Kings Weston Action Group

Conserving, enhancing, and celebrating Bristol's Kings Weston Estate

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    • Volunteer Working Parties
    • Events at Kings Weston
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  • Explore
    • The Home Park
    • Penpole Wood and Penpole Point
    • Kingsweston Hill and walled gardens
    • Shirehampton Park
  • History
    • Early History of Kings Weston
    • Sir Robert Southwell
    • The Rebuilding of Kings Weston
    • Georgian glory, The later Eighteenth Century
    • The Victorian Era, the Miles Family
    • Philip Napier Miles, Philanthropy and music
    • Modern Times, the 1930s to today
  • Nature
    • Wildlife in the Home Park
    • Wildlife in Penpole Wood and on Penpole Point
    • Wildlife on Kingsweston Hill
    • Wildlife in Shirehampton Park
    • Kings Weston Bioblitz.
  • Gallery
    • Scenic Kings Weston
    • Inside Kings Weston House
    • Historic images
      • 1973 – the park under threat
      • Archive photos collected at Know Your Place event
      • Kings Weston paintings
      • Postcards from Kings Weston
      • Prints and engravings
      • Samuel Loxton drawings
      • Southwell and Miles portraits
      • Studies of Trees, With and without foliage, 1834
      • The Loggia model – 1990
      • Kings Weston Book of Drawings
      • The Loggia and Brewhouse – a record
        • animated gif
      • WWII Images
      • Kings Weston memorials in Henbury Church
    • Working Party progress
      • 2013
        • December 15th 2013 – below the viewing terrace
        • November 2013, return to the viewing terrace
        • October 2013 – Big Bulb Plant!
        • Sept, 2013, Return to the Viewing Terrace
        • August 2013, Echo Walk clearance
        • May 2013, Clearing the Circle
        • Working Party March 2013 – Tennis court removal
      • 2014
        • December 2014 – last of the laurels
        • Big Bulb Plant! October 2014
        • September 2014, Laying in to laurels again
        • August 2014 working party results at the ponds
        • July 2014 The laurels behind the pond
        • Circle more circular! June 14th 2014
        • 10th May 2014, Clearing up around the Circle
        • March 2014, the results
        • Working Party in action! March 2014
        • April 2014, the avenue
        • Penpole Point again, Feb 15th 2014
        • January 18th 2014 – Penpole Point
      • 2015
        • December 2015 – Natural spacing in Penpole Wood
        • November 2015 – Lifting the Curtain VII
        • September 2015 – Lifting the Curtain VI
        • August 2015 – Lifting the Canopy V
        • June 2015 – Lifting the Curtain III
        • May 2015 16th – Lifting the canopy part II
        • Working Party April 18th – Lifting the canopy
        • January-March 2015 – Step Building Challenge
        • January 2015. A 2-day step building epic
      • 2016
        • November 2016 – Back to the laurels I
        • August 2016 – Restoring woodland
        • July 2016 – Freeing the ancient Oak
        • June 2016 – Walled Garden Work II
        • May 2016 – Walled Garden work I
        • April 2016 – Laying into Laurels III
        • March 2016 – Laying into Laurels II
        • Feb 2016 – Laying into Laurels I
        • Jan 2016 – Natural Spacing II
    • Events
      • Big Bulb Plant 2015
      • Ed Drewitt Bird walk 2015
      • Memorial avenue restoration, December 2nd 2014
      • Schools Days at Kings Weston, October 2014
      • First World War schools day Oct 2014
      • Archaeology at Penpole Lodge. April 2012
      • Echo Exhibition. Sept 2011
      • Food forage July 2013
      • Kings Weston Bioblitz. May 2013
      • Nature Detectives with Steve England
      • Dawn Chorus Walk. Sept 2013
      • Doors Open Day, 14th September, 2013
      • Fungus Foray, 22nd September, 2013
      • Meet the Neighbours day, 6th April, 2013
    • Completed projects
      • Great Avenue restoration 2014
      • Bulb Planting programme
      • Leaflet dispensers
      • New map board. Jan 2015
      • Steps at the Echo
      • Tree Trail, Oct 2013
      • Penpole Woods steps
      • Tennis Court removal – March 2013
  • Downloads
    • KWAG Newsletters
    • Maps and Walking guides to the Kings Weston Estate
    • Membership forms and information
    • History exhibition panels
    • Conservation Management Plan 2014
      • 1994 Management plan
    • History resources
    • Kings Weston Bioblitz
    • Kids activity sheets
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Kings Weston Bioblitz.

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c/o 75a Alma Road
Bristol
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Recent News

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