Mobility service improves access to park

A FOUR-WHEEL drive mobility service will launch at Parc Cefn Onn next year as work on a £660,000 project to conserve the park’s heritage and improve access and facilities for visitors reaches completion.

The new ‘Tramper’ service, is the final piece of the “Into the garden and beyond” project, part funded by a £454,000 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, that has delivered a range of improvements to the Grade II listed park in north Cardiff, including: a new boardwalk to improve accessibility; works to the ponds and waterways; improved signage and wayfinding; upgraded toilets and disabled changing facilities; conservation work to the Summerhouse; new interpretation boards exploring the park’s history; and improvements to the car park.

Purchased by the council in 1944, the park was once a private garden, belonging to Ernest Prosser, director of the Rhymney Valley Railway.

The Trampers are being provided via a partnership with not-for-profit organisation Countryside Mobility Network.

Driven by quiet electric motors, the Trampers are limited to 4mph and will be available for hire on a ‘one-off’ basis or via a low-cost membership plan.