Kirkcudbright community considers take over of popular woodland

The Kirkcudbright neighborhood might take over a well-liked woodland.

The city’s improvement belief is within the early phases of proposals to take over Barrhill Wooden on the outskirts of the city.

It's at present properly utilized by walkers and encompasses a crimson squirrel disguise in addition to an out of doors classroom.

The belief’s Rob Asbridge mentioned: “We're within the early phases. The primary stage could be a neighborhood asset switch and the subsequent stage could be a purchase out.

“Now we have simply commissioned a valuation of the woodland and we now have bought to drum up help to point out we now have backing. We're additionally engaged on the financial case.

“We hope to work with Dumfries and Galloway Council on this.”

A brand new Fb web page known as Barrhill Woodland Group has been created to permit folks to share their concepts and present help for the venture.

Mr Asbridge added: “The primary factor can be to guard the woodland as it's, to guard the timber and the crimson squirrels.

“We're working increasingly more with native faculties on nurture in nature periods on the classroom and any faculty who needs to get entangled ought to simply get in contact.

“In the long run, not within the close to future, we want to put in a mountain bike observe for younger children as a coaching course so they might qualify to then transfer on the 7Stanes.”