£334k agreed for six-month work to revamp Wolverhampton park
A new contract totalling £334,000 has been awarded by a council to revamp a Wolverhampton park.
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The plans for Northwood Park in Bushbury, Wolverhampton, include a new multi-use games area for football and cricket and the green space’s existing children’s play area would be upgraded with new equipment.
City of Wolverhampton Council has agreed to the six-month work with Cannock-based JP Landscapes and Construction.
The multi-use games area, which will include facilities for five-a-side football, basketball and cricket, would be built next to the park’s existing skate park and basketball court and on grass used for ‘informal’ football games.
The ten new pieces of equipment include slides, swings, a seesaw and a roundabout.
More than 40 new trees would also be planted.
City of Wolverhampton Council approved a planning application for the work in March.
The new and improved equipment will serve those in the new homes being built on the site of the former Northicote School.
The new 178-home estate was named Hampton Park after the now demolished school’s former headteacher Sir Geoff Hampton. Work began building the homes in 2022.
A statement included with the City of Wolverhampton Council’s application said: “The new [play area] will improve provision for informal football which is currently on a grass pitch, provide a practice area for cricket and a flat surface for other informal sports.
“The existing children’s area will be levelled and provided with new play equipment to enhance its use.
“Additional tree planting is to be provided which will enhance the biodiversity value of this park.
“The external views of the new [multi-use play area] and the children’s play area will be either filtered or screened by the existing trees and shrubs and hedges.”
