You may, hopefully, be aware that we have been awarded a £1.8 million grant from the Heritage Lottery and Sea Change for a wide range of works on Berry Head NNR. Over the next three years the headland will benefit from a new visitor centre (VC) incorporated into the Guardhouse Cafe building on the headland. The cafe will be renovated and will operate from the rear of the Guardhouse with an extension for seating. The relocation of the VC onto the headland with the cafe, will mean many more visitors will be learning about the wide ranging and fascinating story of Berry Head. Other work will include new toilets in the car park and an indoor facility for school groups. A three year trainee ranger programme will mean four people per year will be involved in all aspects of the sites running, from assisting with repair work on the fort walls, to helping with events and school groups. An extensive programme of repair work will also be carried out to the fort walls and ruins to ensure they are consolidated for future generations to enjoy. A replicated drawbridge will make a visit to the Southern Fort a real Napoleonic experience! Other work includes a programme of scrub clearance, bat and seabird camera’s and a more wide ranging grazing programme across the whole of the site; to maintain the grasslands in a more natural way, rather than cutting with machinery every year. Keep checking the blog for progress of the project.
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