Description.
A local Community Centre with community café, activities for all ages and rooms to hire, run by Madeley Town Council.
Hub on the Hill opening times: Tuesday – Friday 8:30am until 4:30pm
The Hub Café opening times: Tuesday – Friday 8:30am until 3:30pm (hot food served until 2:30pm)
Several community groups & businesses also work out of the Hub on the Hill including Families In Telford (FiT) & V.stylz Hairdressers.
The refurbished Amphitheatre is on Randlay Pool at the north end of the park, near to the QEII Arena, Telford Aerial Adventure and the children’s play area.
The nearest car park is Southwater Multi-Storey Car Park which is open 24 hours a day. Other car parks around Telford Shopping Centre are also within walking distance of the venue.
Dark Lane Car Park is located within the town park and is open from 8.30am – 8pm (April to October) and 9am to 6pm (November to March). Please use the postcode TF3 4HD to access this car park.
The Newport Youth Cafe Project started in 2013 with the aim of providing a space for the young people of Newport. The Hub is based in the centre of the town and hosts a volunteer run cafe, function space to hire and weekly youth club.
Ancient oak woodland, spectacular views and more than 500 million years of history can be enjoyed here.
Originally declared as a Local Nature Reserve in 1989 and extended several times, the Country Park covers an area of 85.5 hectares and is one of the largest and most wildlife rich of Telford’s green spaces.
Once a hive of industry, Granville has been reclaimed by nature. Telford New Town’s development plan incorporated a green network of hedgerows, canals, meadows, canal fringes and other open spaces that were retained, so that wildlife and people could live together. It was an achievement that won international recognition, pioneering the way forward for other new towns.
Granville is one of the largest and most wildlife diverse of these places, much valued by local people for its recreational opportunities. The spirit of renewal is tangible here, nature has reclaimed the area after centuries of industrial activity, which finally ceased when Granville, the last deep mine in the county, closed down.
Relics of former industrial activity, including furnaces and an old winding house, are now surrounded by woodland full of birds, while pit mounds of waste have been transformed into flower-rich grassland and heath.
There are footpaths around the reserve which can be accessed by all. It is mostly easy walking with some steep pit mounds (which can be avoided).
Remains of its former industrial history such as the tub boat canal, blast furnaces and winding house can still be explored although woodlands, meadows, a marsh and open water, grasslands and heath cover the area today.
Nature has reclaimed this former industrial site supporting an abundance of birds and flowers.
Thanks to the hard work of Friends of Apley Woods, Telford and Wrekin Council, other conservation agencies and Councillor Karen Blundell, Apley Woods was declared a Local Nature Reserve in 2020. In addition, in 2023, it was awarded Green Flag status which recognises and rewards well managed parks and green spaces.
With its 56 acres of meadows, pools, trees and winding footpaths, Apley Woods are a fine example of a 19th century landscaped woodland.
Records mention woodland on this site as far back as 1300. However, the present woods were largely created during the last 200 years as part of the ornamental gardens to the second Apley Castle, a Georgian mansion house built in 1792 and demolished in 1955.
