City of Lincoln Council

City of Lincoln Council is urging nearby residents and visitors to vote to crown Hartsholme Country Park as one of the UK’s favourite parks.

A competition has been launched by Fields in Trust to celebrate the UK’s favourite green spaces, with Hartsholme Country Park in the running.

Now, residents and visitors to the much-loved Lincoln park are being urged to cast their vote and must do so by noon on Thursday 18 August, 2022.

So far, more than 20,000 people have cast their vote across the country, with 364 green spaces aiming for the top spot.

To vote for Hartsholme Country Park, please visit: Nominations for UK’s Favourite Parks 2022 | Fields in Trust.

Cllr Bob Bushell, Portfolio Holder for Remarkable Place at City of Lincoln Council said: “In Lincoln, we are very fortunate to have some incredible parks and green spaces, with Hartsholme Country Park being a much-loved spot for families and visitors.

“The park has been especially popular over the last two years during the Covid-19 pandemic, being a haven for residents to enjoy outdoor spaces close to their homes.

“I would urge anyone to help us crown this fabulous park as one of the UK’s favourites.”

Once voting has closed on 18 August, the one park with the highest number of votes in each of England, Scotland, Wales and Nothern Ireland will be shortlisted.

The overall winner of UK’s Favourite Parks 2022 will be revealed in late-August.

Construction works at Lincoln Central Market are now well underway and beginning to take shape.

The demolition works to the former ‘butchers’ corridor’ are now complete, along with piling works.

The next stage of works, which are being delivered by Lindum Construction, will include forming the foundations ready for the steel frame to be erected to the restaurant and mezzanine floor in the market hall, as well as forming the below ground drainage.

All of the stonework from the arches to the northern and eastern elevations of the building has now been removed to make way for the installation of new glazed panels which will provide light and visibility into and out of the market hall for shoppers, creating a much more welcoming customer experience.

The existing glazed roof light has been removed to make way for a new thermally improved double-glazed roof light. Lindum are currently progressing updating the supports to receive the new framing.

The works are expected to be completed by Autumn/Winter 2023 and will comprise:

• A new restaurant unit on the ground and first floor replacing the former butcher’s corridor which will have its own dedicated entrance from Sincil Street
• New toilet facilities on the ground floor to the rear of the restaurant unit, which will be accessed through the market hall
• New refurbished market hall including new perimeter and central island stalls
• A new ‘fresh produce’ area to the eastern end of the market hall with a new mezzanine area above providing flexible retail and business start-up workspace
• New public realm works across City Square including new paving, lighting, seating and greenery

This project to breathe new life into the Central Market has been made possible by the Be Lincoln Towns Fund.

Find out more about the Be Lincoln Towns Fund and its projects: https://www.lincoln.gov.uk/lincoln…/towns-fund-projects