Ashfield Pond and Local Area
There are a number of ponds of various sizes in the surrounding area including Ashfield pond (53°51′30″N 3°01′43″W / 53.8582°N 3.0286°W / 53.8582; -3.0286), Dumfries Place pond (53°51′09″N 3°01′25″W / 53.8525°N 3.0236°W / 53.8525; -3.0236) and Kilmory Place pond (53°51′13″N 3°01′27″W / 53.8536°N 3.0241°W / 53.8536; -3.0241) as well as ponds on Robins Lane.
Ashfield pond, which is located to the north of Ashfield Road by Blackpool and The Fylde College Bispham campus. The Heritage Lottery Fund gave a grant of £22,800 to the Kincraig Pond Heritage Group and the Kincraig Neighbourhood Play Steering Group as part of a Community Heritage Project for the local area and Ashfield pond. The projects aim being to "restore the pond and surrounding area, research and record history of the local area, promote a greater awareness amongst local residents of the historical and environmental value of the local area." In 2006 the Kincraig Neighbourhood Play Steering Group received a £25,000 grant from the British Governments Living Spaces programme toward restoration work on Ashfield pond and the surrounding area as well as toward replanting to preserve the natural habitats for plants and animal species. Partly funded also by Blackpool Council and the local Residents Association, a new viewing platform was erected by Ashfield pond.
Dumfries Place pond iw part of an ecological area within 3-acre (12,000 m2) Kincraig Business Park which opened in summer 2008 and has an adjoining ecological area including the pond as well as 0.7 acres (2,800 m2) set aside purely for wildlife.
Read more about this topic: Kincraig Lake Ecological Reserve
Famous quotes containing the words pond, local and/or area:
“I am no more lonely than the loon in the pond that laughs so loud, or than Walden Pond itself. What company has that lonely lake, I pray?”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“America is the world’s living myth. There’s no sense of wrong when you kill an American or blame America for some local disaster. This is our function, to be character types, to embody recurring themes that people can use to comfort themselves, justify themselves and so on. We’re here to accommodate. Whatever people need, we provide. A myth is a useful thing.”
—Don Delillo (b. 1926)
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—Bettina Arndt (20th century)