Introduction
This is an urban park with a mixture of facilities for leisure, recreation and sport.
This is an active urban park with
. formal flower beds and borders
. an amphitheatre
. a bandstand base
. modern children's play area with swings, etc.
. outdoor fitness/gym equipment
. bowling green and pavilion
. wetlands area
. tennis courts and pavilion
. iron gates with coats of arms
. adjacent public conveniences
There is an active Friends Group consisting of local residents who have successfully raised grant funding for improvements and have organised several summer festivals over recent years.
Record created: 08/06/2008
Record updated: 14/01/2012
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Access contact details
This is a municipal park for general public use.
Owners
South Gloucestershire Council
Council Offices, Castle St, Thornbury, Bristol, BS35 1HF
- History
The following extract is taken from the Kingswood Heritage Trail (see references):
"The park occupies the field in which the Fire brigade's horses were once kept (the fire station was located where the elderly persons flats now stand on the corner of Hollow Road).
The park was first laid out in 1934. Its gates are interesting in showing the coat of arms of Kingswood Urban District Council. The Arms were chosen in a competition in 1944 and reflect the bringing together of Hanham and Kingswood. Hanham 'in the hundred of Swineshead' (Domesday Book) is represented by a boar's head. The royal ermine border reflects the King's land, and the two golden stag's heads, the royal forest of Kingswood."
- Features & Designations
Features
- Flower Bed
- Description: Formal flower beds.
- Bandstand
- Bowling Green
- Amphitheatre
- Planting
- Description: Wetlands area.
- Bowling Green Pavilion
- Key Information
Type
Park
Purpose
Recreational/sport
Principal Building
Parks, Gardens And Urban Spaces
Survival
Extant
Open to the public
Yes
- References
References
- South Gloucestershire Council {The Kingswood Heritage Trail} (1990) The Kingswood Heritage Trail
Contributors
Avon Gardens Trust
South Gloucestershire Council, Community Spaces Landscape Team
South Gloucestershire Historic Environment Records Officer