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Flooding in Barclay Park
Image: © Stuart Shepherd
Taken: 1 Jan 2018
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Hoddesdon Ford
Ford on the Spital Brook at Hoddesdon.
Image: © John Walton
Taken: 12 May 2013
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Bend on Cock Lane, Hoddesdon
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 15 Oct 2015
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Cock Lane, Hoddesdon
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 15 Oct 2015
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The Restoration of Barclay Park Information Board
This photo shows the information board at the south end of the lake in Barclay Park. It has the following wording:
THE RESTORATION OF BARCLAY PARK
Left column
Photos of
i) Volunteers clearing lake
ii) Illustration of coir roll
Middle column
In April 2011 the Friends of Barclay Park was formed and through its
endeavours received a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. This enabled much
needed restoration work to be carried out on the lake and surrounding areas
such as:
New banks created from pre-planted coir rolls and hazel faggots
New reed beds
Lake de-silting and cleansing
Planting of water lilies
Installation of drainage under paths
Signage and interpretation panels
Creation of wet meadow
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The wet meadow was created to turn an unusable area in the park into a new
wildlife habitat. The area contains four natural springs which historically
caused persistent ground water problems. This natural ecology has now been
utilised and the area has been slightly excavated. Drainage has been installed
at either end to collect and direct the excess water into the meadow, which
has been sown with a grass, herb and marsh flower seed mix and will be further
enhanced by the addition of donated swamp cypress and river birch trees.
Since September 2011 the Barclay Park Volunteers have met monthly to carry out
practical tasks in the park. They have taken on a number of projects which
include pruning, planting, painting park furniture, litter picking and path
cleansing.
Photos of i) Purple loosestrife
ii) Ragged robin
Image: © David Hillas
Taken: 28 Sep 2019
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Park View at the junction of Cock Lane
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 2 Dec 2017
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The Wildlife of Barclay Park Information Board
This photo shows the information board which is at the southern end of the lake in Barclay Park. It has the following wording:
THE WILDLIFE OF BARCLAY PARK
Robert Barclay had the lake constructed in 1894-5, using local labour to provide much needed work for the man of Hoddesdon. The lake is fed from Spital Brook which runs through the park. The brook's name comes from the medieval hospital which stood close to where the brook crosses the A1170. Spital Brook contains environmentally important and protected species, including stone loach and freshwater mussel.
DID YOU KNOW?
Feeding bread can cause:
Poor Nutrition
Spread of disease
Pollution
Overcrowding
Delayed migration
Unnatural behaviour
Problems with pests and vermin.
Many people enjoy feeding waterfowl but the effects of this seemingly generous
act can be harmful so please use one of these healthier alternatives:
Grapes cut in half
Corn, barley, oats, grain
Birdseed
Fresh or defrosted peas
Duck feed pellets
This will encourage wildfowl to forage naturally and breed successfully.
KEEP WILDLIFE WILD
The photos on the right of the information board are:
(Top left) Grey heron
(Top right) Mute swan
(Bottom left) Grey wagtail
(Bottom right) Reed beetle
Image: © David Hillas
Taken: 28 Sep 2019
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The Jubilee Walk Information Board in Barclay Park (2)
This photo shows the information board at the west end of Barclay Park and has the following wording:
THE JUBILEE WALK
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This walkway was created by the Friends of Barclay Park to celebrate and
commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of HM Queen Elizabeth II in 2012.
Funding was received from Barclays Bank who donated £1,700 towards this project
in honour of the historical link to the park. County Councillor Alan Searing
donated £1,000 from the locality budget and Merck, Sharpe and Dohme donated
£600, enabling final planting to be purchased.
The beds were split into 10 sections.
Each section contains:
1 Betula utilis Jaquemontii
3 Cornus alba Siberica
7 Potentilla Red Ace
8 Potentilla Rupestris
30 Geranium Johnson Blue
Each section also contains the following spring flowering bulbs:
1000 Anemone St Brigid
1000 Galanthus Nivalis
1000 Anemone Mount Everest
1000 Anemone Ice Maiden
1000 Muscari Armeniacum
1000 Anemone Mr Fokker
1000 Anemone Lord Lieutenant
Middle Column
Photos are of
i) Volunteers planting flowerbeds
ii) Trees donated to the park
Right Column
345 hours of volunteer labour was provided to create the walkway. 23 Barclays
Bank branch managers volunteered a whole day's labour to plant this walkway
working alongside Barclay Park volunteer group, the Mayor and consort and the
Friends of Barclay Park committee on 19 September 2012, preparing the
flowerbeds. On 21 October 2012, members of the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 6th Hoddesdon
Brownies and 1st Hoddesdon Guides planted 7,000 snowdrop, anemone and grape
hyacinth bulbs. On 5 November 2012, 10 trees were planted by the individual
donors listed below. On 30 April 2013, this walkway was completed by seven
volunteers from Merck, Sharpe and Dohme.
With thanks to individual tree donors:
Councillor E.Rowland and Mrs J.Rowland, U3A, Glenys Brown in loving memory of
husband David, Mr and Mrs Garside who wanted to donate a tree to Barclay Park,
Mark and Mary Wipperman in loving memory of Terry C.Archard, Mark and Mary
Wipperman in loving memory of Lois E.Vernon, Mark and Mary Wipperman in loving
memory of Margaret C.Hadley Smith (née Wipperman), Mr Tigwell who wanted to
donate a tree to Barclay Park, Carol Collett in loving memory of Paul Collett,
Ian Collett in loving memory of Paul Collett.
"The Barclay Park Jubilee Walk was created for the enjoyment of the local
community by staff from Barclays PLC". (Barclays PLC, January 2013)
Image: © David Hillas
Taken: 28 Sep 2019
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Cock Lane looking towards Park View
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 15 Oct 2015
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The Lake in Barclay Park
This photo shows the lake in Barclay Park looking west. The park is owned and managed by Broxbourne Borough Council.
Image: © David Hillas
Taken: 28 Sep 2019
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