VISITORS to a Wyre Forest village are being given a warm welcome following the installation of new gateposts.

Motorists will spot the new gates as they arrive into Wolverley on the Franche Road, Wolverley Road and Shatterford Lane, and to make the gateways even more prominent, they coincide with the road surface speed markers.

Wolverley and Cookley Parish John Hart and Robin Drew and Councillor Marcus Hart, Leader of Wyre Forest District Council have worked to get the gateways installed to create a defined ‘entrance’ to the village and secured funds from Worcestershire County Council Localism Fund to pay for them.

Councillor Marcus Hart said: “As leader of WFDC I am delighted to work in partnership with yet another parish council to invest in our local communities. The village gateways clearly give a village feel and certainly enhance the local area.”

Wolverley and Cookley Parish Council Chairman Councillor John Hart said: “The Parish Council of Wolverley and Cookley are pleased to have received funding from the Localism fund of WFDC to install the gateways.

“They serve to create an attractive entrance into the heart of the villages and hopefully will encourage drivers to drive with care.”

The gateway project has also been rolled out in Cookley and Caunsall where they are situated off the A449 at the top of Castle Road, Austcliffe Lane and Caunsall Road.