The vision for the Bathgate Meadows Nature Park project is to work with local people to create a large, high-quality, accessible and wildlife-rich nature park on former industrial land, regenerating the rivers that run through the town, creating new direct connections between Blackburn, Wester Inch, and the historic town centre and its transport hubs helping inject new life into the town centre, galvanise the town’s newfound role as a thriving suburb and provide a natural space where wildlife can thrive and people can linger a while.

The project aims to deliver the following outcomes:

• The growing urban area will have a new green heart with the Bog Burn and Boghead Burns flowing freely and renewing life.
• The town will be well connected and serviced by a network of active links.
• Local people and communities will be supported to make decisions and be at the heart of the delivery.
• Water quality and biodiversity will be enhanced.