Restoration Projects

Planning permission was granted on 9 February 2010 for the Reinstatement of the Beaumont Park Bandstand.

The Beaumont Park Bandstand could be restored within the next two years.

Yorkshire Gardens Trust has offered us a grant of £500 towards the removal of silt and vegetation from the pond.  Paxman Landscapes have commenced clearing out the Lower Pond (7 November 2008). 

The Friends applied for a grant from Kirklees Environment Unit to help with the cost of restoring the Lower Cascade.  We have received £750 for the cost of plants.  The area was overgrown with brambles and the rock face was covered in ivy.  Luke of Beneficial Tree Care has cleared the ivy, Andrew Morris the Kirklees gardener has applied systemic weedkiller to the brambles  and volunteers have cleared the area of vegetation in readiness for planting.

One of the most notable changes in the park for many years was completed in 2007: the restoration of the cascade and fountain. What a difference to sight and sound it is to have this water feature working again. Kirklees Council funded this project costing £138,000 with the Friends of Beaumont Park contributing £10,880.

The historic lower gates have been repaired thanks to a grant of about £50,000 from Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund which is distributed by English Heritage on behalf of DEFRA. Kirklees Council used it to organise repairs to the stone walls and cast iron gates that form the atmospheric gateway to the park. Following six months of hard work to clear the area of overgrown vegetation the gates were officially opened by the Mayor of Kirklees, Jean Calvert, on 27 April 2008.