Brickfields Country Park, possibly the smallest Country Park in the UK

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Web Name: Brickfields Country Park, possibly the smallest Country Park in the UK

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Brickfields Country Park Situated off Boxalls Lane, in Aldershot, Hampshire, is probably one of the British Isles smallest and least known country parks. (Unless you know of one under 8 acres!) Reclaimed from the remains of a Victorian brickworks and clay diggings, Brickfields Country Park is a peaceful, natural park, known only by local residents and a few in the know - and now you! . . . . Brickfields Country Park is maintained by The Friends of Brickfields Country Park in conjunction with Rushmoor Borough Council, The Friends group were formed in 1992 by several local residents wanting to become involved in the upkeep and protection of their local wildlife amenity. The group operates under license from Rushmoor Borough Council as part of the Parks Department, performing varied conservation tasks from rubbish clearing, path building, maintenance and publicity. We are associated to Blackwater Valley Countryside Partnership which links us to other conservation groups nation-wide for training, help and advice. We welcome involvement from anyone, as members of the group or occasional volunteers. Work parties are held in the park on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month from 1:30pm onwards (12:30 in the winter) unless it is bucketing down! see the Dates page for the latest work schedules and list of events. No special skills are needed, just some strong footwear and a bit of enthusiasm! we provide the tasks, tools, tea and biscuits. Corona virus - (Covid 19)During this difficult time and until Government advice changes with regard to open spaces, Brickfields Country Park remains open for our community to get some exercise and walk your dogs. Exercise care everyone, observe all current guidance about social distancing, hand washing, general health awareness and look out for others in our community. For further information on Covid 19 see the NHS and Government websites. Latest news - July 2020 We have now recorded 617 species in Brickfields Park!Many years ago we were told that we - might - find 300 species in the park, but we really thought we had so much more than that, and so with many long hours of research, crawling around in the grass taking photos, identifying finds and pouring over lists compiled by researchers and our volunteers, we have so far identified 617 species of flora and fauna, with another 37 to research and confirm. See the Plantlife, Wildlife and Sitemap pages for the current species lists. June 2020 Funday cancelledDue to continuing restrictions on public events with the Covid 19 pandemic we have regretfully had to take the decision to CANCEL this years Funday that had been scheduled for the 5th July. Whilst the Government are starting to ease restrictions, it's very unlikely that they will ease them enough for us to hold the event, however should they do so in the next few days, there is now unfortunately not enough time to make the necessary arrangements to hold the event in a safe socially distanced manner. We are sorry to have to do this but the public's safety is our paramount concern. We thank you all for your continuing support for this local community event over previous years, stay well and keep safe. April 2020 Brickfields country Park joins the Rushmoor Community Lottery.Support us and you could WIN 1 of 3 tasty national prizes and in addition to the £25k jackpot, you could win 12 monthly fruit veg boxes delivered to your door. With every ticket your purchase makes a real difference to our local community and when you choose BrickfieldsCountryPark as the beneficiary, we will receive a portion that will directly help the volunteers and our work in the park. The Brickfields Park Community lottery page is - here. Please support us. If you would like further details please email . Jan 2020 Our new 2020 calendar has been uploaded with all of the current work dates in the park and further events for 2020. Our Search page with its new core has made it easier to find that odd bit of information you are looking for in the 1500+ pages we currently have. Information on - our history - related links - future dates - photos and descriptions of the 617 species of fauna and flora that have been found in the park, including a gallery of over 3000 photos and videos of plants - flowers - animals - trees - views - park events and more from Brickfields Country Park. Contact Mike, if you find a any problems. The Plantlife and Wildlife pages are continually expanding, with each species found in the park having a picture and short description, (the bird entries also have sounds). Meanwhile the Species photos continues its growth, and with more new photos being added all the time, and a small backlog to process, we ask you please bear with us. (All are copyrighted so contact us if you would like to use them.) Please roam around our website, you will find links to similar organisations as ourselves, along with their E-mail addresses, contact names and some handy phone numbers and web urls. There is a description of the park, its long and involved history, how to find it and forthcoming dates for volunteer group The Friends of Brickfields Park. Please feel free to e-mail any comments and suggestions for our site. Rushmoor Borough Council have published several walks around the Borough, three of which include Brickfields Country Park. We have saved them on our website and they can be downloaded from the following links, we hope you enjoy them - especially Brickfields Park of course! #1 - Brickfields Country Park and Badshot Lea Lake #2 - Brickfields Country Park #5 - Brickfields Country Park and Manor Park The three walks documents above are 2004 Rushmoor Borough Council. They are Adobe pdf documents, to get a free pdf reader download Adobe reader here.

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Brickfields Country Park, at 7.5 acres it is possibly the UK's smallest Country Park, unless you know differently. Situated off Boxalls Lane, in Aldershot, Hampshire, is one of the British Isles smallest and least known country parks - Brickfields Country Park. Reclaimed from the remains of a Victorian brickworks and clay diggings, Brickfields Country Park is a peaceful, natural park, known only by local residents and a few in the know.

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