A group of local residents supported by councillors in Woodsetton have formed a new group to improve popular green space Parkes Hall Pool.
The pool, which is owned by Severn Trent, is well-used and connected to the Wrens Nest National Nature Reserve.
Local residents recently formed a Parkes Hall Community Group and have organised community work days and litter picks. They are hoping to work alongside local groups such as Woodsetton Charitable Trust.
The most recent day of work was organised by the group and local resident Alex Holl, supported by Upper Gornal and Woodsetton Councillors Adam Aston and Keiran Casey.
Alex said; "I regularly use the pool as a place to walk and meet with friends and we're all keen fishers, so we want to make sure that the pool is as good as it can be"
"Some people using the site were not treating this properly and this is something that we want to sort out working as a group."
"We are going to be organising further work days and litter picks in the coming months and we hope that more and more local residents and businesses will want to get involved to keep the site tidy and improve this".
"Contact me on alexh1601@gmail.com".
Councillor Casey said; "It's great to see the work that Alex and local residents that use the site are doing and myself and Adam want to do everything we can to support ."
Councillor Aston said; “"We are going to continue pushing Severn Trent to see what further improvements we can make to the site. "This is a great example of local residents coming together to improve a local space that we all value".
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