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Beaulieu

The year has seen us add to our residential service charge portfolio with the management Andrew Carrington, Managing
of the open spaces around Countryside and L&Q’s prestigious development at Director of Strategic Land at
Beaulieu, Chelmsford. Located within the picturesque parkland of King Henry VIII’s Countryside, commented:
former Tudor palace, the development, which currently consists of around 130
homes, will expand to more than 3,000 over the coming years with 72 hectares of “ The green space
parks and open space. In July 2017, Beaulieu Estate Management Limited, a wholly-
owned subsidiary of the Land Trust, was appointed to manage the service charge around Beaulieu
arrangements and maintain the impressive parks and open spaces being created. has been designed,

planned and built
around the site’s natural
landscape. We know
that our new residents

have been particularly
attracted to this aspect
of Beaulieu, and by
partnering with the

Land Trust, we are
delighted to safeguard
these premium green
assets, and secure the

long-term value of the
development for the
benefit of all residents.”

Celebrating ten years of creating places and communities

In 2006 the Land Trust took on the management of Ten years on, this free-to-visit country park provides an important
Weetslade Country Park near Newcastle, a former habitat for birds, such as Skylark, Grey partridge, Reed bunting,
colliery and washery site which has been transformed Bullfinch and Lapwing as well as the Small skipper butterfly,
into a popular, wildlife-rich green space. badgers and deer. The park has been embraced by the community
and dedicated volunteer wardens have delivered more than 800
After it closed in the1980s, the site was extensively landscaped, hours of work on the site this year. In the last few years, the park
creating a hill, grassland, scrub, reedbed and woodland has developed into a popular venue for local school’s visits and
areas. At the summit, 95 metres above sea level, an eye- student trips to study its incredible transformation from an industrial
catching drill head sculpture was installed acknowledging its heartland to hotbed of biodiversity. Connected to the wider area
proud mining history. The Land Trust acquired the site along
with an endowment to secure its long term management and by the Old Wagon Way cycle route, nearby homes proudly claim
the proximity to the Country Park in their sales particulars.
the ambition of creating a valuable community resource.

VOLUNTEER

WARDENS SPENT

OVER 800 HOURS

THIS YEAR WORKING

AT WEETSLADE

COUNTRY PARK.

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