Access to Nature
Over 200 residents are helping turn Hollywood Park and Park View into cooler, greener spaces for everyone to enjoy.
The renovations at Hollywood Park and Park View will transform underused green space into hubs for green activity and climate resilience in Edgeley.
Residents are establishing a community-led 'Friends of Hollywood Park' group to ensure the parks develop in line with local priorities.
Four community-led, co-designed interventions will be hosted in Hollywood park to improve shade and greenery.
Regular activities based in the park will help build local green skills and contribute to the health & wellbeing of local residents.
To build a picture of each community, the Resilience for Communities (R4C) program used risk mapping, open-data sources, expert interviews, community surveys and focus groups. This assessment used the Climate Resilience Measurement for Communities (CRMC) tool to assess community resilience to extreme heat and flooding - helping to identify priorities and design solutions.
Sources of resilience — Improved greenspace enhances Edgeley's natural, social and human capital.
Adds permeable land cover and natural shade cover, absorbing rainwater and heat.
Creates opportunities for learning about the natural services that can help mitigate the impacts of climate change.
Creates a shared, outdoor space where residents can come together to strengthen community ties.
Impact multipliers — Resilience solutions have a different mix of impact multipliers and impact multiple systems, businesses and societies. Together, multipliers produce anamplified impact.
Enhance Biodiversity
By diversifying planted areas and increasing the amount of native plants, the parks will support local wildlife, improve shade, and strengthen the area’s natural resilience.
Community Awareness
Engages community members as volunteers so they can learn about the benefits of green space to local resilience.
Increase Community Cohesion
Brings diverse community members together around a common goal: making their neighborhood a better place.
How does this solution make a difference? – Addressing prioritized shocks and stresses
Extreme Heat
Environmental Degradation
Reducing heat exposure through urban greening
Tree planting and shaded areas lower surface temperatures, creating cooler public spaces that protect residents during heatwaves and improve outdoor comfort.
Turning underused land into climate assets
Restoring neglected park areas increases permeable surfaces and vegetation, improving water absorption and reducing the impacts of heavy rainfall and surface flooding.
Heat Hazard Score, BBC and 4 Earth Intelligence, 2022
The map shows how some parts of Edgeley get hotter than others during warm weather. Edgeley stands out as one of the hottest areas in Stockport, making cooling projects in parks and streets especially important.
