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RESIDENTS of Winsley are vowing to fight to keep their village playing field after it was sold for £66,500 at a public auction on Wednesday. They were shocked after the Northfield playing field was listed as Lot 193 in a sale at Barnard Marcus auction house in London with a guide price of £7,500. Cllr Johnny Kidney, a member off Winsley Parish Council and a Wiltshire councillor, said afterwards: “Unfortunately, despite an incredible effort by the parish council and our fantastic community, the auction went ahead and sadly we were outbid. “The fight goes on - we will do everything we can to ensure that they find they’ve just bought a very expensive village green.”
RESIDENTS of Winsley have been left stunned and shocked after their village playing field was put up for sale by public auction. The field where countless Winsley children have played football since the 1970s is listed for sale in a two-day online auction beginning today. It is listed as lot number 193 in the Barnard Marcus catalogue for a sale in London with a price guide of £7,500. Local Wiltshire and Winsley parish councillor Johnny Kidney said the village had been left “shocked” by the listing. The playing field off Northfield is part of the Tyning Road estate in Winsley, which was built in the late 1960s. The land is being sold by Legacy Land Holdings Ltd of Bexhill on Sea in East Sussex.