The Friends of Stratton Park group was created at the end of 2010 by local residents who live around the park.
Stratton Park is a hugely popular park with dog walkers, and all those looking for fresh air and a little light exercise. All the facilities within the park are well used. The renovated toddlers play area is very popular, the tennis courts are always in use and the football pitches and cricket ground are used every weekend.
The park ,which was created in the second half of the 20th century as Basingstoke expanded westwards, was previously farmland – most of it was arable land as part of Buckskin farm.
Within the park are two old boundary hedgerows, one running parallel to the Dellwood pathway which runs east-west from Pack Lane and one which runs south-west to north-east beside the tennis courts. This latter hedgerow retains the magnificent beech, oak and ash trees planted in the 19th century at intervals along the hawthorn hedgerow.
Our objective is to enrich the park’s green credentials, and there is plenty of scope for that.
We will be working on:
- enriching the hedgerows with a wider range of hedgerow shrubs and flowers,
- increasing the range of shrubs and trees in the park
- increasing the extent of spring flowering bulbs under the mature trees,
- and ultimately to change some of the grassed areas into wild flower areas.
None of these projects will transform the park overnight, but we hope to convince many more local residents and users of the park to join the 40 household (as at May 2011) who are supporting this objective.
For more information, or to support the group by becoming a Friend please contact us via any of the following routes;
Email: friendsofstrattonpark@sky.com
Tel: 01256 470171
Post: 14 Ennerdale Close
Kempshott,
Basingstoke
RG22 5HJ
