Marhamchurch Parish Council (MPC) is a small Parish Council in North Cornwall adjacent to the tourist town of Bude, working to secure funds to purchase The Hele Valley Trail (HVT) comprising of 16.24 acres of riverside native heritage woodland and well-established broadleaved woodland, car park and trail. MPC wants to secure funds to buy the Hele Valley Trail and bring it into public ownership to guarantee unrestricted public access in perpetuity with all the associated physical and mental health benefits currently being enjoyed by many.
It is a well-established open space area which has enjoyed unrestricted permissive access 364 days a year for the last 20 years & MPC wishes to purchase the site to ensure this continues.
The Parish Council have received an offer (subject to T&C's) from The Community Ownership Fund, Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government of £152,000 which is 80% of the sale price. Part of the terms of the grant, is that MPC have to match fund the remaining 20% which is £38,000.
All money raised will support the Parish Council's aim to secure funds to purchase the land, any surplus funding will be used to fund future maintenance on the site.
If the project doesn't go ahead all donations will be returned by Crowdfunder to the donors. Crowdfunder will automatically return the donations in those circumstances. Marhamchurch Parish Council will not use the funds for any other purpose.
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