Festive event to thank park volunteers
Lichfield District Council’s parks team held an event on Wednesday 7 December to thank its park volunteers for all their hard work over 2016. In the past year 68 people have spent a combined total of...
View ArticleInterpretation to celebrate life of local benefactor
A colourful information board detailing the life and times of Colonel Swinfen Broun, was unveiled at Beacon Park in Lichfield on Tuesday 20 December 2016. Lichfield District Council has installed a new...
View ArticleBeacon Park periscope workshops
Children are invited to take part in a craft workshop at Beacon Park this February half term. Lichfield District Council is hosting a series of craft workshops in Beacon Park on Wednesday 22 and...
View ArticleMusuem Garden works
Severn Trent Water worked overnight on 14 February in Museum Gardens to clear a blocked sewer pipe with high pressure jetting, with the intention of inserting a foil lining to the damaged pipe....
View ArticleBeacon Park tennis scheme wins top award
Beacon Park’s free coach led tennis sessions have encouraged the most new people to start playing tennis out of all the Tennis For Free initiatives across the country. As a result the Tennis For Free...
View ArticlePaper flowers for Mother’s Day
Children are invited to make something special for mum in time for Mother’s Day. A workshop to teach youngsters how to create beautiful handmade flowers out of tissue papers is running in Beacon Park’s...
View ArticleGet on your bike!
The monthly Sunday cycle rides programme, Cycle Rides for All, is back for 2017. Cycle Rides for All is launching on Sunday 26 March with a three and a half mile Lichfield taster ride setting off from...
View ArticleLichfield Parks Health Walks
Everyone’s invited to go on a series of free health boosting walks through Lichfield Historic Parks that are running from April to October. Lichfield District Council’s parks team is leading two walks...
View ArticleQueen’s Croft High School pupils volunteer for parks
Queen’s Croft High School sixth formers have been rolling up their sleeves and working in Lichfield’s parks as part of their Duke of Edinburgh Award. Since September, 12 students along with staff...
View ArticleSowing the poppy field
On 12 of March, 23 volunteers dedicated a few hours of their time to re-sowing the poppy seed on the poppy field in Beacon Park. The field was originally sown in 2014 and will continue until autumn of...
View ArticleNordic Walking in Beacon Park
A free introduction to Nordic walking is being held at Beacon Park this spring. Nordic walking is a fitness technique that sees walkers using poles to propel themselves along and, as it uses their...
View ArticleBank works at Stowe Pool
Lichfield District Council has started a project to strengthen the bank along Stowe Pool. This spring, Lichfield District Council is filling in the horseshoe shaped gaps on the bank that boarders Stowe...
View ArticleMonthly butterfly and bee walks
Are you interested in finding out more about butterflies and bees? If you are, come along on a series of free walks to help identify and catalogue these fascinating insects. Lichfield District...
View ArticleEaster activities at Beacon Park
From following a trail to making decorations, families can have lots of fun in Beacon Park this Easter. Kicking off the fun holiday programme, families can follow an Easter trail round Beacon Park to...
View ArticleBeacon Park volunteers hard at it!
From sowing a poppy field to reinstating paths, Beacon Park’s team of volunteers have been busy. This winter and spring, Lichfield District Council’s Countryside and Parks Conservation Group has been...
View ArticleApril’s cycle ride for all
Get on your bike this month to join a free group cycle ride to Fisherwick Lakes. The second in the series of seven free Cycle Rides For All will pedal off to Fisherwick Lakes and back on Sunday 23...
View ArticleBeacon Park’s Victorian May Day
Head to Museum Gardens on May Day to enjoy traditional activities and celebrate Staffordshire Day. Lichfield District Council’s parks team is hosting a Victorian May Day event at Museum Gardens in...
View ArticleMay Day boathouse art exhibition
On Staffordshire Day, visitors to Stowe Pool in Lichfield are invited to peek inside the Edwardian boathouse and take a look at a new art installation. In partnership with Lichfield District Council,...
View ArticlePutting the cathedral in the frame
If you visit Museum Gardens in Beacon Park or Stowe Pool, you will notice that picture frames on stands have popped up in both these historic parks! They have been installed as part of a partnership...
View ArticleTwig Man Day at Beacon Park
Get creative with a lump of clay at Beacon Park in Lichfield on Saturday 13 May. Children and their families are invited to have a go at sculpting figures from lumps of clay and decorating them with...
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