Lichfield District Council has started a project to strengthen the bank along Stowe Pool. This spring, Lichfield District Council is filling in the horseshoe shaped gaps on the bank that borders Stowe Pool and Stowe Road. These are the cut outs where trees once stood, but have since been removed. A contractor is now filling… Read more »
Nordic Walking in Beacon Park
A free introduction to Nordic walking is being held at Beacon Park this spring. Nordic walking is a fitness technique that sees walkers using poles to propel themselves along and, as it uses their upper body muscles as well, it tones the whole body. The free introduction to Nordic walking is available by booking onto… Read more »
Sowing the poppy field
On 12 of March, 23 volunteers dedicated a few hours of their time to re-sowing the poppy seed on the poppy field in Beacon Park. The field was originally sown in 2014 and will continue until autumn of 2018, to mark the period of the First World War. Thank you to everyone who helped and… Read more »
Lichfield Parks Health Walks
Everyone’s invited to go on a series of free health boosting walks through Lichfield Historic Parks that are running from April to October. Lichfield District Council’s parks team is leading two walks a month around Lichfield Historic Parks, which includes Beacon Park, Minster Pool & Walk, and Stowe Pool & Fields. The gentle walks are… Read more »
Paper flowers for Mother’s Day
Children are invited to make something special for mum in time for Mother’s Day. A workshop to teach youngsters how to create beautiful handmade flowers out of tissue papers is running in Beacon Park’s Discovery Hub on Saturday 25 March 2017. The workshop is most suitable for anyone aged 8 and over, although younger children… Read more »
Beacon Park tennis scheme wins top award
Beacon Park’s free coach led tennis sessions have encouraged the most new people to start playing tennis out of all the Tennis For Free initiatives across the country. As a result the Tennis For Free charity has awarded Beacon Park’s scheme a national award for encouraging tennis participation. In February 2016, national tennis charity Tennis… Read more »