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Stafford Orchard Redevelopment

The Heritage Lottery Fund awarded Quorn Parish Council £645,500 in 2009 to redevelop the village park, the Stafford Orchard.


Park Closure Imminent
The redevelopment programme will commence in May and last through to the Autumn. During much of this period the park will be fenced off and closed, although the public footpath from School Lane to the Station Road car park will remain open.

Alternative Play Equipment
There is some play equipment for younger children on Caves Field, which is off Spinney Drive / Cradock Drive. This area can also be accessed via the footpath across Tom Long's Meadow off Sanders Road.


 Heritage Lottery Funded Background
A team of Councillors and community volunteers sponsored by the Parish Council have succeeded in securing a National Lottery’s ‘Parks for People’ scheme grant to refurbish Stafford Orchard Park in the centre of Quorn Village.

The project will:

  • revitalise the somewhat faded and underused public park in the heart of the village
  • increase and broaden use of the park; make it more welcoming by improving the entrances, access and boundaries; provide better public amenities
  • make people feel safe there
  • achieve Green Flag status; employ a groundsman to look after the park
  • involve volunteers in all aspects of the park’s management, maintenance, use and development
  • enhance biodiversity and natural habitat (particularly in the brook area); provide a sensory garden and peaceful area; plant new trees and shrubs; adopt organic horticulture and sustainable practices and policies
  • Unite the brook area (the old Swyne Green) and Stafford lands
  • provide information and interpretation of the history, heritage and archaeology of the park and surrounding area
  • provide new infrastructure: soft and hard recreational areas; children’s playground; youth facilities; a level grassed space for games; a performance space; seating; waterside play, picnic and family areas by the brook
  • Organise and promote events in the park including brass bands, outdoor theatre, concerts, fetes and carnivals; involve local clubs, societies and businesses in planning/organising events

This is a community project, developed by the village team in consultation with local people, and it has the full support of Charnwood Borough Council and Leicestershire County Council.

Background Information

View maps, visual graphics and further project information about the Stafford Orchard.

Stafford Orchard Newsletters

We will be publishing newsletters through the park's development period to keep people in touch with what's happening. These will appear in the quarterly Quorndon Magazine and they are also included here:

Stafford Orchard Newsletter
Issue 4 - May 2010

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Stafford Orchard Newsletter
Issue 3 - March 2010

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Stafford Orchard Newsletter
Issue 2 - November 2009
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Stafford Orchard Newsletter
Issue 1 - June 2009
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Timetable - Key Dates

  January 2006  Initial approach by Parish Council to the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF)
    May 2006   Pre-application documentation submitted to HLF
    November 2006   Pre-application process completed
    March 2007   Stage one application submitted to HLF
    September 2007   Stage one pass and project development grant awarded by HLF
    June 2008   Planning Application submitted to Charnwood Borough Council (CBC)
    September 2008   Stage two application submitted to HLF
    April 2009   Final decision from HLF - Award of grant of £645,500
    August 2009   Purchase of Swyne Green land
Acquisition of lease on Station Road entrance area
    January 2010   Tree work in Stafford Orchard and Swyne Green
    March 2010   Appointment of contractor for landscape and building works
    May Day 2010   Tree carving (Sunday 2nd May)
    May 2010   Work Starts:
- site clearance and fencing off
- leveling and landscaping
- installation of new play equipment
- improvement of entrances, boundaries and paths
- refurbishment of Station Road entrance area and Park Services Building (inc toilets)
- refurbishment of the old listed Lock-up
- park furniture (seats, benches, tables, bins, information boards, artwork)
    October 2010   Construction works complete
    October 2010   Volunteer planting of shrubs, willows, reeds and bulbs
    November 2010   New tree and shrub planting
    December 2010   All works complete
    May 2011   Official opening
    Summer 2011   Rededication of 82nd Airborne Memorial

Quorn Contacts

For more information about the Stafford Orchard project, contact:Quorn Parish Council.

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