The Friends of Telford Town Park have been running Wednesday gardening sessions in the Town Park Chelsea Gardens for several years and were instrumental in the design and construction of the new sensory garden. And now,….. Read More »
Telford Town park, now officially recognised as the UK’s best park, is an amazing asset for our community. The Friends play a vital part in protecting and improving that asset and we welcome applications for membership from those who wish to support the aims and activities of the group,…..Read More»
The 6th annual Telford Fun Run was held on Sunday 9th December 2012 when more than 100 Santas ran the 2 kilometre course and a few very energetic souls went round twice to complete 4 kilometres. As last year, RMP events provided the pre-run musical entertainment and Jo Burt gave us her usual excellent warm-up […]
As the Town Park was once a huge industrial site, it is not surprising that that it has a wonderful heritage, much of which still exists in one form or another. We hope this web site will encourage you to explore deeper into the park and uncover some of its lost secrets. The history actually […]
The current site of Telford Town Park was first managed as a park in the1970’s and has a number of important habitats. The 150 hectares (approximately 400 acres) comprises of mature woodland, grassland, some scrub and several lakes and ponds. Following on from the successful Heritage Lottery bid, an ecology trail will be developed over […]
Did your son or daughter do this? We hope not. Please help us to stop this mindless vandalism of the new benches and areas in the park. Telephone 01952 – 382340 if you see anything happening such as this, or ring the non emergency Police number on 101. A lot of time and effort has […]
Recently the Friends have had a tidy up at the Crannog site at Grange Pool in readiness for the spring and summer. This popular bird watching site will soon be bursting with leaf and is an ideal place to sit and watch the wonderful biodiversity we have in our park. This will hopefully be springing […]
The Friends of Telford Town Park will be having our 10th Anniversary in 2013 and to celebrate it we will be holding a memorable event. Plans are already being formed by a sub committee and we look forward to making an annoucement in the next few months. Watch this space…
The Friends of Telford Town Park are pleased to announce that the fourth issue of our newsletter is now published. To download a copy please select it from the left hand menu on the news page. Explore Issue 4 now published
The Friends of Telford Town Park are delighted to announce that after 5 years efforts we have at last secured the future preservation of the Arena. On Wednesday morning of the 23rd November 2011 the deeds were signed by Ms Alison Moore-Gwyn, the Chief Executive Officer of Fields in Trust and the Mayor of Telford […]
