IN SPITE of unseasonal snow, bosses say Greenwich Park is on track to return to its former beauty by late Spring.

The majority of Queen's Field, which saw the Games Equestrian events last Summer, has been re-turfed and is currently roped off while the grass beds in.

The "frustrating" cold weather is blamed for sorry-looking patches of mud and rubble in the north-west corner where the horses’ stables were kept.

But campaign group No to Greenwich Olympic Equestrian Events (NOGOE) say the continued disruption to park users – with areas shut off for almost a year – has been "disproportionate" to the sporting events.

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Greenwich Park manager Graham Deer said: "I would say we are right on target with the reinstatement.

"The turfing of Queens Field is now complete – all we have left to do is a bit of grass sowing.

"The weather’s been a bit frustrating for the final small bits but the soft landscaping is almost finished."

He added that the bad weather has held up resurfacing plans to the park’s car park but that Greenwich Park is on target to be back to normal by mid May.

NOGOE spokesman Sev D’Souza said: "It [Queen’s Field] is beginning to look nice but it can’t be used.

"In a nutshell, I believe the disruption has been totally disproportionate. We were talking a two week sporting event – obviously a major one but the effects are still being felt by local people.

"I feel it is socially unjust to close such a valuable community asset for such a long time."

Mr Deer moved to reassured NOGOE that the park's heritage features such as ancient trees had been "100 per cent" protected.

He said: “Certainly on the trees there was a very extensive protection done to make sure put in to protect trees – we are 100 per cent confident there are no adverse effects on the trees.

Over the Winter, trees in Bower Avenue also had tarmac from 1970s removed to improve their health.

Resurfacing works to The Avenue and footpaths have been carried out with a budget roughly split between LOCOG and Royal Parks.