Turfdry Makes Camp at Glenbrook Outdoor Activity Centre

Added: 8th February 2016

Nestled in the heart of the Peak District, Glenbrook Outdoor Activity Centre provides a haven of activity for Girlguiding UK, with groups regularly using its extensive residential facilities and camping fields for weekends of outdoor pursuits. Unfortunately however, the area's picturesque beauty is often offset by heavy rainfall, which has been rendering the site a muddy bog when faced with campers and Girlguides, limiting the facility's utility.

Contacting Turfdry as a result of their exceptional 20-year record for delivering cost-effective solutions to waterlogging issues, Girlguiding UK commissioned a topographical survey of the site using the latest satellite technology: an ideal foundation for the planning of optimally effective, properly staged works.

The site was split into multiple sections, with one area in particular - Area D - being identified for some re-levelling works to produce a more even, naturally draining surface. 

Re-grading operations underway

Re-grading operations underway

Once Area D was set at optimal levels, Turfdry's drainage team moved onto site to install the unique Turfdry Drainage System using Hydraway Sportsdrain at 3m spacings across the site, as per the suvey-facilitated design drawing.

Specialist, purpose-built machinery is used to install the Hydraway laterals, with the drain fed directly into a 50mm wide trench as it is cut.

Gravel and sand are used to backfill the trenches.

Drain lines, as well as the re-levelled section of the site, were re-seeded following completion of the drainage installation to restore the site. 

Turfdry will oversee the initial maintenance of the site, monitoring the establishment of the sward and the effectiveness of the drainage prior to full site handover later in the year. 

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