Ilkeston golf course rewilding project nears completion
More than 1,500 trees and shrubs have been planted including oaks and sweet chestnuts, said the council.
A network of new paths and picnic benches have been installed, and wildflower butterfly and bug banks planted.It will link to the wider Nutbrook Trail plus the green spaces of Straws Bridge, Manor Floods and Pewit Carr.The £500,000 project has been funded by central government and businesses involved in the redevelopment of the old Stanton ironworks.The council said Natural England and Derbyshire Wildlife Trust had both backed the project.In February 2024, the council had planned to sell a nine-acre slice of the site for housing but after a campaign said the development proposal "ignored the wishes of local people" a decision was made to rewild the entire site.
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