The restoration of Mesnes Park is now complete, thanks to a £6.1m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Painstakingly made to original plans by local artisans, the Fountain here today is a faithful reproduction of the original.
The Pulham water feature, complete with waterfall, has now also been restored back to it’s former glory.
The Pavilion building now offers a modern café facility with two floors of seating run by Frederick’s Ice Cream.
The Dalton steps leading up to the pavilion have been repaired and the missing urns replaced.
Music lovers can now enjoy concerts in the Bandstand where a new power supply has brought it into the twenty first century.
Other areas include:
• A brand new play area (funded by Big Lottery)
• Conversion of the Playshack into a flexible activities space
• Restoration of the shelter building
• Restoration of Entrance Lodge and brand new training centre
• Repair and restoration to the Bowling Pavilion
• Brand new site services (water, gas, electricity) throughout the park
• Restoration and improvement to all entrances
• Repair and restoration of footpaths
• Introduction of lighting along key routes
• New signage, bins and benches
• An enhanced soft and hard landscape maintenance programme
• A volunteer and training plan to develop and promote volunteering and training opportunities within the park
Generations of locals have visited the park to rub the ‘lucky foot’ of the Sir Francis Sharpe Powell monument. As a result, a hole appeared in his shoe! Sir Francis’s shoes are now watertight once again and have been re-bronzed.
This is a SIMPLE AND CLOSE off set multi providing you follow the following formula.
The year he was born is ABCD.
The coordinates for the cache are:
N53 33. (C-A) B D and W 002 38. A (B/C) (D-C)
It is a micro black camo plastic tub.