Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration

The report sets out a set of proposals, principally the provision of directional road signage, aimed at publicising Abney Hall Park as a venue of recreational and historical value and increasing awareness and visitor numbers to the park.

The Area Committee is requested to approve the proposals in the report, subject to funding being secured.

Officer Contact: Iain Bate on 0161 474 4421 or email: iain.bate@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) setting out a set of proposals, principally the provision of directional road signage, aimed at publicising Abney Hall Park as a venue of recreational and historical value and increasing awareness and visitor numbers to the park.

Members welcomed the report, but felt that with a limited budget and the fact that Gatley Carrs Conservation Group had paid for their own directional signs to Gatley Carrs, monies should be spent on marketing the park and themed ideas to attract people, such as a heritage trail and the links of the hall to notable figures such as Agatha Christie. It was suggested that a meeting be held to which representatives the Cheadle Civic Society, Friends of Abney Hall Park and the Abney Centre would be invited to consider ideas for the marketing of Abney Hall Park.

RESOLVED - That a meeting be held to which representatives of the Cheadle Civic Society, Friends of Abney Hall Park and the Abney Centre would be invited to consider ideas for the marketing of Abney Hall Park.