The Millennium Green, part of Honiton - the Town in the Country, consists of parkland with adjoining wildlife habitats in the valley of the Glen Stream, protected from development, running from close to the town centre to the boundary of the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Honiton is the smallest of the 39 BBC Breathing Places Communities in England and the second smallest of the 54 communities in the United Kingdom. The Honiton Millennium Green is one of five BBC Breathing Places in the town. A Millennium Green was chosen by Honiton organisations to commemorate the Millennium and Honiton's application was one of more than 250 accepted by The Millennium Commission. The Honiton Millennium Green has been developed from a field of approximately two acres (named The Josephine Wagstaff Meadow) and is held on trust for the People of Honiton by The Honiton Millennium Green Trust for quiet relaxation and exercise, as well as providing space for wildlife. Part of the Green has a park-like atmosphere with short grass, seats and a surfaced path, while the remainder has lower intervention maintenance to provide varied habitats for wildlife. A quite wide range of native mainly decidous trees and shrubs, none of which were previously in the field, is to be found in varying densities with areas of grassland for wildflowers too.

Partner: Honiton Millennium Green Trust

Address: Honiton Millennium Green, Parsonage Lane, Off Pine Park Road, Honiton.

OS Grid ref: ST169002

Further information: Vehicular access is via the single track Parsonage Lane from Pine Park Road and there is only very limited space for car parking. There are surfaced pedestrian routes from much of Honiton; such as from the Pine Park Road railway bridge via The Glen public open space and also via Lake Close. There are signposts at Church Hill and at the Pine Park Road and the Station bridges. The footpath from opposite the Station is particularly steep and a route via Avenue Mezidon-Canon involves flights of steps. Another flight of Steps, from Waterleat Avenue, can be be bypassed by continuing over The Glen Bridge and walking through Lake Close to Parsonage Lane. Anyone deterred by the Green's uphill location from the town centre could travel by bus to Waterleat Avenue and then walk back via the Green and the Glen.

More Details available from: Mr Richard Howe

Email: otterheadestate@aol.com

Tel: 01404 42238

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