Black Park
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Black Park is a country park in
Wildlife
Black Park SSSI has
Filming location
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Black Park is adjacent to
In television, Black Park, together with its lake, was used extensively in location filming for the
Recreation and sports
Black Park is popular with walkers and dog owners due to the wide open spaces and well-maintained routes. During summer 2010 a 'Go-Ape' activity centre was established in the park with the construction of climbing rigging and zip lines between the trees. The area is properly supervised by park staff during opening hours. The Go Ape team now offers cycle hire and Go Ape Nets, allowing even younger visitors a chance to climb high into the treetops.
Runners are commonplace within the park and the increase in private persons using the park for exercise/training has led to the establishment of a Parkrun event on Saturday mornings.[13] The professionally organised events are free to enter and form part of a network of nationwide parkruns.
Mountain biking is popular in the park as the combination of dense woodland, open plains, technical sections and narrow but quick draining trails make for exciting riding.
The lake is open for fishing during the normal rod licence season, though pre-baiting, keep nets and night fishing are all forbidden. The park sells day tickets and annual permits at appropriate times of year.
Black Park at war
During both World War One and Two the Park saw service for the Empire with troops from the Canadian Forestry Regiment helping to farm the Park and harvest the wood, for use in the trenches of France and building air strips in France for the Royal Flying Corps. To this day the lines of trees they planted can still be clearly seen.
One member of the Forestry Regiment, killed in a road traffic accident on nearby Crooked Billet Roundabout, is buried in the nearby St Margaret's Church, Iver Heath. Since 2007 the local Scout Group, 1st Iver Heath, have laid poppies on his grave, as part of the Centenary of Scouting and an event called 'Uniform Day 007' that featured a representative of the Canadian Army who helped the Scouts' routine of laying a wreath.
On the fields between the park and Iver Heath near Pinewood Studios, a World War One fighter crashed on its way to France after stopping off in Iver Heath. In World War Two a
The Park was also used to store military supplies hidden amongst the trees from enemy surveillance, as was nearby Langley Park.
Geology
The park is the type site for Black Park Gravel Member, a layer of sand and gravel dating to the Anglian ice age, around 450,000 years ago.[14]
References
- ^ Country Parks - Buckinghamshire County Council
- ^ "Meeting of Overview & Scrutiny Committee for Community and Environmental Services: Agenda Item, Country Parks". Buckinghamshire County Council. 21 November 2007.
- ^ a b "Black Park citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ "Map of Black Park". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ "Black Park". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England.
- ^ "Map of Black Park". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England.
- ISBN 1-903111-44-7
- ^ "Visiting Harry Potter land - Get Bucks". Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ^ "Dr Who: Full Circle: locations". www.doctorwholocations.net. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Dr Who: The Visitation: locations". www.doctorwholocations.net. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "IMDb: Blake's 7: The Web". www.imdb.com. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Space 1999: Episode Guide: The Full Circle". www.catacombs.space1999.net. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ http://www.parkrun.org.uk/blackpark/ Park Run Black Park events
- ^ "Black Park Gravel Member". The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details. British Geological Survey. Retrieved 10 April 2016.