Gill Nethercott Centre Management Plan

The Gill Nethercott Centre is situated over a millstream on the River Test.  This is an important site for wildlife, supporting an active population of water voles as well as other species.  The centre features an innovative design using modern 'straddle stones' to raise the building off the ground, allowing the stream to flow interrupted below the centre and cause minimal disturbance to the banks.

Initial landscaping for the centre has not worked as intended and the borough council has therefore had additional wildlife surveys carried out and, on the basis of these surveys, a new management has been prepared, which can be downloaded from the link below.

Planting plans are currently in preparation as part of the implementation of this management plan and will include a naturalistic, but more formal area of planting around the memorial tree and an osier thicket is being established behind the centre which, once established, will suppress the 'weeds' in this area and provide a more attractive backdrop to the centre as well as providing a valuable habitat for wildlife.