The Darwin Gardens Millenium Green Trust

Objectives of the Trust

To provide and maintain an open space known as Darwin Gardens Millennium Green for the benefit of the inhabitants of Ilkley, and to be used forever as an area for informal recreation, play or other leisure pursuits, a meeting area or a place for community events, and for any other lawful purpose consistent with these trusts for the benefit of the community.

Statement of Aims

The Darwin Gardens Millennium Green is intended to:

• Contribute to the life of the whole community.
• Be able to be enjoyed by people of all ages and physical abilities.
• Be open, be evident and of appeal to visitors to the locality as well as to the inhabitants.
• Be an attractive place for people to take air and exercise, meet others and pursue leisure activities and pastimes consistent with shared enjoyment of the whole land.
• Include an area suitable for community events and celebrations.
• Include and area providing a memorial to the life and work of Charles Darwin.
• Make a positive contribution to the local environment and respect the established character of the area.
• Remain safely and conveniently accessible from inhabitants’ homes.