A park is getting new lease of life with councillors and the local community banging the drum for it. The first in a series of improvements is all but complete at Heywood Park in Great Lever, with the bandstand getting a fresh new look. More changes are on the way.
Ward councillors, Richard Silvester, Linda Thomas, and Akhtar Zaman are working to revamp the well-used area. The bandstand has been painted thanks to a community payback group, marks the start of the work , which will also include an upgraded play area, improved pathways, and grass cutting. Cllr Thomas said: “ This park has become part of our ward boundary, and we have all been going there and have seen the youth centre used by the veterans going on a Saturday morning.
“But it needs renovating and some money spent on it. “So, it will be refurbished, and new equipment and pathways will be done. “The bandstand was all very corroded, and it is quite a focal point and the community payback team offered to paint it.
"We thought it was a good idea and would be nice to play some music there and it was really the first thing to do before we improved it.” Cllr Thomas hopes the work will be looked after by the residents who frequent there and would like to see the area renovated. She said: “If it was improved then more people will use it and look after it.
“It will be nice for the people using the centre for it to look nice and it is important that you have these things for the community so they can go sit the.
