Colden Common Parish Council Other Recreation

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Other Recreation Land

The Triangle, Upper Moors Lane

(opposite school entrance)

Childrens Play Area

Informal kick-about grass area.

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Allotments, Hill Lane

Derek Brunger 01962 713561

50 households benefit from the allotments which are situated in Hill Lane and for which there is often a waiting list of local residents. The allotments are protected in perpetuity as a registered charity and are managed by the Parish Council as sole charity trustees. The Parish Council receives the income from the modest rents charged which off-set the running costs of the allotments.

The Green, St Vigor Way

Situated right in the centre of the village, this large rectangular grassed area was vested in the council as a result of the considerable new housing development in the village. The area is used for informal recreation. A seating area has been built as has the very popular skateboard/kickabout area. and an enclosed toddlers' play area in the north east corner, all forming part of the Village Regeneration Project.

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Church Pond

Situated between Hawthorn Close and the north / south leg of Vears lane, this is an attractive large balancing pond with island designed to collect and release stormwater surface drainage run-off to a tributary of the River Itchen. The pond is also a superb amenity for the village and a haven for wildlife being home to moorhen, coots, mallard and a whole host of invertebrates providing food for the damselflies, dragonflies and frogs.

Since 1996 the pond has been managed mainly by the efforts of the Woodpeckers Environmental Group and through dredging in 1999 by the local office of the Environment Agency who also constructed the dipping platform.

North Pond

Situated between Whitebeam Close, Vears Lane and Piping Green, this small but attractive wooded and wetland area has a 'dry' pond or at best boggy area with footpaths centrally located in the village.

Other Parish Land

Other land within the ownership of the Parish Council includes "Bluebell Wood", land at the entrance ot Tees Farm Road from Church Lane, Valley Close, St Vigor Way / Ash Close / Lime Close / Whitebeam Close / Birch Close / Alder Close. Much of this was transferred from developers for community benefit "in perpetuity", to ensure that pockets of green open spaces were retained within their developments.

Maintenance of Parish Council Land

Landscape maintenance and grass cutting on recreation areas and other public open spaces is carried out by contractors, selected on a three-yearly basis by the submission of tenders. Other remedial and maintenance work is carried out periodically by local contractors, as well as the Parish Council's own Grounds Technical Staff. The Woodpeckers Environmental Group also carry out work at a number of sites, especially in the interests of nature conservation.

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