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  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • It’s always a delight to see the new cygnets on the lake. Five were born this year and at the time of writing they are all alive and well. Let’s hope it stays that way.

  • Hello everyone. It is June, and the summer solstice will soon be upon us, providing longer days and shorter nights to allow us to make the most of the great outdoors, whether that is in our own gardens or the…

  • 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…

  • 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…

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  • Pittville History Works group recently received a query from Mrs Pauline Paucker. At 95 years young, she is in the process of writing a memoir of the wartime evacuation to Cheltenham of her school, King Edward VII High School for…