Poole Park Life News
Week 32. Access Improvements Update
As of next Wednesday 25th November the road through the park to Whitecliff road should re-open, as will the vehicle entrance at the East Gate entrance to the park by the civic centre. This means that all three park gates will be open again to vehicles with the...
Week 30. Access Improvements Update
The Access Improvements in Poole Park are continuing. The section of Whitecliff Road within the park has been closed since 13th October and was due to re-open this week but owing to the recent poor weather and some work taking longer than expected we now hope that...
Week 28. Access Improvement Update
After half term, week commencing 2nd November, the work to the Whitecliff road and Middle Gate car park junctions should be complete enough to allow the Whitecliff road to re-open. At the same time work will have progressed at East Gate entrance and will then...
Playground designs ready to view!
Our play equipment supplier Jupiter Play has completed concept designs for the two playgrounds in Poole Park, carefully drafted to meet the key points of the consultation: Exciting large play pieces e.g. tunnels, zip wires, wobbly bridge, giant slide, parkour...
Fighting the tide
In recent weeks a new feature has been constructed around the outside of the cricket pitch in Poole Park that is trying to deal with high ground water levels, rising tides and a legacy of drainage systems that are impossible to maintain. The regular flooding of the...
Week 26. Access Theme Improvements
This update on the Access Theme improvements looks forward to the next few weeks and on to the end of the works, scheduled for the end of November. On Tuesday 13th October the road running east-west through the park from the East Gate/Civic Centre entrance to the...
Outdoor Gyms – share your views!
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 ...
Week 23. Access Theme Improvements
Earlier this week you may have read our project newsletter for a variety of information about what is happening in Poole Park, this update focuses on the latest Access improvements. On Monday morning, 21st September, the Seldown entrance will be kept closed for a...
Week 19. Access Improvements Update
The next phases of the improvements in Poole Park are opening up, with the area around the water fountain being opened for public access for the first time. Previously an area cordoned off behind bollards and chains, with tired surfacing, no dropped kerbs or...
Week 16. Access Theme Improvements
Work over recent weeks has meant the re-opening of the Seldown entrance to Poole Park, providing access to the revised parking bays along the road and Westfield car park, next to The Kitchen restaurant. This phase of work is not yet complete, the following range of...
Week 14. Access Improvements Update
This week sees the work in the first three phases of the Access Improvements move towards re-opening. From Saturday 25th July the Seldown Entrance from the town centre will re-open to vehicles providing access to Westfield car park. Not all of the work is complete...
Week 13. Access Improvements Update
We are entering a key phase of the Access improvement works in Poole Park. Next week (from 20th July) the tarmac surfacing will take place from the Seldown entrance through to the water fountain area and all of Westfield car park. This will allow public access...
Greylag Goose project 2020
Bournemouth University student and Birds of Poole Harbour volunteer Thomas Weston, has been back in the park over the last few weeks to continue his study of Poole Park's Greylag Geese population. The aim of the study is to discover where Greylag geese go after...
Thank You!
On Sunday afternoon after the travellers using Poole Park left the site, local people took it upon themselves to help clean the park up. Armed with their own bin bags and litter pickers they worked around the cricket pitch and surrounding area. We would like to say...
Unauthorised encampment and access to Poole Park
On the evening of Tuesday 23rd June a group of approximately 22 caravans, motor homes and other vehicles entered Poole Park and set up on the cricket pitch and surrounding area. The Council is now following the adopted procedures to assess the encampment and to...