New year-round facilities coming to Dawley Park!

A popular town park is set to be boosted by new facilities which will cater for all year round events.

A new café and toilet facilities are coming soon to Dawley Park in an area opposite the bowling green and war memorial.

These facilities are being funded through the council’s Pride in Our High Street programme which focuses on improving the physical environment of high streets and their green spaces across the borough.

Work is set to be completed in summer 2023 and the café will be open through the summer for refreshments.

It will offer a small covered seating area for the colder months and will be open for events in the autumn and winter months as well.

Facilities already in the park include a bowling green, tennis courts, an outdoor gym, a play area for 3 to 14-year-olds and memorial gardens with a memorial pillar.

A series of local events take place in the park each year which include ‘Dawley Day’ and local community picnics but these new facilities will support further throughout the seasons all seasons.

Dawley Day is a free day out for the whole family and features funfair rides, live music and entertainment, face painting, and workshops as well as community stalls such as lucky dips, cake and plant stalls and tombolas.

Councillor Lyndsey Parker, from Great Dawley Town Council said:

“It’s fantasticto see that our Green Flag Status park will soon be getting a new cafe andtoilet facilities this summer.

“This will further enhance the already excellent park and will bring more people into the local area. I would like to thank Telford & Wrekin Council for funding this through the Pride in Our High Street scheme and making this possible”