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- Kit Newsletter Summer 2025
- Newsletter Editor Required
The latest edition of the KIT Newsletter, Summer 2025 is below.
Downholland Parish Council are seeking a volunteer to produce this newsletter.
The newsletter is produced 3 times a year and the role involves collecting content from the regular contributors, compiling it into an 8 to 10 page newsletter and uploading it to the printers’ website after which it will be delivered to the Parish Council for distribution.
The Parish Council pay for all printing costs and the task usually takes 3 or 4 hours, 3 times a year.
If you’d like to help out please come to our next Parish Council meeting (3rd Tuesday of each month) or contact us
- Reduction in the number of entrances to Jubilee Park
In an effort to ensure the safety of park users and prevent damage to the field, the Parish Council has considered various options to address ongoing issues and recent incidents involving motorbikes in Jubilee Park.
These options included installing motorbike inhibitor barriers at all five park entrances. However, the total cost was deemed excessive and likely to impede access for double buggies and accessibility vehicles.
After reviewing CCTV footage in collaboration with local police, a “race track” of sorts was identified running through the park and onto the canal bank.
In light of this, the Council has reluctantly decided to close the entrance in the far corner adjacent to the canal bank.
We appreciate that this entrance is convenient for canal access, but we have been left with few alternatives and believe that the safety of park users must take priority. We hope park users understand the reasoning behind this decision.
About Downholland
The Civil Parish of Downholland lies in the southwestern corner of West Lancashire, it includes the village of Haskayne and the settlements of Barton and Downholland Cross as well as scattered farmhouses and cottages.
Haskayne contains a beautiful park next to the canal, featuring a BMX track, football pitch and lots of play equipment. Winner of “Best Park in Lancashire” – Lancashire Best Kept Village 2019/2020.
There is a thriving village school, three public houses,a village hall hosting a number of community activities and we have an active Community Association and Residents Association.
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Downholland has a total area of 12 square miles most of which is prime agricultural land. The nearest towns are Southport, seven miles to the west and Ormskirk five miles to the east. Liverpool is about 12 miles away. The population of about 1000 is employed in the surrounding towns and cities or on the land. The Leeds and Liverpool canal runs through the parish.