Client: Forestry Commission Bedgebury National Pinetum and Forest is located in Kent covers over 800 hectares. Prior to the introduction of new visitor facilities the Pinetum was known as a specialist arboretum which had limited appeal amongst the general visitor...
Audience Development Heritage Lottery Fund, RSPB Rainham Marshes Visitor Centre
Client: RSPB We carried out visitor and community research to produce an Audience Development Plan for Rainham, Wellington and Aveley Marshes RSPB Nature Reserve for a Heritage Lottery Grant Application. This represented one the RSPB’s first urban nature reserves. The...
HLF business planning consultancy project Ditherington Flax Mill Maltings, Shrewsbury
Client: Shropshire Council Ditherington Flax Mill Maltings located in Shrewsbury is a unique and internationally important site which has recently been awarded £12.8 million in HLF funding. It contains seven listed buildings including the first cast-iron framed...
Country park visitor research – Gnoll Estate Country Park
Client: Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council Gnoll Estate Country Park is a leading destination country park managed by Neath Port Talbot Country Park. The country park covers approximately 219 acres. As part of a former country estate the landscape is attractive...
Visitor Management Plan, Caldicot Castle and Country Park
Client: Monmouthshire County Council PSC was commissioned to produce a visitor management plan for Caldicot Castle and Country Park, important heritage and recreation site. Built between the 12th and 14th centuries Caldicot Castle is a Grade I listed building. It...
Country Park Visitor Research
Client: Buckinghamshire Council PSC were commissioned by Buckinghamshire Council to advise on developing a programme of face-to-face visitor research across three of their parks – Black Park, Langley Park and Denham Country Park. Our work included developing the...
Seaside Town Regeneration in Wales
Client: Welsh Government Working with Wavehill Planning Solutions Consulting carried out an evaluation of the local impact and value for money of seaside town projects and programmes within the five Strategic Regeneration Areas along the coast of Wales. Our work...
Southwater Country Park Visitor Research and Stakeholder Engagement
Client: Horsham District Council Southwater Country Park is much loved and well used, attracting visitors from across Horsham District and further afield. Planning Solutions Consulting was commissioned by Horsham District Council to carry out a module of primary...
Primary research, Steart Peninsula, Somerset
Clients: Bristol Port Company, RSPB and Wetland and Wildfowl Trust The Steart Peninsula project is related to the creation of over 400 hectares of intertidal wetland habitat nature reserve. This has been achieved through managed realignment involving removal of part...