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Library gets green light to develop 'pocket of peace'
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land at the rear of Birkenhead Library will be transformed into an
idyllic reading, health and wellbeing park with the aid of a government grant.
The Birkenhead Constituency Committee, in partnership with the Friends of
Birkenhead Park and Involve North West, applied for a share of the 'Pocket Park'
fund and was successful in securing a £15,000 grant.
The Constituency Committee will match that amount meaning that £30,000 will be
spent on developing the thin, crescent shaped garden at the back of the library
on Borough Road into an attractive, useable space for the benefit of local
people.
The Birkenhead project was one of 80 around the country to be awarded funding to
build a 'Pocket Park' giving residents, who might not have a garden of their
own, more space to relax, get together with their neighbours, grow food and
provide a safe space for their children to play.
At the heart of the plans for the Birkenhead 'Pocket Park' is a plan to build an
Informal seated amphitheatre for children's small group shared reading and
dramatic interpretation/play. The amphitheatre space will be characterised by
bespoke sail cloth 'roofing' to enable it to be used even in wet weather.
Cllr Chris Meaden, Wirral Council cabinet member for Leisure and Culture, said:-
"It is really exciting to be able to start proper planning for the pocket park
now we have the funding in place. This will be somewhere where people can enjoy
relief from the hustle and bustle of daily life; it'll be a green and natural
oasis close to the Town Centre. I think it will prove very popular with a range
of local people and groups."
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