Sylvia Crowe was a landscape architect, who redesigned St Mary's churchyard in the 1950s. A new group, formed earlier this year, has now been established with the aim of renaming Banbury Country Park in honour of this significant local figure.

The country park in Banbury contains several examples of 20th century infrastructure - pylons, Banbury's flood defence system, small lakes. Her career included several examples of setting 20th century infrastructure in a naturalistic setting - power stations, nuclear power stations, reservoirs - and these projects form a large part of her legacy and are of national and international importance. The country park in Banbury is therefore perfect as a place to commemorate Sylvia Crowe.

We believe that, as well as fostering interest in and the development of the country park in Banbury, the renaming of it would be a great way of encouraging local and national interest in all that Sylvia Crowe achieved.

The Friends of Sylvia Crowe Country Park is open to any individuals and organisations that would like to join our campaign to rename the country park in Banbury to commemorate Sylvia Crowe's achievements. We would be delighted if you would like to join us. There is no money involved and we are not a political group in any shape or form. Cherwell District Council is the owner of the country park - as a group, we have no intention of opposing their policies and priorities. Rather, we would like to work with them and provide support to them in relation to the country park. Our chief aim is the renaming of the country park but, if and where we can, we would like to support the council in the development of the country park including its access for the public and, very importantly, its habitat for wildlife.

You are welcome to join our Facebook group - Friends of Sylvia Crowe Country Park or take a look at our website: www.friendsofsylviacrowecountrypark.org.uk.

There are no forms to fill in, the easiest way just to join is on our Facebook page.

Jane Kilsby