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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 Friends of Pittville Green Space volunteers (23 of them despite the cold and damp weather) were back at work on 3 December after the November lockdown. Various tasks were tackled but the most significant one was planting up the… Read More
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Pittville Gates paving repair – latest
The reinstatement work was carried out on 13 November as promised but unfortunately not to the standard expected. The setts are a different design and not securely laid. Two setts have been laid below the hydrant cover rather than a… Read More
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Covid lockdown cancellations
The two November GSV working parties and the November Drop-In have been cancelled because of lockdown restrictions. We hope we will be back to ‘normal’ activities next month. Read More
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Tarmac horror at Pittville Gates – the latest news
The photo shows what resulted from some work carried out at Pittville Gates by Severn Trent. Paving slabs and granite setts, paid for by money raised by Friends of Pittville, were removed and replaced by tarmac infill at the end… Read More
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Pittville Park retains Green Flag award and Green Heritage status
The Park first received a Green Flag award and Green Heritage status in 2016. Following a recent review it was decided that the awards would be renewed for yet another year. Working in partnership with the CBC Green Space team… Read More
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Recent work by Green Space Volunteers in the Park
The Green Space Volunteers (working in small socially-distancing groups) have achieved a great deal in the last 2 months, with an average of 26 people working on each occasion. Jobs have included pruning shrubs round the Scout Hut and a… Read More
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The Restoration of Pittville Gates

Our project to refurbish Pittville Gates earned a Civic Award from the Cheltenham Civic Society in April 2016. Between 2011 and 2015, Friends of Pittville undertook a project to restore the gates and improve the surrounding area. The restored gates… Read More
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Leaning cherry tree is removed
The badly leaning cherry tree in Bed 38, by Wellington Road, has been removed. It will be replaced by 3 cherry trees, one of which will carry the memorial plaque from the old tree. After yet more weeding the bed… Read More
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Pittville History Works Completes Major Project
October 2020 has seen the completion of the ambitious project undertaken by Pittville History Works, the research arm of Friends of Pittville, to collect details about the inhabitants of Pittville in the past. The main sources were the ten-year national… Read More
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Pittville Architecture guided walk
Andrea Creedon, a member of Pittville History Works, has created a GPS-guided architectural walk around Pittville. Information about it is on the PHW website, at pittvillehistory.org.uk/pittvilleplaces/GuidedWalkApp.html. So you can look at it there, or go on the walk yourself,… Read More




