Eastville Park

General information

Fishponds Road, Eastville, Bristol BS5

Introduction

Eastville Park is an example of a grand Victorian city park and is one of the main community footballing venues for the city. It is also well known for its splendid lake surrounded by wildlife areas.

* Have your say!*

Bristol Parks is applying to the Heritage Lottery Fund’s (HLF) ‘Parks for People’ programme for grant funding to make several improvements to Eastville Park.  Please take some time to download and look through the attached information and think about what you would like to see in Eastville Park in the future. Then please download, complete and return our FREEPOST questionnaires to make your views heard. Please note that this consultation ends on Thursday 31 July 2008 and we apologise for the delay in uploading this related information.

Access

Eastville Park is open all year round, 365 days of the year. Access is from Muller Road and Fishponds Road. There is a car park in Park Avenue, accessible from Fishponds Road via Oakdene Avenue which is open from 7.30am until dusk. Much of the park is accessible by wheelchair though the paths and landscape are slightly uneven. Plan your trip to Eastville Park with Regional Map, Journey Planner, City Map Viewer To view a GIS map of Eastville Park, click here.

Art and architecture

A swimming pool was built in 1905, and the lake in 1909, with the present boathouse dating from 1925. Since then, local road building has resulted in the loss of the original boundaries of the park and its walls, gates and drinking fountain. The swimming pool was turned into a community garden in in the early 1980s and the bowling greens, though nearly 100 years old, are still very popular. Original Victorian drinking fountain and toilets remain.

Community, clubs and associations

The Eastville Park Action Group (EPAG) is a very active local user group. The group can be reached through the contact details below. Find out more about getting involved in supporting your local park or green space.

Developments

Currently plans are being developed to site a car park under the M32 close to the park and to open the community garden. New tennis courts are being provided.

Facilities

Toilets (non disabled accessible) are available. Ice cream vans are present in the summer.

Management and maintenance

If you have any comments, queries or concerns about the management and maintenance of this site, please contact Bristol Parks on the contact details below and we will ensure your information is promptly actioned.

Park Detectives

Park Detectives is a local project to link Bristol's schools with their local parks, and encourage children and young people to learn about and enjoy their local parks. Eastville Park is one of those featured - visit Park Detectives to find out more.

Plants and wildlife

Considering its proximity to the city, Eastville Park is a thriving wildlife habitat. It is popular with bird watchers, with wildfowl and waterfowl on the lake, and kingfishers, dragonflies and damselflies on the weir. The park is also home to foxes and badgers. You may also see bats taking insects above the lake on summer evenings. Look out for the summer flowering meadow near the lake, the ancient hedge and the extensive mature woodland with fine old specimen trees. Click here for more information on wildlife in Bristol.

Contact us

You can call Bristol Parks on 0117 922 3719 or email: bristolparks@bristol.gov.uk  Monday to Friday 8.30am - 5pm (4.30pm Friday). Alternatively you can text us on 0771 039 6713 to report flytipping, graffiti, or make any other comments about Bristol's parks and green spaces. Please provide as much information and specific details as possible about the location attaching any supporting photographs. We will only call you back if we require further information.

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