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  • The project to refurbish Pittville Gates has earned a 2016 Civic Award for the Restoration of an Existing Structure. The project team received the award at a ceremony at the Town Hall on 20 April. As well as Friends of… Read More

  • We invited Friends of Pittville to suggest names for the boat (actually a wreck) in the sandpit in the new play area. The final choice was The Jolly Joe – appropriately piratical with a reference to Joseph Pitt. There is… Read More

  • During the evening of Thursday, 21st April, Cheltenham will be joining over a thousand other towns, villages and communities in lighting beacons to celebrate the 90th birthday of Her Majesty The Queen. The Prince of Wales will invite Her Majesty… Read More

  • 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… Read More

  • Thanks to our efforts, the new play area in Pittville Park will be fully complete when it opens in late May. This is only possible because Friends of Pittville have managed to raise over £90,000 from grants, council funds and… Read More

  • Some of our regular Green Space volunteers and a few residents came out last Sunday to ‘clean for the queen’, a national event in which forty-seven Cheltenham groups participated.  We were in Pittville Lawn and enjoyed a coffee at Central Cross… Read More

  • Over 100 people (some anonymous) have generously supported our public fundraising appeal for the new play area in Pittville Park. To see a list of names of those who have contributed as at 13 April 2016, please click here. Read More

  • Fundraising for the new play area has been gathering pace! In addition to the £4,400 received through crowdfunding, donors on JustGiving have also been generous, with at least £1,500 raised (plus Gift Aid to be added). One donor, Jessica Lacy,… Read More

  • 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… Read More

  • 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:… Read More