1. Working Information Card to be carried in safety sack
Updated Mar2016
Name of Site: Crosemere Lake
Grid Reference: SJ – Schools fieldwork site
SJ – Small parking area
What to do in the event of an accident / incident:
STAY CALM
ENSURE GROUP SAFE & WARM
DEAL WITH IMMEDIATE INJURIES
EVACUATE OR PHONE 112 / 999
PHONE PRESTON MONTFORD ( )
COMPLETE INCIDENT CARD
Nearest Phone and dwelling & Postcode:
Kenwick Hamlet (SJ422303) SY12 0JA
Crosemere House (SJ434297) SY12 0JS
Location and Access/Egress: North from Shrewsbury on the A 528 towards Ellesmere. Go through Cockshutt. Two miles after Cockshutt on the right hand side of the road is the small lay-by. If approaching from Shrewsbury, turn the vehicle around before parking (continue up the road to turning point – see map) so that students can disembark safely.
There is also limited parking if you go into Cockshutt, almost immediately take the first right to English Frankton . Take the left (Crosemere Lane) at the Y junction. At mini cross-road go straight over. Continue down lane until past farms. Road peters out into farm track, continue until parking area is reached (SJ432300).
Mobile phone coverage: Orange
Site Description: A eutrophic kettle hole mere of importance nationally and internationally (SSSI). Surrounded by agricultural farmland. Great Fen sedge & Club rush are present in the marginal vegetation. Previously of importance for the submerged vegetation which has declined. Used by Anglers.
EMERGENCY CONTACTS
Preston Montford Phone:
Duty Phone:
Special Equipment: Throw can if using jetty
Nearest Vehicle Access: Lay by on the A528
Access rights: All year – permission given by farm. The land is managed by Strutt and Parker by Thomas Hanmer Then the land/field is leased to a Mr Edwards Ellesmere Angling Club is Tony Fielding. Tel no or via his work (0151) who maintain the jetties.
Hazards covered by P1 App 4 Out of Classroom, App 5 Freshwater; Rural, Moorland & Mountain; Woodland; and App 6 Minibus activity
Hazard
Outcome Score
Likelihood Score
Risk Score
Control Measures
Jetties slippery 4 2 8
Care – especially in wet weather.

2. Working Information Card to be carried in safety sack
Lay-by – can fit 2 minibuses or one coach.
Ensure door of vehicle is on field side of lay-by. To turn vehicle for parking, see inset.
Name of Site: Crosemere Lake
Grid Reference: SJ (Fieldwork site)
Busy, fast road and blind corner (A528)
Fence has to be crossed here with care
Schools Fieldwork site
Sweat Mere – impenetrable, dense vegetation with deep muddy areas. AVOID
Turn here (coaches)
Jetties are slippery when wet or covered in algae and over deep water. Check first, if slippery, do not use. Take throw can.
Land often used to graze cattle (E-Coli)
SY12 0JA
Blue green algae can be present in the water - toxic
Turn here (minibuses / cars)
Marginal plant: Saw Sedge can give nasty cuts
Lay-by
Boggy ground close to the water becoming deep mud in woodland margins.
Vegetation may obscure true depth of water
Very little shelter from wind, rain or sun
Parking for small number of vehicles
SY12 0JS