Category: Hamp News and Blogs

The ReCreation Centre based on the Hamp Estate in Bridgwater offers a community building to all of the local residents. The Centre is run by Les Riddle and host events from the regular children’s drop in club to cookery mornings. See ‘Where We Work… > ReCreation Centre, Hamp‘ for more details.

The end of Heritage Ambassadors Project

The Mayor of Bridgwater invited along recently to mark the end of the 12 month Heritage Ambassadors project by attaching a plaque to the Centre’s mascot, a phoenix carved in Exmoor oak.
 
The project was funded by the Heritage Lottery in partnership with Exmoor National Park Authority, Quantocks AONB, Somerset Wildlife Trust and the Field Studies [...]

EXMOOR PROVIDES ‘THE BIGGEST BEAK IN BRIDGWATER’

EXMOOR PROVIDES ‘THE BIGGEST BEAK IN BRIDGWATER’

 
A phoenix carved out of a solid piece of Exmoor oak, weighing around 2 tons, will be lifted by crane over the rail of the ReCreation Centre on the Hamp Estate in Bridgwater on Wednesday 25 October 2006
 
The sculpture, carved out of oak from Horner Woods, was made by chainsaw sculptor Paul lles from Exmoor National [...]