The Harrow Road gate is closed to protect calving deer nearby. Plus advice for visitors.
Category: News
Lastest Friends of Wollaton Park, and wider park news.
Fossil Display
A reptile fossil dating back to the Jurassic era will be displayed in Wollaton Hall after being kept in storage for almost 30 years.
Splendour to return in 2025
Contract agreed for Splendour Festival to return to Wollaton Park in 2025
Forest Bathing
Join FoWP for a Shinrin Yoko (Forest Bathing) taster session.
Bricklayers are needed for our historic walled garden at Wollaton Park. Join our team to help with rebuilding, pointing, replacing worn bricks, repairing walls, and restoration work.
Hall Repairs
Revocation work on the Hall has started.
Organ Demonstrations
There will be an Organ demonstration each month in Wollaton Hall.
Organ Repaired
The Wollaton Hall Organ has been repaired and tuned… Future work is required on the bellows.
Walled Garden Volunteer Roles
The Wollaton Walled Garden Project are seeking a Volunteer Administrator and Volunteer Lead.
Borne Out With Whalebone
A special fundraising event at Wollaton Hall. Can someone in full Elizabethan dress ascend to the Prospect Room?
Mr McArdle told the BBC he did not know if further cuts would be needed in the future and said he could not rule out the sale of community assets such as Wollaton Hall and Nottingham Castle.
Nottingham City Council leader David Mellen has insisted the struggling authority will not sell its most historic attractions.
Litter Picking
Amazing & Thank You.
27 People attended our February litter pick.
Deer Incident
There are reports in the National Press of a Deer attacking a member of the public.
Splendour Festival Cancelled
Wollaton Parks Splendour music festival has been cancelled this year.
Planning Consent Given for Hall Repairs
Wollaton Hall has been awarded a grant of £469,992 by Arts Council England. As the Hall is a listed building, planning consent was needed, which has now been granted.