Keeping our park beautiful for everyone
Following the highly successful fundraising for the refurbishment of the Lakeside Playground the Little Friends of Roundhay Park turned their attention to the Upper Playground on Soldiers Field which caters for older children. Following another successful fundraising, with contributions from, amongst others, Leeds City Council, the Coop and Veoila, the sum of £55,000 has been…
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Built into the walls surrounding Canal Gardens the shelter has been a feature of the area since the original construction. Last refurbished many years ago the shelter was looking very run down. Funded by FoRP a complete refurbishment of the roof, inside seating and the front panels and mouldings was completed in March this year.
For park lovers who are self isolating or are unable to visit the perk for any reason during the current lock down situation a local resident James Bishop has recorded aa number of videos taken when walking in the park with his dog. You can take a video tour of the park on YouTube. Just…
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On Friday 23rd January year 5 pupils from Gledhow and Talbot Primary Schools opened the trails by solving the clues on Section 1 of” The Secret of Roundhay Castle” trail set up for 6+ children. There is a seperate trail for pre school children “The Magic Fountains of Roundhay” Leaflets containing the clues and maps…
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Some time ago the Friends of Roundhay Park mounted large banners with the headline “Bread is Bad for Ducks” on both sides of Waterloo Lake. About three months ago the banner on the Lakeside Cafe fence was stolen. This was replaced with a new banner in late November. This second banner has now also been…
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We’ve had a busy morning here at Little FORP. On one side of the park our Forest School was in full swing with children moving between stations making wands, whistles, fairy houses and boats. And on the other a children’s working party planted crocuses and picked litter. As always thank you Grass Roots, Muddy Boots…
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We have exciting news! The Little FORP team are creating the first ever children’s adventure trails in Roundhay Park. One will be an imaginative trail for the under sixes and the other will be an adventure trail for older children. Designed by Yorkshire Trails, each trail will encourage children to get off the beaten track…
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Our beautiful 2020 Calendar features images taken by our members over the course of the year.Sales of Calendars are an important source of income for us As well as our online shop the FoRP 2020 Calendar is available now from the following outlets:-With Love, Roundhay Road, Oakwood, Dine at the Mansion Lakeside Cafe Philip Howard…
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We ask you to give a little more. In October 2017, Friend of Roundhay Park made “Floating Swan and Duck Food” available from a rack in Lakeside Cafe. We did this to improve the water quality of the lake.It was a great success.Last year, to make sure that the Swan and Duck project was sustainable…
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