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Disused railway lines, old quarries or former gravel pits, derelict urban land or unworked farmland, landfill sites, old orchards or disused cemeteries, riverside fields or abandoned millstreams and ponds...
Pocket Parks can be created in a great variety of different open spaces - how do you find suitable sites?
The Northamptonshire Pocket Parks Scheme has a high public profile. As a result, members of the public often approach the county council Pocket Parks Officer with possible locations for new sites. In the beginning however, a great deal of promotion and publicity was needed to raise awareness of the scheme and to encourage take-up of the idea by local communities and generate the support of councillors and local authorities.
When communities express the desire for a Pocket Park, finding a suitable site is of paramount importance. Communities are encouraged to identify and purchase suitable sites from either the local authority (local authorities in particular often have existing areas of land that they manage that are suitable for converting into a Pocket Park) or from private landowners. Where land purchase is not possible then a lease or licence is required.
Northamptonshire County Council provides the necessary support to achieve this process and to maintain the community impetus and desire to create a new Pocket Park.
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