Why Pleasure Island redevelopment project could put visitor squeeze on Cleethorpes Country Park

The country park - beautiful but fragile 

CLEETHORPES Country Park is set to face increased visitor pressure if the Pleasure Island redevelopment project goes ahead.

It has emerged that a proposed cycle-hire scheme will encourage holiday visitors to follow a route from the lodges to the country park via an existing grass path that runs between the Premier Inn and Cleethorpes Golf Club.

The proposal comes in the wake of a stipulation from Natural England that lodge residents should be discouraged from cycling or walking along the foreshore for fear of causing disturbance to Knot, Dunlin, Curlew and other at-risk shorebirds.

Whether this initiative is wise is open to question.

The country park is already a popular destination for both residents and visitors, but it is a fragile environment where the wildlife is just as vulnerable to human and canine disturbance as that on the sandflats.

It used to be a breeding site for species such as Grasshopper Warblers and Great Crested Grebes but not in recent years.

The redevelopment application is due to be considered at a meeting in Grimsby Town Hall tomorrow morning, July 8.

Prospective Pleasure Island lodge visitors will be encouraged to follow a cycle route that leads to Cleethorpes Country Park

A  Newcastle design firm, One Environments Ltd,  has come up with this concept of how an 'improved' path might look 

Might increased visitors alongside its course be of concern to Cleethorpes Golf Club - especially near the 12th hole which is adjacent to the path?