Gheluvelt Park

 Gheluvelt Park Heritage Lottery Project

                      Friends of Gheluvelt Park                            The Duckworth Worcestershire Trust

Gheluvelt Park is a memorial park built in honour of those lost in the First World and has recently received £803,000 of lottery funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund.  The project is a partnership between the City Council, Friends of Gheluvelt Park and the Duckworth Trust.  The park will benefit from many improvements including a new play area; new water play feature; war memorial; and reinstated park railings. 

News

  • The Splashpad is now fully operational and open from 11:00 - 18:00 every day. Click here to see the Worcester News article.
  • The Play Area will be closed from April 7th for refurbishment. Click for more information.
  • These specially commissioned images of the model of the new interpretative feature soon to be realised in Gheluvelt Park show something of the attributes of the piece - a sense of solemnity, reflection, loss and remembrance and of a determination to give solidity to an idea of sacrifice and shared heritage that can still speak powerfully across the century.

Forthcoming Heritage Lottery Project Events and Training Opportunities

Every Friday - Gheluvelt Riverside Walks

Every Thursday - Dizzy Dogz Agility in the Park

Every Wednesday - Fitness Junkie

Every Thursday - Nordic Walking

Youth Activities in the Park - 29th July

Official Opening of the New Play Area - 2nd August

Drumlove Workshop - 6th August

Drumlove Workshop - 13th August

City of Worcester Flower Show - 14th August

Tai Chi in the Park - 5th September

The Friends of Gheluvelt Park

Gheluvelt Park Friends was formed in 2003 to work with Worcester City Council, the Duckworth Trust, local Residents Associations and others to develop and increase the use of Gheluvelt Park and the Duckworth Environmental Centre. During this time membership has increased to more than 500, run by a committee of 8, representing 4000 local Barbourne residents and many more from outlying areas.

Membership is open to anyone. There are no fees and we issue three or four free newsletters per year, either by email, local delivery in the Barbourne area, or collection from the Pumphouse Environmental centre. We would be delighted if you decide to get involved in our activities, but there is no commitment. Merely by being a registered member you help the committee raise funds for park activities.

For more information visit www.gheluvelt.moonfruit.com

The George Marshall Medical Museum

Therapeutic public spaces: the importance of town parks in the history of public health

In the mid-nineteenth century, the famous artist, critic and philosopher, John Ruskin stated "the measure of any great civilization is in its cities and a measure of a city's greatness is to be found in the quality of its public spaces, its parks and its squares." Ruskin’s view was far from unique in this period. Many public health reformers felt that parks were essential to the health and wellbeing of the residents of towns and cities all over England. They believed that parks provided the clean air that so many of workers of the period were lacking in the dirty factories in which they worked and the unhygienic back-to-back houses in which they lived. These reformers lobbied Parliament until these parks were eventually built.

For more information visit www.medicalmuseum.org.uk

Dizzy Dogz Agility Training

John started the group in 2006 training initially in Hanbury then later Canon Frome. He moved to Bransford where training continues and has now started training in Gheluvelt Riverside Park every Thursday evening 17:30 - 19:30. The group is not run for profit but is not without its rewards!

Whilst John and others in the group are competative, they encourage those with no previous experience to try this sport. This adds a new dimension to the pet/owner relationship, its a team sport and the two members of the team are you and your dog. There is a 'Magic' that you can't quite put into words but you can certainly begin to experience it even in the early stages of training.

John has three dogs, two tiny Terriers and a Collie cross. Spike, now 11 was the first to do agility and became British Agility Assn' Micro Dog of the Year 05,06, and 07 and in 08 gained his UK Champion of Agility Performance title. An accident (not in agility) took him out of competition in 09 but he'll be back soon!

For more information visit www.dizzydogz.co.uk.

Useful Links

If you are interested in Worcester's history and would like to know more about the work of Worcestershire Historical Society why not visit their website at www.worcestershirehistoricalsociety.co.uk.

If you are interested in bringing history alive, Discover History offers an interactive, hands-on experience and provides an opportunity to handle both real and historically accurate artifacts. Why not visit their website at www.discover-history.co.uk.<//strong>

Map showing Area's of work covered by the revamp of Gheluvelt Park

Please click on POI markers on the map for further details