Four more areas of Hull will benefit from improved social spaces as part of round three of Hull City Council’s Pocket Park programme.
The scheme improves unloved, neglected or derelict areas into new green space to benefit the physical and mental wellbeing of local people.
The latest sites earmarked are:
- between Gorthorpe and Homethorpe in Orchard Park (site off the old high rise Gorthorpe flats)
- land around Benedict Road in Pickering
- land between Calder Grove and Shannon Road in Longhill and Bilton Grange
- communal greenspace, Holyrood Villas, Field Street, Drypool
Six pocket parks have already been developed in conjunction with public feedback across numerous areas of the city.
The council continues to work with local communities to nominate areas for the scheme across Hull to create new or renovate existing open space which have fallen into disrepair.
Pocket parks are small, green open spaces, no larger than 0.4 hectares, where the public can relax, exercise, socialise and play.
The community can have its say on what a pocket park may look like in their area, including planting trees, installing benches, making community ‘grow your own’ gardens or simply creating a safer space.
