The two November GSV working parties and the November Drop-In have been cancelled because of lockdown restrictions. We hope we will be back to ‘normal’ activities next month.

The photo shows what resulted from some work carried out at Pittville Gates by Severn Trent. Paving slabs and granite setts, paid for by money raised by Friends of  Pittville, were removed and replaced by tarmac infill at the end of the work. This  severely compromises the architect designed paving pattern and is unacceptable. Following…

The Park first received a Green Flag award and Green Heritage status in 2016. Following a recent review it was decided that the awards would be renewed for yet another year. Working in partnership with the CBC Green Space team the Friends of Pittville volunteers have made a major contribution to this success.

The Green Space Volunteers (working in small socially-distancing groups) have achieved a great deal in the last 2 months, with an average of 26 people working on each occasion. Jobs have included pruning shrubs round the Scout Hut and a tree canopy near the Central Cross Cafe, edging paths and cleaning around benches, clearing the…

The badly leaning cherry tree in Bed 38, by Wellington Road, has been removed. It will be replaced by 3 cherry trees, one of which will carry the memorial plaque from the old tree. After yet more weeding the bed will be replanted with the 3 trees and a selection of shrubs with the aim…

  Andrea Creedon, a member of Pittville History Works, has created a GPS-guided architectural walk around Pittville. Information about it is on the PHW website, at pittvillehistory.org.uk/pittvilleplaces/GuidedWalkApp.html. So you can look at it there, or go on the walk yourself, with the app downloaded to your mobile phone. If you adjust your phone settings, you…

Hidden Lives: botanists, buildings and bankruptcy Desmond Marshall has put together a talk on the subject of some of the many able and eminent people came to live in Cheltenham as the town developed. Some came to retire and for others it was their place of work. The lives of many of these people are…

The magnificent 250-year old Cedar of Lebanon that dominates the landscape in the west side of Pittville Park is under threat. It has been determined that its roots are affecting a neighbouring property and the solution is sadly that the tree might have to be felled. Friends of Pittville had hoped that a root barrier…