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Wendover Grove, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST2 0BD

Heading south east.

Looking south east.

Route of an old mineral railway line. This footpath runs along the edge of the Berryhill fields, behind Uffington Parade. Half way along the footpath is a timber gateway panel:- http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/327427

Location: at Berryhill Greenway - at one of the entrances to the park nearest to Uffington Parade Installed: 2000 Commissioned by: Stoke on Trent City Council Three gateways were constructed (Stone, timber and metal). The Timber Gateway is the central Gateway and commemorates agriculture and early mining in the area before it became heavily industrialised. The use of timber was part of the brief, in that it used a material that reflected the level of human development on the site at that time. The wooden panel consists of six wooden planks supported between two upright wooden poles, with a circular roundel of a bird on the front face at the top. The bird is flanked by a flower and a bird. Below is a butterfly, flanked by a dragonfly and a flower. Beneath is an owl, another bird, and a heron. Below are several animals, including a rabbit, a hedgehog, a lizard and another bird. At the bottom of the panel are two working men, one a farm labourer with a scythe, the other a miner with pick and shovel. The panel is intended both to commemorate the past history of the site and to celebrate the variety of wildlife found there today.

Bentilee is situated approximately 2 miles east of Stoke-upon-Trent city centre. The church is in Dawlish Drive just off the A5272 (B5040)

Location: Berryhill Greenway Installed: 2000 Commissioned by: Stoke on Trent City Council Three gateways were constructed (Stone, timber and metal). The Stone Gateway is the nearest to the Scheduled Ancient Monument, and was intended to commemorate the earliest history of the area before it was settled by farmers. This explains the use of stone, the presence of the animals, the hunting scene, and possibly the standing figure in robes (it may be a monk or a nun). However, it cannot explain the depiction of the young girl in T-shirt and shorts, the man in the bobble hat, or the melting watch. The last of these could be an allusion to the idea of a time line.