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RUBICON Leisure has received a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant of £35,700 for a new project at Forge Mill Needle Museum in Redditch. Made possible by money raised by National Lottery players, the Forging Forward project looks towards making some exciting developments to the site following its year of closure. The project looks to make some immediate changes to benefit local people with the introduction of Forest School activities at both the Museum and the Arrow Valley Visitor Centre. Improvements will also be made to the museum’s small function room to welcome back both commu...

DEVELOPERS of a proposed Redditch wildlife park have now identified two new possible locations for the site after experiencing a set back. Previously, Historic England indicated they would not grant Scheduled Ancient Monument Consent for the development of Heart of England Wildlife Park at their preferred Forge Mill site. After rallying Redditch residents to come up with suggestions for an alternative site - developers are now looking at two new sites for their walk-through park. Heart of England Wildlife Park director Martin Blyth said: "Since revealing Historic England’s feedback ...

A PLAN to submit an application for a new wildlife park at Forge Mill in Redditch has suffered a setback. Historic England has indicated they would not grant Scheduled Ancient Monument Consent for the development of Heart of England Wildlife Park on land adjacent to the Bordesley Abbey ruins if an application is made. It was hoped that the walkthrough wildlife park, set to house endangered zebra, ostriches, and meerkats, would open in Easter this year. Now, Redditch residents are being encouraged to come forward with suggestions for an alternative location for the wildlife park. Dir...