Telephone: 01895 833 375
Fax: 01895 833552
Email: colnevalley@groundwork.org.uk
Web: www.colnevalleypark.org.uk
Colne Valley Park Visitor Centre
Denham Court Drive
Denham
UB9 5PG
About the Colne Valley
The Regional Park was established in the mid 1960's to create a series of new facilities for public enjoyment.
There are several different types of Partnership operating in the Park.
A voluntary association of local authorities known as the Colne Valley Partnership continues to foster the Park and provide planning and financial support. This partnership plays a key role in the development of projects and the technical and political contributions enable the Park to function.
The project work involves a much wider partnership. This includes Groundwork, government agencies, private companies and local groups.
Key Aims
Management of the Park has five key aims:
- To maintain and enhance the landscape, historic environment and waterscape of the
Park in terms of their scenic and conservation value and their overall amenity
- To resist urbanisation of the Colne Valley Park and to safeguard existing areas of
countryside from inappropriate development
- To conserve the biodiversity resources of the Park through the protection and management
of its diverse plant and animal species, habitats and geological features
- To provide opportunities for countryside recreation including appropriate accessible
facilities.
- To achieve a vibrant and sustainable rural economy, including farming and forestry, underpinning the value of the countryside.
Significance
The Park also acts as a focal point for local groups and in particular the wildlife and natural history groups who recognise the Valley as an ecological unit and have formed the Colne Valley Wildlife Action Group.
The Park provides a wide range of volunteering opportunities and has encouraged support for environmental protection and improvement in the area amongst local people.
The Colne Valley Park also serves an important recreational need, concentrating effort on the creation of facilities
and the positive after use of mineral sites. These facilities are mainly used by residents of the constituent
authorities, but also serve west London Boroughs such as Ealing, Hounslow and Harrow.