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Friends of Pontefract Park Friends of Pontefract Park is a voluntary community group which was formed in 2012 to preserve, protect, develop and improve Pontefract Park.

4000 purple crocuses planted this morning by the Council's Park Rangers, Skill Mill and Friends of Pontefract Park. This...
30/10/2026

4000 purple crocuses planted this morning by the Council's Park Rangers, Skill Mill and Friends of Pontefract Park. This corner of the Park will be coloured purple in early spring. The team did the job in less than one hour. We couldn't have done it without help. Thanks to Skill Mill and the Park Rangers. Skill Mill have also been working at Pontefract Castle this week, helping young people learn skills for employment.

Peter has been reunited with his peregrine and is back in his place in front of Aspire@thePark. Immense thanks to Brian ...
26/10/2026

Peter has been reunited with his peregrine and is back in his place in front of Aspire@thePark. Immense thanks to Brian Trueman who repaired the crack in his head, reattached the peregrine and gave him two newly carved feet. Thanks also to Park Ranger Lee who reinstalled him. Peter and his peregrine are good as new. There's an adventure trail around the racecourse to find Peter's lost peregrine and Peter's Lost Peregrine booklets are available in Aspire foyer; please leave a donation to Friends of Pontefract Park in the collecting tin.

The Peter's Lost Peregrine statue has had to be removed because of damage by vandalism. He really has lost his peregrine...
16/09/2026

The Peter's Lost Peregrine statue has had to be removed because of damage by vandalism. He really has lost his peregrine! We plan to get him repaired and reinstalled asaq.

Our flower bed has made a recovery with the recent rain after the long drought. It was a struggle to keep it watered, it...
04/09/2026

Our flower bed has made a recovery with the recent rain after the long drought. It was a struggle to keep it watered, it was hot and dry for so long.

Green Flag renewed for another year. Our litter picking team with the new flag. A badge of excellence for Pontefract Par...
05/08/2026

Green Flag renewed for another year. Our litter picking team with the new flag. A badge of excellence for Pontefract Park that we're proud to have contributed to.

All the work was worth it; just need to keep them watered.
07/07/2026

All the work was worth it; just need to keep them watered.

We will be planting the two flower beds tomorrow morning at 9am. There are about 1500 summer bedding plants (begonia and...
28/05/2026

We will be planting the two flower beds tomorrow morning at 9am. There are about 1500 summer bedding plants (begonia and gazania) to be planted. If you have an hour to spare your help would be welcome. You can also register to earn two citizen coins - go to citizencoin.uk. This what the flower beds looked like last summer.

The lakeside planters were engulfed with chickweed after all the rain. Now weeded.
24/05/2026

The lakeside planters were engulfed with chickweed after all the rain. Now weeded.

The flower beds and planters have been cleared ready for the summer planting. Thank you for the help of the team from So...
23/05/2026

The flower beds and planters have been cleared ready for the summer planting. Thank you for the help of the team from Sodexo who joined us for a corporate volunteering session yesterday. We'll be planting next Friday, 29th May from 9am. If you have an hour to spare, help would be greatly appreciated. Meet at Aspire at 9am. Invitations posted on Citizen Coin.

We've had a great spring display in our beds and planters - photos from March. It's now time to clear the beds and plant...
23/05/2026

We've had a great spring display in our beds and planters - photos from March. It's now time to clear the beds and planters ready for the summer planting.

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43 Newgate
Pontefract

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