Our stunning Country Park is owned by Great Cornard Parish Council and managed by Sudbury Common Lands Charity.

For further enquiries regarding the Country Park, please call the Council offices on 01787 373212

  

Sudbury Common Lands Charity website: www.sudburycommonlandscharity.org

Latest Report from Sudbury Common Lands Charity can be found here.

 

There are signs at the Country Park which ask that users with dogs keep them under control at all times. The signs refer to the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 (section 3); please see below.

"It is a criminal offence (for the owner and/or the person in charge of the dog) to allow a dog to be 'dangerously out of control'. A 'dangerously out of control' dog can be defined as a dog that has injured someone or a dog that a person has grounds for reasonable apprehension that it may do so. Something as simple as your dog chasing, barking at or jumping up at a person or child could lead to a complaint, so ensure that your dog is under control at all times.

If your dog injures a person, it may be seized by the police and your penalty may include a prison sentence and/or a ban on keeping dogs. There is also an automatic presumption that your dog will be destroyed (unless you can persuade the court that it is not a danger to the public, in which case it may be subject to a control order). You may also have to pay a fine, compensation and costs".

 

Horses are restricted to a walking pace only whilst using the Country Park.