The Great Park

 

The Masterplan

The eco-town sits within a major area of natural landscape, the Great Park, and contains a hierarchy of green and civic public space within its centre and running through its districts. 

The Great Park will be a new legacy for the Leicester region.  It will be an asset for both the eco-town residents and the people from Leicester itself.  The Great Park will provide a combination of parkland, agriculture and natural habitats and its design will be ecologically sustainable and appropriate to the wildlife within the geographical context. 

The Great Park amounts to almost 70% of the total landholding on the site and the opportunity to truly maximise biodiversity.

Retained spinneys and hedgerows, together with green corridors, the town’s public parks, community orchards and allotments all provide points of focus and community identity for the eco-town.