Barns Lane Environmental Improvement Project, Farmers Boy Fishing Club, Rushall, Walsall

This is a project to improve pathways at Barns Lane Pool. Barns Lane pool is a body of water predominately used as a fishing pool. The location of the pool puts it into an area of green belt that adjoins another two pools, the Swan and Swag, which are covered by a SSSI designation. The club is seeking funding to help improve pathways around the site, opening the site up for people to access and use more effectively.

Barns Lane pool and greenspace is used by various groups for a wide variety of activities. The council owns the land but has been neglected due to financial constraints. The club has been trying to maintain it with what resources and manpower it has with the permission from the council. The aim is to improve the infrastructure of the site, with the installation of new paths for ease of accessibility for everyone, particularly the disabled and elderly. The present paths have deteriorated over the years and need to be reinstated, especially the main path and the one around the pool.