Verulamium Park Management Plan 2012-2017 v2.1

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Orienteering Course: Working in conjunction with the Hertfordshire Orienteering Club, an orienteering course has been laid out across the Park, and a leaflet produced to assist users of the course. The leaflet can be downloaded from the Council's web site, or purchased for a small fee from Westminster Lodge Leisure Centre. Park Furniture: The Park has a good supply and wide range of litter bins, dog waste bins and benches. The features are generally located at key circulation areas and comprise of one type of dog bin and various styles of both litter bins and benches. Signage and Interpretation: Currently there are welcome notice boards located at the 5 main entrances, with various different types and standard of signage located within the Park. Interpretation of the important features is currently very limited and under development. A design brief has been produced and new signage will be procured and installed during 2013. Public toilets: There are three public toilets at: • St Michael’s at the museum entrance • The Causeway • Running Track These toilets are open daily from dawn to dusk throughout the year and are cleaned by the grounds maintenance contractor. 1.2.4 Access and Circulation The Park can be accessed by road, foot and by public transport. It is well connected to a network of roads and footpaths that pass around the Park, they include Bluehouse Hill, Fishpool Street, King Harry Lane, Holywell Hill, St Michael’s Street. In addition it has good links to both the M1 and M25. There are two railway stations in St Albans, St Albans City Station in the City Centre is on the mainline in to London St Pancras International, and the Abbey Station is just outside the Park entrance on Hollywell Hill and links to Watfford Juction Railway Station and then on London Euston The Alban Way Cycle Path which links St Albans and Hatfield begins not far from the Park, on Cottonmill Lane, and the Ver Valley Walk follows the River Ver which runs through the Park. 1.2.5 Car Parks There are two car parks located within the Park boundaries sited next to Westminster Lodge Leisure Centre at Holywell Hill and at Verulamium Museum off St Michael’s Street. In addition, there are also a number of other car parks located within walking distance in the City Centre. Car parking facilities around Westminster Lodge have been reduced as a result of the construction work at the site of the new leisure centre. The new car park will open in March 2013. 16
www.stalbans.gov.uk/parking Appendix 5 – Location of Car Parks 1.2.6 Ecology The Park has significant ecological value, containing a variety of habitats that support a wide diversity of species, some protected by legislation. It has value through being a large green space on the edge of an dense urban area and adjacent to the wider countryside, with key ecological links such as the River Ver. The Park’s habitats are described in the following paragraphs Grassland A significant proportion of the Park is given to amenity grassland, which developed from former arable land in the latter half of the 20 th century. The closely-mown sward is generally species poor and of little wildlife value, but provides a valuable resource for formal and informal recreation. Some areas, such as the west side of the site along Blue House Hill known as Seabrook Field are managed specifically as wild flower meadow, and has a more relaxed mowing regime, resulting in swathes of Lowland Meadow. These grassland areas are of greater ecological value, with a wider diversity of plant species, providing suitable habitat for reptiles, invertebrates and foraging birds. Trees and Woodland For such a large site, the Park has fairly limited woodland and tree cover, which makes existing woodland highly important to the park as a whole. The site does not have an historic legacy of woodland. The existing woodlands and trees are either remnant field boundary tree lines or areas of the Park that have not been intensively used or managed allowing for succession. Tree stock across the Park comprises hornbeam, oak, lime, horse chestnut, willow, field maple and sycamore. In the parkland areas of the site, the mature and semi-mature trees are particularly significant to the character and appearance of the landscape, while providing suitable bat roosting and bird nesting habitat. The main areas of woodland and scrub are located around the Roman Wall and along the boundary with King Harry Lane, and parts of the River Ver. In addition to the canopy species, the shrub understory consists predominantly of hawthorn, elder, and hazel. Ground flora is limited in places, such as the Verulamium Hills area of the site, where the canopy cover is quite dense. Scrub and Ruderal Vegetation The Park contains some areas of scrub and tall ruderal (i.e. plants growing in wasteland or disturbed land) vegetation along the River Ver and Seabrook 17
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Page 3 and 4: CONTENTS Vision Statement .........
Page 5 and 6: Vision Statement VERULAMIUM PARK MA
Page 7 and 8: Chapter 1 Historical and Geographic
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Page 21 and 22: 1.2.7 Landscape Description The Par
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Regime Pavilions Standard required
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Park Buildings Maintenance Programm
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2 DESIGN GUIDELINES The following s
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4 CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES PRELIMI
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5 BILL OF QUANTITIES 1a Description
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ST ALBANS CITY AND DISTRICT COUNCIL
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Document 5 Visual Aids 17. Entrance
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YEAR 1 Action Plan 2012 ‐ 2013 Ob
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