Plans for the vacant grassy area include benches, pergolas and sculptures of a pit pony and a miner
A miner's memorial park, featuring an oak pit pony sculpture, is set to be created in a Derbyshire town centre.
South Derbyshire District Council's proposals for a vacant grassy area on Midland Road, Swadlincote, also include seats, pergolas, sculptures, trees and wildflowers.If approved the memorial park would be created to the left of the Eureka Park entrance.Council documents state that the benches and pergolas are from former local mines and the aim of the park is to promote local history and remember local people in an under-utilised area.
Arches would be installed, crossing over the footpath, in homage to mining tunnels and a gravel path would run the length of the patch of land.Wildflowers would be planted between the new park and the main Eureka pathway.Council officers have recommended the authority's plans are approved. They said the scheme would increase woodland cover, enhance the district's landscape and encourage healthy lifestyles through greater accessibility to open space.
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