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Keeping you up-to-date with what’s going on in Pittville
Our newsletter is published four times a year and covers the latest developments in Pittville, project updates, forthcoming events and longer feature articles. If you would like to contribute to the newsletter or help us to distribute it, please contact us.
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The restored flight of steps is nearing completion and the project should be finished by early November. An opening ceremony is planned for later in the month. Read More
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AGM 2023 documents now available
FoP Annual Report 2022-23 FoP AGM 2023 Minutes FoP Annual Accounts 2022-3 Read More
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Green Flag and Green Heritage 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, which were first awarded in July 2016 and have been again without lapse in… Read More
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Landscape Improvements to the Upper Lake
In 2017, Cheltenham Borough Council and Friends of Pittville commissioned Illman Young Landscape Design to advise on improving the landscape between the Upper Lake and Pittville Pump Room. This is maintained by the Green Space Volunteers, with further planting having… Read More
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Pittville Pump Room Steps Project Update
Because of a delay in acquiring the Forest stone for the steps the project is now expected to begin on 25 September Read More
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The September Newsletter is available
FoP Newsletter September2023 Read More
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Coin-operated dispenser for feeding ducks and other wildfowl
Friends of Pittville, in partnership with Cheltenham Borough Council, has installed a coin-operated dispenser on the Upper Lake in Pittville Park. This dispenses food which is suitable for wildfowl such as ducks and swans. The project has been running since… Read More
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The reinstatement of the historic set of steps in front of the Pump Room will begin on 18 September.
After some rather frustrating delays (necessary local authority processes mostly) we now have a start date for the Steps Project . After the tendering process a contractor with an affordable quote was selected and the contract (after much due process… Read More
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An urgent message from FoP Trustees
‘WELL-LOVED SUCCESSFUL CHARITY IN CRISIS’ This is not a figment of a tabloid journalist’s overactive imagination. It is a serious possibility that Friends of Pittville will soon be unable to continue. We have more members than we have had for many years,… Read More
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Improvements to Bed 38
Bed 38 is located in the south west corner of the Long Garden near the junction of Wellington Road and Evesham Road. It is the first sight of the park people get when leaving the the town centre. It was… Read More
