St Paul's Park

General information

St Paul's Park is located behind St Paul’s Church, Portland Square, St Paul’s, Bristol BS2

New and improved...

A green lung in a densely built up inner city area, St Paul’s Park has recently undergone a major redevelopment. The park was previously run down and outdated and was perceived by local residents as being unsafe. Now there are lots of new features on offer in the park and the new layout provides clear visibility across the site.

For young visitors and their families, there is specialist play equipment and seating set within a fenced area. For teenagers there is a basketball hoop, a climbing wall, 'twin-fly' equipment and a newly created ramp and dish feature for bikes and skateboards. There are also large curved seating steps that provide a space to relax. The park has a range of new attractive planting including six palm trees and a unique grassed event space with ground anchor points designed for circus performance and training in partnership with Circomedia.

The new park is a result of many years of collaborative work between Bristol Parks and the residents and agencies involved in the St Paul's Unlimited Parks Sub Group. The improvements have been made possible by grants totalling over £350,000 from Neighbourhood Renewal and Big Lottery Funding from Places for People. More information about the improvement project can be found here.

Access

Access is from Portland Square via the footpath beside St Paul’s Church, Lemon Lane and Princes Street via footpath.  Plan your journey to St Paul's Park with Journey Planner, City Map Viewer and Regional Map

Community, clubs and associations

St Paul's Community Partnership is a resident led group working together with voluntary, statutory, and commercial organisations towards improving the overall quality of life in St Paul's. The partnership has a Parks sub-group which is working with Bristol Parks to improve all the green spaces in the area and provide high quality, local parks and play areas for all members of the community.

Find out more about getting involved in your local park or green space.

Events

Bristol's parks host hundreds of events each year from keynote festivals and performances in the city's magnificent green spaces, through sporting events and charity fundraisers, to smaller scale community events in local parks. Most of these events take place from April to September. There are regular events and activities in this park promoted by local groups, including the St Paul's Parks sub group. To view a comprehensive listing of these events visit Whats On. If you are interested in organising an event in a park or green space in Bristol, follow this link for more information.

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.

Plants and wildlife

The selection of shrub and groundcovers has been kept simple and robust. Informal native hedge planting at the site boundary invites wildlife, whilst a beech hedge creates a more formal planting edge. Shrub species include Hebe and Choisya Ternata for structure and all year foliage. Scented plants such as lavenders and sage can be found in the play area, and architectural forms of Euphorbia and Phormium create form, scent and colour throughout the park all year. Groundcovers of Hypericum, Vinca Minor and Ferns create all year foliage cover, complemented by additional flowering Lamium and Helleborus species. Wildflowers will swathe the shrub beds and grassed areas for added interest and colour when established. Find out more about 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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