1 November (Part 2) - The trashing of Lesnes Abbey Park
Nothing
done to Lesnes Abbey and the surrounding gardens
over the past
year has been anything like an improvement.
The
Lottery funded enhancements are supposed to provide fancy wrought iron
gates, a new Monks’ Garden and an ultra modern glass visitor centre to
complement the twelfth century stones - please excuse the sarcasm. And nothing whatsoever to improve security.
So far the only thing delivered has been a collection of eyesores. Two ancient hedges removed, the Visitor Centre
a building site since last December and within the last few days the formal
gardens placed out of bounds.
Off Abbey Road what appears to be a contractors’ base has been established.
It had better be good for
£3·5 million
and what looks like being nearly two years of disruption.
