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Bid for major improvements to Penrith's Castle Park

Castle Park in Penrith. Credit: Eden District Council

A community group in Penrith is bidding for almost £2 million in lottery funding to restore Castle Park in the town.

The money would be used to make the playground and obstacle golf course bigger, refurbish the Memorial Gate and Black Angel War Memorial, and build a car park.

A level bridge would be built across to Penrith Castle, making it more accessible, and a water feature next to the cafe would be reinstated.

The total cost of the potential project would be £2.46 million, and the bid has been developed by the Castle Park Development Group with support from Eden District Council.

I feel we have put together an application which demonstrates the public’s desire to see improvements at Castle Park and which reflects its history and heritage. I sincerely hope that the application is successful to enable us all to move on to make the improvements happen. Heritage Lottery Fund will announce if application has been successful in July 2017.

– Ron Kenyon, Chairman of the Castle Park Development Group