Thank you to everyone who came along to the Poole Park Life Celebration Day last Thursday. There were thousands of people, loads of free and low cost activities by a wide range of providers - as always Jamie Jigsaw was hugely popular, along with the face painting,...
Join us for our end of project Celebration Day! 10am – 5pm on the Cricket Pitch. This is a free event and will include Jamie Jigsaw Circus skills, characters from Poole Park’s past, arts and crafts, face painting ...
This Autumn we are making decisions on the re-design of our free to use outdoor gyms at Poole Park, Baiter & Whitecliff; it's important that the new equipment suits ...
Following updated Government advice regarding coronavirus COVID-19, all one off, Council organised events in Poole Park are cancelled until the end of May. Please contact individual organisers, such as parkrun, for more information on the status of their more...
This recent news update provided some background and detail to the works starting in Poole Park. If you would like to have a greater understanding of the impact of the work, the reasons for the designs, tree replacement programme and some snippets of the history of...
As part of Love Parks Week, we will be holding a 'walk and talk' through Poole Park to give an update on some of the improvements that have taken place this year and more. Including: Lakes and lagoon works, including new islands, new sluice gate, new landscaping...
On Thursday 25th July, 10am-3pm. Lots of free and low-cost activities to enjoy across the Cricket pitch and Pavilion area including a Climbing wall, Face painting, Circus skills show, Sports activities (free tennis coaching!) wildlife activities, arts & crafts ...
On Wednesday 10th April 2019 we celebrated the recent improvements to the lakes and lagoon in Poole Park and gave park users the opportunity to get involved with some planting and find out more detail about the work. Birds of Poole Harbour were on hand to tell...
On Saturday 10th November 2018 the Poole Park War Memorial was officially re-opened by the Mayor of Poole, Cllr Sean Gabriel. The three hour event included the unveiling of three new information panels around the memorials, the opportunity for people to...
If you have braved this week's blustery winds to visit Poole Park you may have noticed some new arrivals in advance of the War Memorial Re-Opening event this Saturday (10am-1pm)... Red ribbons wrapped around trees, the amount of ribbon getting greater the nearer...
The improvements to the garden and landscape around Poole Park's War Memorial are nearly finished and will be officially re-opened by the Mayor of Poole, Cllr Sean Gabriel, at 11am on Saturday 10th November. The event starts at 10am with artists from Valise Noir...
Funded through Public Health, Dorset Rewilding are offering free outdoor based activities aimed at local families. The aim of the project is to encourage families to make the most of their outdoor space as well as appreciate the benefits of improved physical...
The Poole Park Fun Day on 2nd August was a great success! A large number attended and took part in a range of activities such as: Making clay fishes using entrance gate panel moulds Entering the Poole Park community art competition Completing a Victorian botanical...
The deadline for entries for the Poole Park Art Competition is Friday 20th July, please visit our event page to download an entry form and submit your own Poole Park-inspired work of art, be it painting, sculpture, photography, mixed media or other art...
Next week kicks off a period of events and activities in Poole Park. We purposefully avoid undertaking large capital projects through the summer when the park is at its busiest, allowing time for some public activities. All the events (and works) are scheduled on...
On Thursday 2nd August, between 10am and 3pm, Poole Park will host its second Community Art Exhibition in and around the Cricket Pavilion. The event is aimed at encouraging the local community to explore the many elements of Poole Park and utilise it as...
It has almost been a year since we were successful in our application for a Tesco Bags of Help grant of £8,000. Since then and following design consultation workshops with local residents, we have: Dredged the fresh water lake adjacent to...
On Monday, 30th January, between 2pm and 6pm. Join us in Poole Park for a nature engagement event with a difference! See Poole Park Lake drained of water and then take part in a litter pick of the lake. All sorts of mysterious things have been found at the bottom...
The weather forecast looks good, the conkers are strung and we will be near the Cygnet play area (near the Ark) in Poole Park at 4pm Wednesday for the 2nd annual Conker Championships. Please come along, whether young or old, and have a go. It's free, fun and easy!...
2nd Annual Poole Park Conker Champs! Get collecting Select your 'Contender' No steaming, baking or pickling in vinegar! Get your contender stringed up Have a practice (but don't damage it) and come along to the Conker Champs on Wednesday 19th October at 4pm Taking...
Poole Park Life Phase One consultation regarding Traffic, Heritage & Landscape and Geese & Wildlife themes has now come to an end. We will assess all the feedback, amend designs as necessary and publish final designs in the summer. Around 400 people...
Saturday 30th April is your last chance to Have Your Say on the Traffic and Heritage & Landscape themes. Our on-line questionnaire will close over the weekend and between 11am and 2pm we will be on-site, providing your final opportunity to come and talk to us...
Saturday 23rd April 11am - 1pm; we will be at the Cricket pavilion in Poole Park with a drop-in session to view the designs up close for the penultimate time. This was meant to be a workshop on the Heritage and Landscape theme but unfortunately we have had to...
On Wednesday evening we were joined by 11 members of the public, the Borough's senior traffic engineer and the landscape architect behind the Traffic design proposals. An evening of lively debate ensued focussed on the Traffic theme: proposals for altering...
Our drop-in events have been really busy with lots of people coming along to view the design proposals, as well as take part in various fun activities including free crafts, cycle track races and face painting. We have had hundreds of questionnaires completed but...
Our first consultation event will be held on Wednesday 6th April, 10am to 2pm for everyone to see our draft designs for Poole Park and Have Your Say. Your can also take part in free activities including sumo wrestling, Easter card making and blindfold Easter egg...
We are delighted to announce themed workshops for three of the project Themes: Traffic (20th April), Heritage & Landscape (23rd April) and Lakes (19th July). Drop-in sessions plus other free events and activities have also been arranged for April, July and...