The Project begins with a ha-ha!

You will see from Monday (7th March) contractors on site by the mini roundabout starting Phase 1 of the Westonbirt Project.

They will be digging a new ditch, laying foundations and constructing a concrete block retaining wall. They will also be using any leftover top soil to smooth sections of the overflow car parking field. This work starts the first phase of works for the new ha-ha which will become our boundary between cars and visitors.

Once the contractors have left we should see about 78 meters of block work wall. In May two courses will complete a single skin dry stone wall, depending on the speed of the participants we may also need to plan another course to finish the straight section of wall. Those with beady eyes will notice that we aren’t building the entire wall of 95 metres. The last 20 or so meters will be a curved wall which connects to the new Welcome Building.

We can’t complete this section until work begins on the Welcome Building and car park as it’ll be too close to the existing entrance road! It’s quite exciting for us after all our preparations to see work starting on site!