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  • Perhaps the highlight of the year of 26 concerts, from September 2023 to July 2024 – arranged by the Cheltenham Music Festival Society in collaboration with The Cheltenham Trust took place on 11 June and was given by two outstanding 15-year… Read More

  • Our thanks go to Oggy Boytchev and Julian Tooke who hosted FoP members at their home on Pittville Lawn in mid June. The weather was not as kind to us this year, so we gathered indoors. We set up three cheese… Read More

  • We have received many complaints over the last few years about the state of the ground by the park noticeboard and underpass. The area was frequently flooded and easily became a quagmire. CBC, through the cycle way contractor, have now… Read More

  • 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… Read More

  • 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… Read More

  • 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… Read More

  • 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… Read More

  • 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,… Read More

  • Our current project is to create some sensory beds in the Play Area that will be educational and appeal to children.  We seek submissions initially, deadline 30.o9.24.  For full details please watch this video, then…. Please submit your ideas to… Read More

  • 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… Read More