About Lowndes Park
Lowndes Park is a major historic feature of Chesham and was donated to the town in 1953 by the Lowndes family. Today, Lowndes Park spans 36 acres and is managed by the Council.
The Park is a Green Flag park, an award made by the Civic Trust recognising it as one of the best green spaces in the country.
The lower park provides children's play areas, a multi-sports court, a skateboard park, the historic avenue (also a cycle route), public toilets and Skottowes pond. A series of free, open air concerts is staged in the bandstand area during July and August each year.
The upper park provides fantastic views across the town, excellent walking and its less formal management has created habitats for local wildlife. There is also a bowl barrow, which is an Ancient Scheduled Monument and known locally as the Rolling Pin.
Latest Projects
A major project for 2009 will be the refurbishment of the toddlers' play area.
However there are projects and future plans in all ten areas of the park:
- Skottowes Pond and the surrounding grass area
- The Performance Space and Water Staircase
- The Rue de Houilles and surrounding grass area including the scented garden, shelter and toilet block.
- The Youth Activity Area
- The Children's Play Area
- The Lower Wildlife Area
- Upper Park Meadow Area
- Upper Park Area
- Boundary, Entrances, Archena Gardens and footpaths
- General Park (i.e. not restricted to one particular section of the park)
News and Events
We learnt the how to use the cms, we multi-tasked (we drank tea too!)
On February the 28th the Friends submitted their biggest funding application yet...
Hardly news, but we ended 2008 on a disappointing note. The Town Council was unsuccessful in its bid for heritage lottery funding under the Parks for People scheme.
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