Category: Pittville Park
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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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Spotted: Mysterious cleric in search of the new cycle path?
You never know what you’re going to see when you go up to the Pump Room – especially at the Friends of Pittville Drop-in. On this occasion there was a lot of activity, with people in period clothing. Who was that cleric on a bike? Was he lost – perhaps looking for the new cycle…
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Green Flag and Green Heritage Site Accreditation
Pittville Park is judged biannually for these two internationally recognised awards and this took place on 1 May this year. The Green Flag Award Scheme recognises and rewards well-managed parks, setting a benchmark standard of recreational outdoor spaces. There are 27 criteria on which the park is judged. The Green Heritage Site Accreditation award is…
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Pump Room re-opens to visitors
Good news! It appears that the Cheltenham Trust has reversed its recent decision to make visits to the Pump Room “by appointment only”. Friends of Pittville lobbied the Cheltenham Trust, together with other organisations and individuals, to ensure that public access to this iconic landmark was not lost. As a result, the Pump Room is…
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A Green Flag and Green Heritage Site status for Pittville Park
Friends of Pittville played a major role in supporting Cheltenham Borough Council’s successful application for Green Flag status and Green Heritage Site accreditation for Pittville Park, awarded yesterday in a ceremony at the Pump Room. Pittville is the only park in Gloucestershire to be awarded the prestigious Green Heritage Site accreditation, which is given to…
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New play area officially opened
The new play area in Pittville Park was officially opened on Sunday 17 July by the Mayor of Cheltenham, Councillor Chris Ryder. Councillor Chris Coleman (Cabinet Member for the Clean and Green Environment), Judie Hodsdon (Chair of Friends of Pittville) and the Mayor thanked everyone who had contributed to the project.
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Play area opens on Friday!
Following a successful preview day for invited school children, the new play area in Pittville Park will be open to the public from noon this Friday. It may get very busy over the coming weekend and half term holiday!
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Pittville park aviaries to be renovated thanks to GET grant
Thanks to a grant from the Gloucestershire Environmental Trust, the aviaries in Pittville Park are being refurbished. The work will include replacing all the mesh, repairing and repainting the metal work, repairing all the timber structures, improving the facilities for the animals and making the aviaries more educational and interactive for members of the public.…
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One step closer to Green Flag status for Pittville Park
Friends of Pittville have supported Cheltenham Borough Council in applying for Green Flag status and Green Heritage Site accreditation for Pittville Park. The application (including a 10 year plan for the park) has now been submitted. The judges will visit the park in June and we should hear the result in July. The Green Flag…
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£4,400 raised for new play area through crowdfunding
We had a great response to our crowdfunding initiative for the new play area in Pittville Park, with 49 backers who gave £4,400 over 35 days. Thanks to the following, whose names have not appeared on our website until now: Ben Hunt Electrical Beth Kellie Kevin Mullard Fergus O’Grady Lynda Hockin Lesley Rye Wendy Ellis…