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• Managing Organisation:

  Rushcliffe Borough Council

• Contact:

  Keith Laing

• Telephone:

  01159215865 
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Information about this open space

“Built on the site of a former Ministry of Defence bomb-filling factory, the site was reclaimed, redesigned, and opened as Rushcliffe Country Park in 1993. The park is now managed by Rushcliffe Borough Council and has a full-time ranger service. The Park is set in beautiful south Nottinghamshire countryside, with a network of over 8 kilometres of footpaths. Conservation woodlands, grasslands, a 2-hectare lake with reed bed and wildflower meadows, a children’s play area, community garden and community woodland, all make this an excellent venue for a wide variety of activities. The Friends Group is an enthusiastic, skilled group of local people, who have made a huge contribution to the park as it is today. As well as conservation work such as hedge laying and tree planting, they have recently completed the National Heritage Project, to restore an area of the park to how it was believed to be pre-war and has included the design and installation of new interpretation boards and trail leaflets. The Environmental Education Centre, officially opened in 2005, is available to schools and other parties. The centre is designed to be ‘Energy Neutral’, using Wind and Solar Power and a Biomass boiler. Schools and other groups are able to take advantage of Environmental Education lessons, which may be ranger led, or self-led using the Teachers’ Site Specific Resource book. The Park is home to several annual events, attracts over 250,000 visitors a year, and encourages as large and diverse a mix of the community as possible.”