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Sunday 28th June 11:00 to 15:00

Once again we invite you to come and enjoy a few hours of entertainment and socialising at our wonderful park. Please see posters below for additional details .

Current Entertainment list and times as follows;

The Park’s 2026 Annual General Meeting (AGM) is being held on:

DATE: Monday 27th April 2026
TIME: 18.45 hours for a 19.00 hours start
VENUE: The Victoria Public House, 6 Union Rd, Lincoln, LN1 3BJ

Please save the date in your diaries.

The Trustees of Liquorice Park announce that our AGM is being held in The Victoria Public House, Union Rd. Meeting is in the upstairs room at the back of the pub (go past the bar, bare left into the very back room and up the stairs at the back left-hand side). Meeting is on Monday 27th April 2026 at 18.45 hours for a 19.00 hours start. Don’t forget to stop at the bar for a drink on your way past!

All members of the local community are most welcome.

As we’ve not posted for a while we thought a brief update on the past, present and future was worthwhile.
 
Allotment – We have tidied the dead hedge and moved it back slightly to allow us to plant a live hedge (probably hawthorn) just in front of it. Hopefully all planting will be completed before the end of April.

Within the allotment two of three beds have so far been created and will be planted this spring. The shed guttering is to be mended and water collection to be set-up. It’s also intended to clear/thin some of the older / dead trees at the back of the allotment to allow new growth.
 
Tree Surgery – Following advice from a visiting arborist it was recommended, for safety reasons, that we fell one of the leaning trunks on the Goat Willow (situated just off the eastern steps). This has been done, as well as clearing a lot of the dead wood from the tree opposite and removing dead branches overhanging the path in this area.

It was also recommended we remove the ivy from some of the larger trees (right down to the base) and other trees where it’s reaching the tree canopies.
 
Weather! – As everyone is aware it has been extremely wet, and some area of the park are waterlogged, in particular the lower meadows, some paths and the orchard.
 
The paths are also suffering but fortunately we received an unexpected delivery of woodchip which, in what seemed record time, was used to re-cover some of the higher paths. Many thanks to Owen, Matt & Paul for their endeavours.

We are also looking at buying some gravel and creating some drainage/soakaways in some areas, to try to drain some of the regular boggy areas on and around the paths which are affected by either heavy or prolonged rain.
 
Events – Dates to look out for are;

• End April AGM (probably either the 20^th or 27^th)
• 25^th May Wonderground which is part of the Lincoln Festival of Creativity.
• 28^th June, Provisional date for our Open day 🎶🧁🫖☀️.

 
 We will send out clarification on dates and times, as well as more details on all these events closer to the time.
 
Survey – If you’ve not already seen or completed the recent Liquorice Park survey then we would be most grateful if you could click the link below. It should only take 2 minutes of your time and will help us a great deal in ensuring we are on the right track, or not!
      
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/9XS53NW

WHAT IS YOUR DREAM FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CARHOLME WARD?

All residents, business owners, and people with a community role in Carholme Ward are invited to participate in preparing a Neighbourhood Plan for the area. Carholme Ward includes the Brayford, the West End, houses next to the Fossdyke, halfway up the hill, Burton Road, and Yarborough Road.

If you wish to have your say, or be involved, please use the QR code to access the Facebook page and/or use the contact details on the on the poster at the bottom of this post.

Short notice, but there are initially two on-line meetings, this Thursday (20th Nov) or on Sat (22 Nov), both at 6pm. Links to register are below;

Thursday 20th November @6pm. https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/-UqHXt3ATdafGm6RZjTcjw
or 
Saturday 22nd November @6pm. https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/VktUz0fvTIq0P31wBGjp7A

Great news, the renewal of the viewing platform has been completed. 

Many thanks to Noble Construction Services (UK) Ltd, who completed the works and to all the donations collected / allocated for this project. These were both individual (memorial donation) and from organisations including the Co-op community fund, The Dawber Trust, and Siemens Energy.

The previous platform was nearly 25 years old, with regular repairs undertaken over the last few years. The replacement was much needed, which was proven whilst dismantling the old platform as 5 of the 6 main support posts had totally rotted through and fell over by themselves!

The new platform is slightly smaller and a much simpler design which should make maintenance much easier.

Once again a big thankyou to all those who have donated to this project, over the years.