Author: Louise Allerton
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Party in the Park
On Friday 2 August a large event took place in Pittville Park and the Prince of Wales Stadium, which attracted a lot of families from all over Cheltenham for a free family fun day. The event was organised by the No Family Left Behind (NFLB) team, which is led by Cheltenham Borough Council (CBC), and…
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Pittville personalities: Mike Carne, Manager of The Airs and Graces
I recently enjoyed a relaxed conversation with Mike Carne, manager of the newly refurbished and renamed The Airs and Graces pub, in the building that was previously known as The Sudeley Arms. ‘I was born and raised in Evesham and moved to London to work, where I spent ten years gaining experience in the hospitality…
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Green Space Volunteers: Progress report
We are pleased to report that we are maintaining an average of twenty volunteers for the working parties, although the number varies each time due to holidays, grandparent duties, aches and pains and work commitments. It is also pleasing that volunteers from several local employers have come along to help – which does makes a…
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Historic award for Pittville Park
The Green Flag judges returned to Pittville Park this year to see if the park still reached the standards for the Green Flag Award (GFA) and the equally important Green Heritage Site Accreditation (GHSA). These are internationally recognised awards and the latter is supported by Historic England. Pittville Park is the only park with the…
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Message from the Chair | September 2024
Hello everyone, the year is progressing and what summer there has been is now almost behind us as we pass into autumn, ‘season of mists and mellow fruitfulness’ as Keats described it in his wonderful poem ‘To Autumn’. The warm, wet weather of the summer has been challenging for Friends of Pittville Green Space Volunteers…
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Habitat Boards
The Friends of Pittville applied for grant to fund the graphic design and manufacture of lantern style information boards that describe three different habitats in the west side of Pittville Park. The designs for the Lake and Meadow habitats were carried out by a small group of FoP volunteers together with an officer of Cheltenham…
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Horticultural features
The Green Flag judges were keen on seeing some horticultural features in a park. With very tight budgets and disappearing skills in local authorities, flower beds are now mainly planted with shrubs and trees. While these can look attractive, they can sometimes lack colour and variety. The FoP Green Space Volunteers are helping to look…
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May Plant Sale
After weeks of rain the sun came out and brightened up everything, so there was lots of activity at the FoP Plant Sale. There were stalls from a number of local nurseries and the FoP stand included plants donated by members and friends. A new feature this year was the Lucky Dip bottle stall, which…
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Cheltenham Town Wheelers in Pittville
If you’ve been walking in the far west of Pittville Park near the Prince of Wales Stadium on a Saturday afternoon, you may have come across the Cheltenham Town Wheelers. They run courses there for young cyclists who want to enjoy the thrills and spills of cyclo-cross and mountain biking. I went to find out…
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The front garden at Holst Victorian House
Last Autumn a team of Green Space Volunteers dug out the old garden in front of Holst Victorian House. Some weeks ago Chris Archibald spent a few sessions landscaping and replanting the garden, and now it really looks excellent. Thank you, Chris. Sally Thomas