Melton Mowbray Town Estate

From BAR Removals & Storage Magazine.

W. Southerington & Sons Ltd. has given an unusual gift to the Town Estate in Melton Mowbray - a footbridge over the River Eye made at a cost of £60,000.

The bridge was given as a thank you for the support and business Melton Mowbray has given W. Southerington & Sons Ltd over the last 116 years. The bridge is named after John Southerington, director of the company, who in recent years had been a junior and senior town warden before becoming a member of the Feoffee's management committee for the Town Estate.

From the Leicester Mercury.

A Footbridge over the River Eye in Melton has been officially opened.

The bridge links New Park with the Leicester Road sports ground in the town.

From the Melton Times.

The first phase of the Town Estate's Big Picture Appeal to rejuvenate Melton's parks is nearing fruition.

A letter found in the Brownie Points section of the Melton Times.

I would like to congratulate the Town Estate on the condition of the Play Close Park.

When I first heard of the appeal to rejuvenate the parks I thought nothing would come of it.

But having spent most of Friday afternoon in the park I was amazed at what has happened - the bandstand looks lovely with a new wooden tiled roof, the bridge between the park and Leicester Road Sports Ground will improve access and looks very grand. Even the new play area has been taken into the hearts of the young children.

I will definately be spending more time in the park reading and writing. All that is needed now is to knock down the hideous pebble-dashed building next to where the new bridge has been erected.

Ben Atkinson
Lincoln Drive,
Melton

From the Melton Times.

The bridge on the River Eye has finally been built - 100 years after plans were first drawn up.

In 1907, Josiah Gill proposed linking Play Close Park with the land on the opposite side of the river, what is now Leicester Road Sports Ground.

On Friday his vision was finally completed by the Town Estate when it lifted the new bridge into place.

From the Melton Times.

The foundations are being laid for a new footbridge which will link Leicester Road Sports Ground to New Park.

The first sod was cut by the Town Estate on Tuesday in preparation for the arrival of the pre-assembled bridge and it is hoped the work might be complete by the Spring Bank Holiday.

From the Melton Times.

Melton's first ever Pork Pie Fair has signalled the start of an upturn for the town centre after months of roadworks and disruption.

And traders will breathe a big sigh of relief when the £1m junction improvements along Norman Way are finally completed next week.

They are hoping that Melton's unique calendar of free family events will bring customers back into the town centre in the crucial Christmas trading period as the traffic flows more freely.

Town centre bailiff Andrew Cooper said: "This is the country's first chartered street fair for more than a century and is yet another event to enhance Melton's profile.

On Thursday 14th September 2006, Melton’s historic Memorial Gardens were re-opened by Senior Townwarden Ken Saunders.

The restoration of the gardens was undertaken under the advice of Feoffee John Rudman with contributions from the Asfordby Mine Grant Scheme, the Melton & Oakham Waterways Society, the Bickley Trust, the Civic Society and the Melton Mowbray Town Estate.

From the Melton Times

Vandals caused several thousand pounds of damage at the weekend after setting fire to the football pavilion in Melton's Egerton Park.

Pitch and Putt: Melton Mowbray Town Estate launches its newly-extended golf course

From the Melton Times

Fancy yourself as a budding Tiger Woods or Ernie Els? Or do you just hanker after a sociable round of golf with a group of friends?

The new-look Asfordby Road Golf Course is unveiled by Melton Mowbray Town Estate on Good Friday and is designed to help both the keen golfing student and the enthusiastic novice.

Course owners Melton Town Estate has created six new holes and will now provide a regulation 18-hole round of pitch and putt golf.