Victoria Park has benefited from several major enhancements via Council and third party investment in park facilities as well as from infrastructure enhancements resulting from hosting the 2022 Commonwealth Games bowls events.

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NEW PLAY AREA

Following the 2018 co-sponsored survey of park users, the Friends ​were closely involved in developing the brief and assessing proposals from four play design and equipment companies.

In June 2022, the brand new play area was formally opened to huge enthusiasm from hundreds of children.

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OUTDOOR GYM

Thanks to the generosity of third party donors, new outdoor gym equipment  (between the skatepark and Princes Drive) was launched in April 2021 - a development that has proved extremely popular with visitors of all ages.

 

PARK IMPROVEMENTS

Warwick District Council have improved several other park facilities ranging from the tennis and bowls pavilions to resurfaced tennis courts to lighting at night to new signage and seating to new plantings of flowers, shrubs and trees.​​

 

PARK EVENTS

Bowls England play various national competitions on the Victoria Park bowling greens, notably the National Mens and Womens Championships that are held over 18 days in the summer. The World Bowls Championships are due here in 2027.

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High profile events in the public area of the park like the annual Santa Dash, the Fake Festival and Circus Fantasia are arranged by individual organisers and Warwick District Council.

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FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

Partly in response to the findings of  the 2023 survey of park users, the paddling pool was extensively renovated and enhanced for reopening in 2025. However, major techical issues curtailed the reopening which is now scheduled for 2026.

 

Since 2019, the Friends have been campaigning for the Victoria Park to join a scheme run by Fields in Trust to ensure that the park can only be used for sport or recreational activities and that it will always be there for the benefit of the community and nature. See details from Leamington Courier here. Progress now seems likely!

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