We were unable to hold our annual plant sale in 2020 and on the usual May weekend this year, so we are following the example of the Chelsea Flower Show and will be holding our plant sale at this time… Read More

The Friends of Pittville website and emails are hosted for free by the company called 34sp.com. This is a service they provide for UK charities for which FoP is very grateful. We have also found them very quick and helpful… Read More

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The Green Space Volunteers hard at work planting the rockery. There has been a rockery on the north side of the upper lake in Pittville Park since 1890. It was constructed to resemble the Alps with vertical rocks and very… Read More

The Heritage cafe at the Pump Room is open again for takeaways and it is hoped to put back the tables and chairs back very soon in line with covid regulations. So we are hoping we can hold a Drop… Read More

March 2021 newsletter Click on the link to read our latest newsletter Read More

All being well the Green Space volunteers will be able to start work again (in groups of 6) from Thursday 1 April. One of the priority tasks is continuing work on the rockery, which has, sadly, suffered from being used… Read More

Cheltenham Borough Council’s Green Space Development department has secured European Union Regional Development Funding to desilt some areas of Pittville Park lakes and undertake habitat improvements. The proposed work will  reduce flooding downstream  reduce bank erosion  improve… Read More

The beautiful and anceint cedar tree in Albemarle Gate is safe. Gloucestershire County Council have decided it will not be felled and they will see to the repairs to the nearby houses. A good outcome all round and many thanks… Read More

The last GSV working party of 2020 was on Thursday 17 December. A good turn out and many jobs tackled – from litter picking, putting bark on paths, weeding the rockery, neatening path edges, clearing under trees and, at last,… Read More