For anyone that uses the beautiful park in St Andrews, Bristol. We want to keep it beautiful and an asset for the local people and those who travel from further away to enjoy activities including swimming, sliding, walking, running or just sitting!

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Members

  • Jenny
  • Mike Manson
  • Myles Kelly
  • John Clarke
  • chris brown
  • Fo SAP
  • matthewc
  • Sally Reay
  • Des Bowring
  • martin weitz
  • Jo Corke
  • Mhairi Alexander
  • Simon Randolph
  • Ni Holt
  • JOHN O'NEILL
  • Toby OCM
  • michael neary
  • Caroline Evans
  • John Mayne
  • Rich

Blog Posts

Des Bowring

Bird Walk, 15th November

It was a lovely sunny morning following yesterday's stormy conditions and it was good to welcome some new people. Highlights included a vocal but elusive Goldcrest, a confiding Jay and some winter thrushes flying over the park. Birds seen or heard today are as follows:

Blackbird 3 or 4
Chaffinch small groups of mainly female birds, mostly around the park-keeper's compound
Greenfinch 3 Flew around near the main Effingham Road entrance at the start of the walk
GoldfinchContinue

Posted by Des Bowring on November 15, 2009 at 2:46pm

Jo Corke

Play Area development


Play Area Update Nov 2009



Anna King is our Play Area convenor. Anna met with Vicki Abel of Bristol Parks to talk about further funding for the play area, and the time scale for the play area development.

The aim of the Bristol City Council is to improve the existing play area, and increase play equipment for 8-13 year olds.

At th… Continue

Posted by Jo Corke on November 10, 2009 at 2:38pm — 4 Comments

Jo Corke

Bristol Parks Forum

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Bristol Parks Forum is the umbrella organisation for community park groups and organisations in the city with an interest in their local parks and green spaces.

You can find their website listed under 'other' in our Useful Links section.

Strictly speaking it is the group that is a member of the BPF, though they are happy to add several people from each group to the mailing list. Also anyone from the group is welcome to attend BPF meetings, though strictly speaking the… Continue

Posted by Jo Corke on November 7, 2009 at 6:00pm — 3 Comments

Nick Hounsfield

Garage to rent?

Hi all, we have just moved into the area and need to undergo some building work on our house. Temporarily we need to rent some garage space. Please could you keep your ears to the ground in case you hear in the park anyones idle chatter about how they desperately need to rent out some garage space, cheers all,

warm wishes,

Newbie St Andrew residents x

Posted by Nick Hounsfield on November 4, 2009 at 8:59pm

Des Bowring

Bird Walk 18th October

Another successful bird walk on a dry autumn morning - it was good to see some new faces among the party as well. After a quiet start with just a few singing Robins to entertain us, things improved at the pond where a Grey Wagtail did a flypast. Later, a party of Mistle Thrushes feeding in adjacent gardens and flying to and from the park gave excellent views.

Full list of birds seen and heard as follows:

Mistle Thrush (up to 4) These may have been locally bred birds or passage migrants.… Continue

Posted by Des Bowring on October 18, 2009 at 1:00pm

Des Bowring

Montpelier Poplars Under Threat Again

COLSTON'S TREES THREAT: POPLAR FRONT TO REUNITE 26 SEPTEMBER 2009 AT 10.30AM: BE THERE TO SHOW YOU CARE

Colston's Girls' School is the subject of a planning application submitted in May 2009. Supplementary documents have been posted in September which include felling the remaining black poplars, the very same trees which were saved by protesters in 1989. They omitted to mention this tree felling in their original exhibition leaflet too.

The application also includes felling the plane tree on t… Continue

Posted by Des Bowring on September 24, 2009 at 6:14pm — 3 Comments

Des Bowring

Bird Walk 20 September

It was a great turn-out for the first bird walk after the summer break, but actually seeing any birds was a challenge due to the leaf cover, so we contented ourselves with getting to grips with songs and calls. The highlight was a superb Grey Wagtail which spent time on the usually biologically sterile bowling green! List of birds seen and heard as follows:

Robin (many - including lots singing and calling)
Greenfinch (1)
Great Tit (seemed everywhere!)
Coal Tit (heard briefly)
Blue Tit (heard br… Continue

Posted by Des Bowring on September 20, 2009 at 4:00pm — 2 Comments

Doug Reid

Area Green Space Plan - St Andrews Park

Did anyone go to the Area Green Space Plan Meeting at the County Ground?

& if so what was proposed by Richard Fletcher & the Council?

Doug

Posted by Doug Reid on July 27, 2009 at 1:41pm — 4 Comments

Des Bowring

Your chance to comment on Montpelier Park proposals!

Here are the three proposals for the refurbishment of Montpelier Park. Please feel free to comment on the form provided below. The consultation ends on 17th July.

Concept Proposal 1.pdf

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Posted by Des Bowring on June 25, 2009 at 11:16pm

Jo Corke

Neighbourhood Partnership

St Andrews Park is in the Redland ward, so we are in the Bishopston, Cotham and Redland (BCR) NP. This is the appropriate map. http://www.voscur.org/system/files/redland_0.pdf

It seems likely that some of you reading this website have already been involved in the BCR launch. We are looking for someone to represent the Park’s interests, so if you are interested, please let me know! In the meantime, as I appear to be a liaison… Continue

Posted by Jo Corke on June 24, 2009 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment

Videos

 

News

Check out how the proposed development of the Gloucestershire cricket ground could impact St Andrews Park. Click here for more information.

Wellington bomber memorial appeal - a fitting success

Many thanks to everyone who helped with the successful appeal.

The total income after we receive the final instalment from Bristol City Council will be £5,173.03. Of this we spent £3,982.87. The cost of the memorial itself, including installation, was £3,932.50.

This will leave us with the sum of £1,190.16 for maintenance and improvement to the memorial site area.

The £1,190.16 will be kept in with the FoStAP current account, but treated as ring-fenced funding.

Further information about the Wellington bomber that crashed into St. Andrews Park on 30th April 1941 can be found here

Video footage of the memorial service can be found here:

http://www.wellingtont2905.co.uk/st%20andrews%20park%20memorial.html#memvid

Events

December 2

Wednesday

Latest Activity

Jo Corke added a discussion
Here are the minutes of the open committee meeting of 20.10.09 I have posted the minutes twice; the current WORD and an earlier WORD format. The next FoSAP meeting is the annual seasonal meeting is Wednesday 2ND December at 7.30 PM at St. ANDREW...
on Wednesday
Fo SAP added an event
December FoSAP open meeting at St Andrews Bowls Club
December 2, 2009 from 7:30pm to 10pm
If you share our love for and interest in the quality of life in and around St Andrews Park please come to our next meeting at which we will be thinking about future opportunities as well as enjoying some seasonal drinks and snacks. Please join us...
on Wednesday
Simon Randolph added 2 photos
on Tuesday
Thank you Carol, I love dragonflies too. They are such large, attractively coloured insects with amazing flight abilities but will settle and show a willingness to bask in the sun, which makes them very photogenic!
on Tuesday
Yes, this is the agreed plan. It takes account of the feedback received from the consultations, so that we will not lose any equipment we have, though some of this may be re-sited within the area; and we get lots of new stuff too. There is a lami...
on Tuesday
Hello Matthew, Table Tennis in the park sounds to me a very good idea and I hope that you can register an interest before the deadline. John M.
on Monday
the most recent newletter contains: Knowle West Regeneration BRT Line 3 Hengrove to City Centre Interested in being a film maker? Interested in parks? Young People and a Bench New Local Nature Reserve BPF 13.11.09.doc
November 15
We have received feedback from Rob McGovern on the meeting in the park on 6.10.09 The first document is the reponses of those at the meeting. 6.10.09 meeting Rob McG.doc If you were unable to attend the meeting, the second document is the consul...
November 15
Des Bowring added a blog post
It was a lovely sunny morning following yesterday's stormy conditions and it was good to welcome some new people. Highlights included a vocal but elusive Goldcrest, a confiding Jay and some winter thrushes flying over the park. Birds seen or heard...
November 15
I think this is a brilliant photo; I have added it to my favourites. I love dragonflies! Thank you
November 15
I think that a table tennis table would be a great piece of equipment to have in the park; a great idea and a bit different - I would love to play!
November 14
admin added a discussion
I found this on teh BCC website It looks to me as though the existing play equipment is now being kept - is this true?
November 14
Hi Matthew, The time scale is short, so I suggest you look at the Bristol City Council website and express an interest in having table tennis in the park. There is a meeting of the Friends group on 2.12.09, ( this will be advertised on this webs...
November 14
What a great idea!
November 14
matthewc added a discussion
I was wondering how people would feel about a table tennis table in the park? There is a scheme through the Active Bristol fund where community groups can apply for funding for BCC to install table tennis tables - they have recently been introduc...
November 13
matthewc is now a member of Friends Of St Andrews Park
November 13
A photo by Simon Randolph was featured
November 12
November 11
Report from the meeting 30.10.09 Steve Perry , FoSAP representative. 1. OPERATIONS UPDATE a] Contracts . 7 tenders received for the new Central Area [which includes St A.Park] maintenance contract. Currently being assessed , with intention of hav...
November 11
November 11

Playground improvements - do you agree with FOSAP's response to the consultation?

This is a letter that FOSAP are sending to the people who are managing the consultation process. Do you have any thoughts?

Dear Vicki and Wendy,

Re: FOSAP response to playground development proposals.

The Friends of St Andrews Park (FOSAP) are delighted that funding is now available to refurbish and improve the children’s play area. It has long been acknowledged that the playground in St Andrews Park (SAP) is in need of development and improvement. It is also the case that additional amenities are required for the 8-13 year old age group.

The purpose of this letter is to add our voice, as a local group with a special interest in the Park, to the consultation process on how the money should be spent.

To enable us to do this, we invited members of the FOSAP to engage in an on-line exchange of views, which have now been collated to form the basis of this response.

Considerations:

1. We feel it is important to consider the current use of the playground and who are the main users. In 2008, the FOSAP conducted a survey of playground users and found that the playground was used almost exclusively by children between the ages of 0-7 years of age.

2. We considered what equipment was being used and how it was rated. It was found that the swings were very popular (indeed at weekends there is often a queue) as was the large central climbing frame and the lower wooden ‘obstacle’ course.

3. We sought information about what might be improved and what additional equipment would enhance the playground facilities.

The view of FOSAP is that the BCC funding should be used:

· To improve the existing facilities, by refurbishment of retained play equipment and in particular, the main climbing frame;
· To provide additional equipment including more swings;
· To ensure that the lower end of the play area has effective drainage;
· To use any surplus funding to provide new and challenging play equipment for example, a sand play area and a roundabout.

Comments on proposed options:

1. Proposed removal of eastern section of play area fence

We strongly object to this proposal.
At present the fence forms a secure barrier between pre-school children and toddlers in the play area and the rest of the dog free area where older children play. This ensures that parents/carers, particularly those with more than one child, can relax knowing where their children are, and that they are safe. The fence also forms a useful barrier between older children playing sports and ball games on the grassed area and younger children within the playground. One possibility would be to put a gate in this boundary fence to connect the two areas.

2. Proposed creation of five-aside football area at the top of the play area

We strongly object to this proposal.
There is ample space for older children to play sports and ball games on the dog free area without reducing the play area for younger children. If a five-aside football area was created, we can foresee the possibility of accidents involving younger children. We see no reason to reduce the play area for younger children.

3. Proposed use of natural materials in the play area

We have concerns about this proposal.
Although they have an aesthetic value, our view is that logs and rocks could easily become targets for vandalism and graffiti. Also it should be noted that a large log was recently removed from the main park area because it had attracted young people using drug equipment, including needles that were found embedded in the log.

4. Proposed sand play area

We support this proposal.
However, if a sand play area is included in the play area, our view is that there needs to be a boundary wall of at least a foot in height to keep the sand in, as is the case in other local parks e.g. Cotham Gardens and Redland Green. We need to be assured that the sand will be cleaned at least twice weekly and that regular checks will be made in relation to perceived health and safety issues.

In conclusion, we trust you will consider the above points as part of the consultation process.

The aim of FOSAP is to ensure that this beautiful and very well used park, which is distinguished by having a very wide user group, makes use of the available funding to improve the play facilities for local children.

It is our intention to continue to be involved in this process and we look forward to seeing the revised design and plans for the play area shortly.

Yours sincerely,

Richard Howell
Chair of FOSAP

 
 

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