Listen to the Zone

 The Mersey Forest worked with FACT &       Close and Remote to bring people to and  discover Bidston Moss - The Zone

 See how people interacted !

   Look Listen Learn -how has this space            affected you?  

The Zone

In this space near you!

  Listen to The Zone

The Mersey Forest would like to thank Simon Poulter and Sophie Mellor of  Close and Remote and Edwin Pink of FACT in bringing this production to Bidston Moss and the people of the Wirral and Merseyside! 

               

                   More info on The Zone

       Take a visit download The Zone Map 

“I’d never even heard of it (Bidston Moss) but my friend says we should come back and explore it 'cos it just seems so vast.”

“The Zone Project was really good, it looked at Bidston Moss in a slightly different way, not just as your bog standard nature reserve. It was about exploring what this site had been used for previously and odd artifact that had been left behind that were just a bit interesting.”

See how people feel about Bidston Moss in the context of the intervention

Find out about the Green Streets Programme

Watch the short version of our film about the programme

  

                                            click box in right hand bottom corner to go full screen!!


                                 Longer version here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYF9SnSB50o

The Mersey Forest to deliver 12km of greened streets in Wirral by 2015

Read all about the tree planting in the Wirral as part of the Local Sustainable Transport Fund.Part funded by the Department of Tranport. Read about the aspirations for an improved Wirral Waters and the green infrastructure around it in our Wirral case study and find out where else The Mersey Forest is planning on planting trees across Merseyside as part of the programme. http://www.merseyforest.org.uk/green_streets_case_study.pdf

The juction of Brassey Street and Laird Street

before planting

The same location after planting making the area more attractive for walking and cycling

Ilchester Park to get Investment in Access, Play and Green Infrastructure

A project to transform Illchester Park in the Wirral into a vibrant and attractive greenspace has been given a funding boost from The Veolia Environmental Trust. Ilchester Park in Birkenhead has been awarded the Community Forest Trust a grant of £67,055 through the Landfill Communities Fund towards developing the park. It is anticipated that the project, which will be delivered by 

The Mersey Forest Team, will lay new paths, plant trees and wildflowers to enhance the park's biodiversity, and install an exciting new play area. Access has been a key issue for the park with limited paths connecting from the main roads and railway station nearby.

New trees will give a greater sense of enclosure to the park whilst maintaining the open aspect that members of the community said they liked about the park. This grant will see more than £100,000 being invested in the park through The Mersey Forest since 2012. 

Speaking about the awarding of the funding, The Mersey Forest Team’s Green Streets
Co-ordinator, Ben Greenaway, said: "This is great news for our project. "The grant is very welcome and we look forward to working with the Trust team to ensure our plans become real and benefit both the community of Birkenhead and its wildlife."

Paul Taylor, executive director of The Veolia Environmental Trust, added: "This grant is a great example of how the Trust and the Landfill Communities Fund makes a real difference to all types of communities across the UK.

Further investment is being made throught the Forestry Commission's Setting The Scene For Growth Programme that The Mersey Forest are utlilising which comes from the Department of Business Innvovation and skills.This will see more than 1200 street and green space trees planted across Bidston and Birkenhead by 2015.

Looking across Illchester Park towards Birkenhead North Railway Station from Stanley Rd

As it appears now               

                                   & visualised with landscaping and trees

Tender for phase two of the programme is let for Wirral Green Streets

Further to extensive work with residents and partners the second phase of street tree planting has been tendered to companies through Cheshire West and Chester Council's CHEST, an on line procurement initiative that allows registered landscape companies to tender for this type of work.The tender will ensure that the programme realises best value for the investment in this part of Wirral and will ensure that the contract is delivered to a high specification.

Work on the tree planting is set to start in January 2014 with over 200 trees planted on Cleveland St, price St, Beaufort Rd,Shore Rd, Tower Rd and parts of Argyll and Hamilton Streets. 

 Some trees like those pictured will be removed and replaced with larger trees with a greater volume of soil in their tree pit which will help the tree realise its potential and be more sustainable in terms of helping Wirral adapt to climate change.Tree typically are 7 degrees celcius cooler under the canopy and filter pollutants out of the air on busy transport routes.

 Trees around Price St and Cleveland St will make by the approaches to and through the area more presentable and more attractive to inward investment. Business areas have increased value where green infrastructure is part of the immediate landscape.

Travel along greened sustainable transport route on you security marked bike

Travel along greened sustainable transport route on you security marked bike.

Come along to your local station to get your bike security marked for free!!

Bike Security Marking Tuesday 10th September 2013 with The British Transport Police will be at the following Liverpool rail stations to mark your bike

In Liverpool

 • Liverpool Lime Street 15:30 - 17:00

 • St Michaels Aigburth 18:00 - 20:00

 In Wirral:

 • Hamilton Square 0800 - 1030

 • Conway Park 1530 - 1800

New footbridge for Birkenhead North Station

SECOND PHASE OF IMPROVEMENT WORK TO BEGIN AT BIRKENHEAD NORTH STATION 'Work on the second phase of improvements at Birkenhead North Station is set to begin this month. Phase one saw the creation of a new 274 space car park with Blue Badge parking, lighting, CCTV coverage, secure fencing and provision of adequate drainage. Phase 2, which is due to be completed by March 2014, will see the installation of a fully accessible pedestrian bridge, equipped with passenger lifts, linking the car park to both platforms. Phase 1 was financed through the European Union’s European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) but the grant funding did not cover the cost of phase 2, which has been funded from a number of sources including rail industry finance, money from the Department for Transport and Merseytravel'. Hopefully the Green Streets project can get some trees along the front of Beaufort Rd to complement these works soon.