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 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.
To help you get the most out of the park, Chesham Town Council have produced two leaflets.The first highlights some of the interesting features of the park and its history and the second, a map of the park. You can download the first leaflet here (PDF, 370 KB) and the second, here (PDF. 470KB). Alternatively you can pick up a paper copy at the Town Hall.
To see a small selection of pictures, click here
Your Park
Have you seen the replanted Archena Garden ?
Spring into Action
The results of Spring into Action are now very visible in the Park. There are lovely displays along the boundary with Park Road and the Bowling green . Many thanks to Waitrose for their generous support and also thanks to their customers who supported our bid with their green tokens
Chess Valley U3A Photographic Group – Lowndes Park Project
Members of the Chess Valley U3A Photographic Group have started a project to photograph Lowndes Park and surrounding area through the year. This website will to show some of their work as they progress such as the photos below.
To see more pictures click here.
News and Events
The next working party will be on Sunday 13 May. We meet at 10am in the Archena Garden which is next to the Temperance Hall in Church Street.
The Friends of Lowndes Park have been very successful in obtaining two National Lottery Grants for entertainment in the park. One was for the resurfacing of the bandstand area and a canopy for inclement weather and this is now complete. The second grant is for the hosting of four events through the summer. These are currently being organised so please watch this space for further details.
More Than Gold is a free, community, fun Festival, organised by Churches Together for Chesham to be held in Lowndes Park on the 28th and 29th of July 2012 to celebrate the opening of the Olympic Games. For more information please click on the heading above.
The Friends of Lowndes Park are delighted to announce there is to be a Time Capsule to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II’s Jubilee. The capsule will be buried in a secret location in Lowndes Park for future generations to discover and find out how we live now. We would love you to get involved by suggesting inclusions to the capsule, which may represent your community or school or organisation. Please bear in mind the capsule is quite small, so the inclusion will need to be small but representative. We are very keen to include the whole Chesham community and welcome suggestions from everyone. Please get your thinking caps on and email Juleschard@hotmail.com with suggestions please.
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