Heritage Lottery Fund

The following parks in the West Midlands region have been awarded funding through the Heritage Lottery Fund Urban Parks Programme or Public Parks Initiative. Announcements for the first round of applications to the Parks for People scheme are expected in September / October 2006.

Date Name of Site Local Authority Amount
1995 Croome Park Malvern Hills District Council £ 4,917,042
1997 Leasowes Park Dudley MBC £ 1,306,500
1997 Willenhall Memorial Park Walsall MBC £ 1,264,500
1997 The Quarry Park (Restoration Plan) Shrewsbury and Atcham BC £ 9,000
1997 Cae Glas Park And Broadwalk, Oswestry Shrewsbury and Atcham BC £ 283,800
1997 Jubilee Park, Whitchurch (Restoration Plan) North Shropshire District Council £ 13,500
1997 Castle Bromwich Hall & Gardens, Birmingham (Restoration Plan) Solihull MBC £ 29,000
1998 Haden Hill Park, Sandwell Sandwell MBC £ 2,151,140
1998 Linear Parks & Cathedral Precinct , Lichfield (Restoration Plan) Lichfield District Council £ 20,000
1998 Palfrey Park, Walsall (Restoration Plan) Walsall MBC £ 7,000
1999 Battlefield Heritage Park, Shrewsbury Shrewsbury and Atcham BC £ 174,000
1999 West Park, Wolverhampton Wolverhampton MBC £ 2,201,000
1999 Tunstall Park, Stoke-on-Trent (Restoration Plan) Stoke-on-Trent City Council £ 13,600
1999 Jubilee Park, Whitchurch North Shropshire District Council £ 351,000
1999 Quarry Park & Victoria Avenue, Shrewsbury Shrewsbury and Atcham BC £ 1,504,000
2000 Walsall Arboretum, Walsall (Restoration Plan) Walsall MBC £ 36,100
2000 Sutton Park, Birmingham Birmingham City Council £ 178,000
2001 Palfrey Park, Walsall Walsall MBC £ 370,500
2001 Handsworth Park, Birmingham Birmingham City Council £ 213,500
2003 Handsworth Park, Birmingham Birmingham City Council £ 4,783,000
2003 Hill Close Gardens, Warwick Hill Close Gardens Trust Ltd £ 971,300
2003 Aston Hall & Park, Birmingham Birmingham City Council £ 4,489,000
2004 Jephson Mill & Gardens, Warwick Warwick District Council £ 3,180,000
2004 St James Priory, Priory Hall & Priory Park, Dudley (Project Planning Grant) Friends of the Priory & the Green £ 42,500
2006 Hickman Park Wolverhampton City Council £ 892,000
2006 Dartmouth Park, West Bromwich Sandwell MBC £ 295,000
(Develoment funding)

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