New home for the Green Shelter

A historic shelter that has provided a rest space for town walkers since Victorian times could finally have a new home. The Green Shelter, also known as the threepenny bit shelter because of its shape, was removed from its site below Western Esplanade in February last year after it was damaged by vandals.

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Future of shelter to be decided

A long-running battle over where to place a Victorian shelter looked set to come to a head this week. Councillors were voting on where to put the historic Green Shelter as the Times went to press, after failing to come to a decision at a meeting in March. At the moment the shelter is in storage after having been taken down and repainted.

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