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Mulberry Park: a new destination in the City of Bath

Mulberry Park is revealed as the name for Curo?s proposed creation of 700 new homes, community facilities and open spaces on the Foxhill former MoD site.

The name was the brainchild Bath resident, Ken Cookes, following a campaign by Curo to find a new identity for the development. They received more than 100 ideas by email, Twitter and in person from local people, ranging from the impressively intellectual to the quirky and comical.

After studying all the suggestions, Curo chose ‘Mulberry Park’ as a fresh, distinctive new name for the area, and one that nods to the city’s long military history as well as the site’s beautiful natural surroundings.

‘Mulberry’ refers to Mulberry Harbours, which were temporary harbours designed in Bath by the Admiralty, andd were used for the D-Day landings, which is why many view them as one of World War II’s greatest engineering achievements.

Mr Cookes, who lives in Bear Flat, has been a Bath resident for over 40 years.  He says:

“I am so pleased that Curo chose the name I suggested for the new development at Foxhill.  I couldn't help thinking about how influential our Mulberry Harbours had been towards the success of D-Day and indeed our history. Bath should feel proud of its legacy and this development could be a fitting memorial.”

Victor da Cunha, Curo CEO, added “We’ve had a fantastic response and we’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who sent us a suggestion. It’s been great to see so much interest in our plans for the area and to find out about the local history that inspired many of the suggestions.”

“We think Mulberry Park is an inspiring and authentic name that will help create an exciting new future for the area currently referred to as ‘the Former MOD site at Foxhill’.  It really reflects our aspirations for the development and will help create a new neighbourhood at the heart of Combe Down.”

The ‘Park’ part of the new name acknowledges the site’s position adjacent to an area of outstanding natural beauty, as well as the plan to incorporate natural landscaping into the development.  Mulberry trees, with their distinctive berries have been planted in England since the Tudor period and Curo is looking into whether these could be included in the planting scheme.

Some of the suggestions for the name drew upon the city’s roman history (Minerva Hill), some went for prominent Bathonians (Ralph Allen Park), as well as stunning local countryside (Shepherd’s Hill).  Someone even cheekily suggested that the area should be renamed after The League of Gentlemen’s fictional town of Royston Vasey.

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