Our proposals for a new activity centre based in the Lakeside area of the Park were approved by Peterborough City Council’s planning committee on 23 March 2021. Find out more about our plans. Read more
Scroll through the projects below to find out more.
To take a look at a summary of some of our work in 2020, please watch our video here.
From 19 July - 3 September 2021, children aged 3-12 can enter a drawing competition to build excitement for our new play area, Fox Play, which is currently under construction. Read more
As part of the Nenescape Landcape Partnership Scheme, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Nene Park is working with METAL Peterborough and Thames Festival Trust on an exciting international art and education project that connects young people around the globe to their local river. Read more
Nene Park is pleased to be exhibiting a new painting by artist Miranda Creswell at Ferry Meadows Country Park, as part of the Ripple Effect project. Read more
Nene Park Trust entered into a share farming partnership with Craig and Ryan Baxter in October 2020, to deliver more nature-friendly farming and in addition, to support the charity’s wider objectives around education, community engagement and environmentally-friendly farming. Read more
Read more about the plans for capital improvement works as part of Your Community Greenspace project and take part in our survey. Read more
Fox Play forms the next stage in updating and improving the play provision at Ferry Meadows. Construction is due to start in June 2021. Read more
Nene Park has launched a new photography competition for 2021. Each month will have a different theme, encouraging photographers to search for seasonal nature and wildlife and visit different areas of the Park. Read more
Over the past 4 years the Mick George Community Fund have been fantastic benefactors to the Park, and this continues with not one but two grants approved by them towards the end of 2020. Read more
The Nene Park: Your Community Greenspace project, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund is an exciting 5-year project for Nene Park. Read more
Funding secured from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development LEADER programme, through the Rural Peterborough and Rutland Local Action Group to improve the visitor experience at Ferry Meadows. Read more
Thanks to funding from LEADER, we are currently renovating Lynch Lake Kiosk to create a brand new and flexible community space. Read more
Funded through the Arts Council England, three artists will take up three month residencies in Nene Park Read more
42WORDS will see 10 local artists create 42 artworks in a variety of artforms to be installed in the Park in response to the Covid-19 crisis. Read more
Nene Park ran a new photography competition in 2020, with a new winner announced each month. The winning entries were displayed in the 2021 Nene Park calendar and in a photography exhibition in the Park. Read more
The Nenescape Landscape Partnership Scheme (LPS) is a £4.5 million project to celebrate, protect and conserve the natural and built heritage of the River Nene and its landscape. Read more
Funded through the National Lottery Heritage Fund, this Nenescape project carried out in 2017-2019 restored Heron and Goldie meadows back to wetland. Read more
The boardwalk was created with funding from the National Heritage Lottery Fund through the Nenescape Landscape Partnership scheme and with the hard work and dedication of our volunteers and Nene Park Trust staff. Read more
Funded through the National Lottery Heritage Fund, this Nenescape project is focussed on restoring colour and biodiversity back to this remnant of the once-thriving railway on Station Lane, Castor. Read more
Funded through the National Lottery Heritage Fund, this Nenescape project is focussed on developing heritage trails about the Roman heritage of Nene Park Read more
Funded through the National Lottery Heritage Fund, this Nenescape project offered two horticultural apprentices the chance to learn new skills in the Park Read more
Despite the wind and rain, Saturday 27th April 2019 saw the first cricket matches taking place at the Woodlands sports pitches for three years, with friendly matches played between Bretton Cricket Club and Bharat Sports Cricket Club. Read more
This exciting two-year project ending in March 2019 was funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and focused on the trees and woodland of Nene Park. Read more
In November 2019, we hosted a three week poetry residency in the Park. Poet Justin Coe spent time in the Park and with our Park visitors. He then produced a number of poems inspired by the Park. Read more