Gheluvelt Park, Worcester

Gheluvelt Park is a public

Field Marshal John French, 1st Earl of Ypres

, who stated, "on that day the 2nd Worcesters saved the British Empire." A plaque inside the park commemorates Captain Gerald Ernest Lea, who died on 15 September 1914 while commanding D. Company of the 2nd Battalion.

The park is located in Worcester, along the

St George's Day celebration. A significant area of the park, including the children's play area, was flooded by the Severn and the Barbourne Brook during the 2007 United Kingdom floods

in July.

Gheluvelt Park has received £850,000 from the

Heritage Lottery Fund

, in order to improve the park. A new play area has been created, a Splash Pad built for toddlers to early teens, the railings have been reinstated along Barbourne Road, and the bandstand has been renovated. Recently, a sculpture costing £33,000 was installed, to symbolise the fallen soldiers, and a funding application has been submitted for outdoor fitness equipment for adults, (2011), including six exercise units and also two concrete table tennis tables. Funding applications have also been made to host a community "Fitness event" in Autumn 2011.

Links

[1], Worcester City Council; accessed 22 November 2005.
Pumphouse Environment Centre, Worcestershire County Council; accessed 22 November 2005.
The Worcestershire Regiment in 1914–1918 at The Long, Long Trail; accessed 22 November 2005.

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