Poole Park Life News
The refurbished Water Fountain is back
We are delighted to announce the safe return of the refurbished Water Fountain. In June the fountain was successfully lifted off of its base and sent for refurbishment. The fountain has not been moved or disassembled since its installation in 1990, so easing the...
Celebration Day Success!
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,...
Exciting New Features In Poole Park
Over the last week a range of exciting new 'interpretation' features have been installed in Poole Park. There are new finger posts for finding your way around the park, a range of cut-out silhouette figures, postcard viewers and various information panels that talk...
Poole Park Life Celebration Day, 29th July!
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 ...
Poole Park Update
Further to previous updates, the water fountain will be removed for refurbishment this Thursday morning, 17th June. Parking around the water fountain will be postponed for a time while this takes place. There has been a recent spate of vandalism around the park,...
Heritage Interpretation Scheme – your feedback please
As part of the Poole Park Life project, and working with award-winning consultants Imagemakers, we have an exciting new interpretation scheme planned for Poole Park! Your feedback is invited on a range of interpretation materials...
Water Fountain Refurbishment
The water fountain in Poole Park, installed as part of the centenary celebrations in 1990, is being repaired and refurbished as part of the National Lottery Heritage Fund improvements in the park. The fountain has been drained down over the last couple of weeks to...
Access and parking in Poole Park
Following the Access improvements over the last year and through the pandemic, the park has returned to something like normal for park users and the concessions. The bollards at the three vehicle entrances have been back in operation Monday-Friday for some time,...
May 2021 Newsletter
This issue includes: A round-up of the Access Theme improvements. Poole Park Kiosk Hire - a new opportunity for local Arts & Crafts businesses and organisations. New play area update. Poole Park volunteering update. Poole Park Celebration Day, 29th July! - details
Poole Park Living History Project
Calling Poole Park users! Do you have stories about the park you’d like to share? Bournemouth University students are working with us on a 'Living History' project which involves recording people's memories & collecting photos and park artwork ...
Poole Park Life News Update
It has been a busy start to the year in Poole Park, as things start to dry out and we look to Spring we would like to update you on works outstanding and what is still to come: The Access improvements were mostly finished off just before Christmas but there are a...
Adopt A Tree scheme launched!
A new generation of trees is being introduced across Poole Park over the winter of 2020/21, and as part of that, we are delighted to introduce the Poole Park ‘Adopt a Tree’ scheme
Access Theme Improvements Update
The Access Theme Improvements in Poole Park are now nearly complete and the works undertaken by the contractor, Aggregate Industries, have significantly changed and improved Poole Park for all users. Aggregate Industries will be back in 2021 to complete a few...
Week 35. Access Improvement Update
The Access Improvements are in the final couple of weeks and the contractors, Aggregate Industries, are working incredibly hard to work through the final stages. This includes installing the final light columns, trees, bollards and cycle stands. Also this week the...
Trees in Poole Park
This week sees further phases of works in Poole Park to both fell and plant trees. The contractors, Aggregate Industries, are completing the planting of 51 trees along the avenue and in nearby soft verge spaces. They replace the Horse chestnuts felled at the start...