also continued, especially in the neighbourhood of Sipson Road, where an estate of 300 houses had been completed by 1936, so that by 1958 the entire northern half of the parish had been built over, with the exception of the Green and an island of municipal property around Drayton Hall. This included the Old Pits, the cemetery, the allotments, Drayton Hall grounds, the Avenue and The Closes recreation grounds. Originally the Closes would have been part of the Manor of West Drayton which in 925AD was granted to the Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral by King Athelstan. In the 1900’s, during both World Wars, the Closes was turned into allotments. In 1924 West Drayton Parish Council purchased the avenue part of the Closes for £500. The rest of the Closes was being used as grazing land and in 1926 the Parish Council bought the rest of the land for £3000 8. Ecology Fauna: Although no formal fauna survey has been conducted at The Closes, the following species are commonly seen in the local area: Avifauna Great Spotted Woodpecker House Sparrow Green Woodpecker Hedge Sparrow Song Thrush Black Bird Mistle Thrush Robin Starlings Blue Tit Carrion Crow Great Tit Wood Pigeon Long-tail Tit Feral Pigeon Doves Jays Magpies Wren Gold Finch Gold Crest Green Finch Pied Wagtail Siskin Mammals Fox Rats Hedgehog Mice Insects Butterflies Other insects Amphibians Frogs Tree survey to be carried out in Spring 2015. 11 The Closes Management Plan 2015 - 2020 9. Site Aims and Objectives Main Aims 1. Create and maintain a welcoming site 2. Ensure the site is healthy, safe and secure 3. Ensure the site is clean and well maintained 4. Ensure sustainable management of resources 5. Appropriate management of conservation and heritage features 6. Encourage community involvement 7. Ensure effective marketing of the facility 8. Implement effective management strategies These aims, with their associated objectives, form the basis for the main management operations on the site and will provide a foundation for all projects in the coming years. 9.1. Create a welcoming site Objectives 1. Secure and standardise all access points, where applicable. 2. Maintain all boundary walls and fences as necessary. 3. Maintain footpaths as necessary. 4. Install and maintain new interpretive signage. 5. Maintenance and Provision of site furniture where appropriate. 9.2. Ensure that the park is healthy, safe and secure The site lends itself well to promoting a healthy lifestyle in that it is scenic and relaxing as well as providing an accessible means for physical recreation.
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