URY Riverside Park SCIO

30/05/2026

Following on from our recent post about the leaning posts, we've now completed the installation of the leaning posts, bike rack and buddy bench at Ury Riverside Park.

The leaning posts are designed as a resting point for people who may find it difficult or uncomfortable to sit down and get back up again. They provide support while standing and can be a useful alternative to a traditional bench.

The new bike rack gives cyclists a convenient place to secure their bikes while enjoying the park, and the buddy bench is there to encourage conversation and connection, helping people feel welcome and included.

We hope these additions make the park even more accessible and enjoyable for everyone.

29/05/2026

As the weather this spring has not been great, up until the last week or so, we have decided to extend the deadline for submitting photos for our Ury Riverside Park Calendar 2027. You can now enter up until 30 June 2026! All the same requirements as before.

We’re inviting photographers of all abilities to submit their favourite photos taken in Ury Riverside Park, whether that’s landscapes, seasonal scenes, or the wildlife that calls the park home.
Photos selected by the judges will be used in our 2027 fundraising calendar, with photographers credited in the calendar.
📌Photographs taken in Ury Riverside Park
📆The closing date for entries is 30 June 2026.
📸submit photos via our form ➡https://forms.gle/BY5KeuTCuzSNaCPj8
📩or email us at [email protected]
If you enjoy spending time in the park and capturing it through your lens, we’d love you to get involved and help support Ury Riverside Park.
Good luck – we can’t wait to see your photos! 📷🌿

27/05/2026

You may have been wondering what these are 👀

Our new leaning posts have now been installed at Ury Riverside Park and will be available for use very soon once the fencing is removed.

Leaning posts provide a comfortable place to pause and rest without needing to fully sit down, offering additional support for those who may find sitting and standing difficult.

Also coming soon:
🌿 A buddy bench
🚲 New bike racks

Small additions that will help make the park more welcoming, accessible and enjoyable for everyone.

24/05/2026

Whilst Graeme from was out cutting the grass around the play area and parkrun finish area this week, he left us some 'grass art' Thanks Graeme for adding some artwork to the park! What will he do next!!

23/05/2026

Thanks to Bennachie Horizon for litter picking at Ury Riverside Park earlier this month. A great job done though it is a shame people drop the litter in the first place!

🧹 URY Riverside Park SCIO & GIBC Litter Picking 🧹

It’s always a good sign when there’s less to pick up.

The team chose to head back to Ury Riverside Park this morning, and it didn’t take long to notice the difference. There was far less litter than before, which says a lot about the effort going in from others as well.

After lunch, we kept things going with a visit to Garioch Indoor Bowling Centre, where the same story continued, cleaner, tidier, and well looked after.

We even bumped into a friend who wanted to give it a try. She quickly got the hang of it and spotting bits most people would walk straight past.

Small actions, but they all add up, and it’s clear the work (ours and others) is making a real difference 💜💚💛

23/05/2026

Litter pick @ Kellands Park today 4pm. ⤵️

Pipe Major David Webster leading Inverurie Pipe Band as they played...

22/05/2026

We'll see you all on Sunday for Garioch Pipe Band Championships. The fun begins @ 10.30am.

21/05/2026

We would like to say a massive thank you to Graeme at the Inverurie Garden Machinery Centre at the garden centre, for agreeing to take on the mowing of the grass around the play areas in the park for another year at no cost to the Park.

Great to work in partnership with local businesses!

20/05/2026

Today saw the start of this years work in the Park to manage the invasive non-native giant hogweed. Our volunteer and Trustee Ian, was out spraying giant hogweed plants, mainly at the northern end of the park, away from the river banks, but also around the Osprey Village bridge. The herbicide is safe to use in public areas and is not harmful to pets or people.

The sheep are due to return to the fenced area upstream of the Osprey Village bridge later this week where they will eat the giant hogweed, it is not harmful to them, and they usually seek it out rather than eating other plants!

The contractors will also be in soon to mow some of the river banks to stop any giant hogweed plants from flowering, and to spray some of the other plants between the river and the houses.

Thanks to Aberdeenshire Council for supporting the mowing and sheep grazing work.

Please remember that giant hogweed can cause serious burns to your skin if you get sap on you, so please keep away from them!

19/05/2026

Have you visited our website recently? You can find it at www.uryriversidepark.com. You can find out about the park, it's history, wildlife, events and much more! A new section that has just been added is a page where you can see how many people have visited the park each day! You will find this in the People Counts page at https://www.uryriversidepark.com/people-counts

Ury Riverside Park is a park for people and wildlife to enjoy together