As well as giving residents a beautiful and peaceful setting in which to say goodbye to and remember their loved ones, the brownfield site is being skilfully developed to enhance the significant biodiversity and ecology that exists alongside the lake.
A number of ecological surveys have taken place on site. These confirmed the site provides suitable habitats for bats, hedgehogs, brown hares, nesting birds, wintering birds, owls, invertebrates, dormice, and mining bees.
The site is also designated as a Country Wildlife site because of rare pond weed in the lake, as well as other land-based species of plants. Overall, the site is considered to be of moderate to high ecological value. This has helped to inform the extent to which the site can be developed for future uses.
Plans for the bereavement centre have been designed to protect the significant biodiversity and ecology that exists. Ecologists from The Wildlife Trust also confirmed it would be detrimental to its biodiversity to use the site for outdoor pursuit activities, such as sailing, canoeing and paddle boarding.