Tuckahoe Creek Park
Project Status: Preliminary
Estimated Cost: $10,000,000
Start Date: Spring 2023
Magisterial District: Three Chopt Tuckahoe
2026 Update
The revised master plan was approved by the Board of Supervisors and now the project moves into the design and permitting phase, lasting through the end of 2026. Construction is anticipated to begin in summer 2027.
Update to Proposed Master Plan – May 2025
A proposed master plan was shared at the April 17 community meeting and guests were offered a time to ask questions and provide feedback. The county took time to review that feedback and after some consideration and discussion made a few modifications to the plan. Recreation & Parks plans to present this revised master plan to the Board of Supervisors in the near future.
Announcement – April 14, 2025
The next phase of Tuckahoe Creek Park took a big step forward today! Henrico County Government officials recognized The Wilton Companies for donating roughly 21 acres along the beautiful Tuckahoe Creek. The Wilton Companies have now donated over 250 acres to Henrico, the largest donation of land for recreational use!
On April 17, recreation staff will share a proposed master plan that includes an additional trail/boardwalk, shelter, and parking. The trailhead is being named “Wilton Landing,” in recognition of the Wilton Companies’ generosity.
Overview: Tuckahoe Creek Corridor
- The Tuckahoe Creek boardwalk system provides pedestrian access to the Tuckahoe Creek flood plain for walking, fishing, and enjoying nature.
- Henrico County owns 240 acres of floodplain along Tuckahoe Creek. This land is comprised of several non-contiguous parcels that stretch from just south of Broad Street to just south of Patterson Avenue.
- Henrico County voters approved $5,000,000 in capital funding for development of the entire Tuckahoe Creek Park system in November 2016.
- This bond referendum funding was appropriated in July of 2021 and is being used to expand the initial phases into a community-level passive park resource with designated parking and better access from multiple communities within nearby neighborhoods.
Phase III Notes
- The current phase in the planning process is to complete a full master plan depicting the most practical land-use options for the entire 240-acres of county-owned land along Tuckahoe Creek. Many areas of the land are not presently suitable for development and the $10M project budget is not nearly enough to construct a boardwalk across all the parcels owned even if they were all contiguous. This process will utilize the valuable citizen input received at the June 2023 & April 2024 meetings as well as from >the online comments. This land is comprised of several non-contiguous parcels that stretch across Three Chopt and Tuckahoe Magisterial Districts, from just south of Broad Street to just below Patterson Avenue. We will need to prioritize exactly what we think can be constructed with the available bond funding.
- The county is actively working to acquire missing segments of land to provide continuous access across some, but not all of Tuckahoe Creek frontage between West Broad Street and Patterson Avenue.
- A community master plan process to discuss plans for the entire corridor will include community input through additional meetings facilitated by the Division of Recreation and Parks.
- Future construction will occur in multiple phases.
Progress to Date
Phase III Community Input Meeting
- Thursday, April 17, 2025
- 6:30 p.m. at Lakewood Retirement Community
Phase III Community Open House
- Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- 6:30 p.m. at Deep Run Recreation Center
Phase III Community Input Meetings
In June 2023, Henrico County Recreation & Parks held initial community meetings to discuss the Tuckahoe Creek Park Bond Project. Meetings were held a Nuckols Farm ES and Carver ES.
- Met the planning and design team
- Reviewed existing boardwalk and park properties
- Discussed opportunities and constraints for potential trail systems/boardwalk between Patterson Avenue and Broad Street.
- Shared thoughts and comments
Phase I & II Boardwalk Trail (Complete)
- 2016: Phase I completed, which included 500 feet of boardwalk and a neighborhood pedestrian access at the terminus of Ridgefield Parkway.
- 2020: Phase II completed, which provided an additional 1,000+ linear feet of boardwalk and trail connecting the end of Phase I to Old Coach Lane.
- Phase II completed a neighborhood pedestrian link from Ridgefield Parkway to Old Coach Lane.
- Funding was provided through multiple Recreational Trails Access grants administered through the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. The grants totaled $938,535.