Volunteer Group Replace Kissing Gate on Marston Marshes
On Saturday 28th April a group of volunteers from the Eaton Village Residents’ Association replaced one of the kissing gates on Marston Marshes. The original gate was in a poor state of repair, was too small and always had a muddy puddle between the posts. A nice new gate with room to get through is now in place. Here are a few photos of the gate before and after our efforts and the volunteers who worked hard for over 6 hours to replace it.
Next Marston Marshes Working Party on Saturday 28th April
We are having a further working day on Marston Marshes on Saturday 28th April (subject to weather being reasonable). We will be meeting at 10:00 am at the Eaton Village end of the new access path and will be working through to around 3:00 pm. We plan to do any required path maintenance and also replace a “kissing gate” on one of the other footpaths. Other activities such as scrub clearance and lopping will also be undertaken. Please let Chris Stebbing know if you are interested in joining our group – email: evra.vc@live.co.uk. Appropriate clothing and footwear required. All tools and equipment and necessary training will be provided by the Norwich Fringe Project who will oversee our work.
Chairman presented with Norwich eco award certificate for Marston Marshes Easy Access Path
On 1st March Gerald Cooke, Chair of the Eaton Village Residents’ Association, was presented with a Norwich eco award certificate by the Sheriff of Norwich. The Awards Ceremony was held in the Council Chamber at City Hall and the Residents’ Association was commended for their work to secure funding and for driving the project forward to enable the Marston Marsh Easy Access Path to become a reality.
Chris Stebbing, Gerald Cooke and Rosemary Benton at the Norwich eco awards presentations
Norwich eco awards Certificate presented to EVRA
Marston Marshes Volunteer Group – First Working Party on Saturday 18 February
The Marston Marshes Volunteer Group has been formed and in January we had a guided tour of the marshes led by Matt Davies from the Norwich Fringe Project. Matt showed us the different areas and habitats around the marshes and talked about the work proposed to maintain the path and the environment generally. Our first working party is on Saturday 18 February when we will top up and repair the soft areas of the new Easy Access Path and do some scrub clearance. We plan to have further working days about once every three months.
There is plenty of work to do on the marshes and more volunteers would be welcomed. We will gather at the Eaton Village end of the marshes from 10:00 am and work will continue until about 3:00 pm. Volunteers can stay for as long as they wish. Matt Davies will lead the work and provide all tools and training and hot drinks. Old clothes, waterproof shoes or wellies and a packed lunch is all you need. If the weather is really bad then we will postpone the visit. If you wish to join us then please contact EVRA Vice-Chair, Chris Stebbing via email: evra.vc@live.co.uk
Details of New Houses at CSSG Wentworth Green Development
Residents may be interested to see the picures and details of the houses being built on the old Civil Service Sports Ground at Wentworth Green. Charles Church are now marketing the homes via the Rightmove Website. To see the details find the Rightmove Website and enter the Postcode NR4 6AE to search for properties.
Norwich City Council thanks EVRA for all its hard work to get the Easy Access Path funded and completed
Please see below the letter of thanks from Cllr Deborah Gihawi to Gerald Cooke, EVRA Chairman. The letter recognises all the hard work that the EVRA Committee, and in particular Gerald Cooke, put in to securing approval and funding for the Project. The Path seems to have attracted a growing number of users from both Eaton Village and Eaton Rise and we have received many comments about how it has improved the area.
As part of our approval we have to maintain the path and we are putting in place a team of people to work with the Norwich Fringe Project on this. We have a small band of volunteers who have offered their time but more assistance is welcomed. If you are interested in helping with shrub clearance and general maintenance work then please get in touch with Chris Stebbing, EVRA Vice Chairman, at email: evra.vc@live.co.uk or send a message through the EVRA Website.
Letter of thanks from Norwich City Council
Marston Marshes Easy Access Path Opening Celebrations
A large crowd of more than 200 came to Marston Marshes to see the formal opening of the Easy Access Path. The official opening was performed by Stewart White from BBC Look East and Sarah Fincham, a wheelchair user who exercises her dogs on the marshes most days. The celebrations included music from the “Duvets”, Face Painting and a barbecue run by the 34th Norwich Scout Group. Waitrose Eaton provided the food and Anglian buses reversed the route of the 12:00pm 121 service to enable residents from the far side of the Village to get to the venue. Speeches were also made by the Sheriff of Norwich, Chris Higgins, and Marya Parker from BTCV who supported the EVRA bid for funding from the Big Lottery Community Spaces Fund. The Eaton Village Residents’ Association would like to thank these people and organisations for their support for the project. Our thanks also go to Matt Davies, from the Norwich Fringe Project, and Norwich City Council for their help and support to get the contracts in place and ensure that the work was completed to standard.
The Norwich Evening News for Monday 26 September includes and article and photos of the event at the attached link:
Norwich Evening News – Opening of Marston Marshes Path
A Video of the opening celebrations can be found on You Tube – our thanks to Sarah Cross for making this available.
Marston Marshes Easy Access Path Grand Opening
Here is a link to photos from the day taken by Jon Cooke
https://picasaweb.google.com/106417549896961173276/MarstonMarshes24thSeptember2011
Simon Wright, MP, visits Marston Marshes to see progress on the Easy Access Path
On Wednesday 20th July, at the request of Simon Wright, the MP for Norwich South, we gave him a tour of Marston Marshes so he could see for himself how the work on the easy access path is progressing and learn more about the benefits this will deliver to the community. He was very pleased with the work completed to date and heard how this section of the easy access path has already improved access for wheelchair and other users. He also saw work being done on the two fry pond areas and scrapes which will create new habitats to enhance the ecology of the marshes and increase the number and diversity of visiting wildlife.
The group touring the marshes comprised of Simon Wright, MP; Simon Drage and Millie Tyler from the Lib. Dem. Norwich office; Gerald Cooke and Chris Stebbing from the Residents’ Association; Sarah Finchan with dogs who originally suggested a better footpath; Matthew Davies the Norwich Fringe Project Officer; Paul Holley Norwich Natural Areas Officer and Robin Cole the lead professional for the project.
The first photo shows the section of path which has been laid so far and the second photo is of the visiting group standing in front of one of the pond areas.
Marston Marshes Easy Access Path July 2011
Simon Wright MP, on a Tour of Marston Marshes
Development of the Civil Service Sports Ground
Following the public meeting at Waitrose on 26 July 2011 a new page has been created to provide in a single place all of the information on the development of the Civil Service Sports Ground . This new page includes a plan of the site and a set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) based on the questions raised and answers given to the issues discussed at the meeting with Persimmon on 26 July.
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