There were eight of these installed originally, with the aid of grant money. Those at the Debdale access point, Levenshulme Quadrants, opposite Sainsbury’s car park, the Sherwoood Street entrance, and just west of the Princess Road bridge are still in place and will be cleaned of a bit of graffiti before spring. The board at Athol Road is still there, but we removed the map soon after installation as it was regularly being covered in spray paint.
One board was placed on the building next to the cycle parking at St Werburgh’s Road Metrolink station, with Metrolink’s approval and help. The outer protective plastic sheet had been damaged in the past, but the map underneath was still legible. However, the whole board has recently been removed – apparently by Metrolink staff as there is no damage to the brick wall to which it was fixed. We will contact Metrolink to see if we can get it replaced! We would like to instal new maps in the boards, but Transport for Greater Manchester are not able to help fund this at the moment, so please let us know if you hear of any community grant opportunities.
In addition, we are investigating installing a map of the Levenshulme orchard, so people can identify the trees. They were never labelled when first planted, due to a fear of them being dug up and stolen. However, they are now mature enough for this not to be a concern. An example of the type of map we would like to display can be found at the community orchard in Debdale Park, on the south side of the lower reservoir.
Friends of the Fallowfield Loop 