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Aldercar and Langley Mill Parish Council has recently received news of
an award totalling £7,800 (£9,150 gross to include mentor from BTCV).
This award from BTCV Conservation Group will allow an environmental project to
go ahead on the former opencast Godkin site. The site, donated to the Parish
Council by British Coal in 1995, will benefit from 300 new native trees being
introduced, with shrubs and wild flower seeds. Picnic benches, seating and bird
boxes will further enhance the site.
Pupils from Langley Mill Junior School helped out on 10th and 15th March, when
each pupil planted a tree on the site (282 pupils in total). BTCV leaders with
volunteers, School staff, Parish Council Members and Staff and P. C. Clive Booth
from Derbyshire Constabulary all assisted in the project.
When completed, the project will improve the landscape of the surrounding area,
which is recovering from coal extraction operations. Green Woodpecker, Goldcrest,
Wren and Herons are regular visitors to the site. Footpaths and bridleways are
well maintained and used by many local people and visitors to the area. As with
many open areas, residents have suffered from off-road motorbikers unlawfully
using the fields and paths, but Derbyshire Constabulary is making good progress
in identifying the culprits.
A sum of funding will be earmarked by the Parish Council for maintenance of the
site over the next few years.
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