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Tothill Park is a green oasis of some 6.73 hectares in the St Judes area of Plymouth.
Generally bounded on the north and east by Lanhydrock Road, Cleveland Road and the railway line to the south and
Egerton Crescent to the west, it provides a wealth of facilities for both local residents and the wider Plymouth population -
it is a vital part of the community. The friends of Tothill Park is a group of local volunteers who share
a common interest in revitalising the park and bringing it into the 21st century.
Our aims are:
- Regenerate the park and the surrounding facilities.
- Provide a safe environment where users may exercise, socialise or take time out to relax.
- Provide a park and facilities for all members of the community regardless of race, gender, age, religion or disability.
- Explore means of funding to maintain and improve the park.
- Improve the park environment through re-planting whilst encouraging local wildlife.
We are always looking for other people to join us in making Tothill Park a more enjoyable place. Please click on Help the Group
in the How To menu on the left to find out some of the many ways in which you can contribute.
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Update:
Published by - Pat
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Published on
Mon 13th Jul 2009
@ 13:57 GMT |
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FoTP Update
The latest meeting of FoTP was held on Weds 1st July and the following items were discussed.
The committee is waiting for an updated set of plans for the new play area, and these will be displayed as soon as they are made available, followed by a public meeting.
The interim play equipment is being installed, and should be ready for use shortly.
The new netting enclosure for the tennis court has been installed, and the resurfacing should be completed within the next few weeks.
It was agreed to go ahead with the resurfacing of the mound between the football pitches and the new play area, to make the mound a safe and pleasant viewing area for park users.
The new handrails will be painted black to complement the new seating and other park amenities.
As some youngsters are using the mounds as jumps on their bikes, it was agreed to look into the feasibility of using the area between the community hall and the multicourt, to be developed for small dirt jumps, perhaps being constructed by the youngsters with parental help.
It was agreed that the FoTP would continue to fund from donations, the provision of drinks and biscuits for the DOVE Project, who carry out a litter sweep of the park weekly.
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Theft of lavender plants.
Published by - Pat
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Published on
Mon 29th Jun 2009
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The ongoing improvements to Tothill Park are continuing with small but significant changes being made on a regular basis.
We do ask local residents to get involved, and recently some have got more involved than others.
I am referring to the light fingered individuals who stole some of the lavender plants from around the new seating areas.
This was not children destroying plants; this was
‘Thieves’
who dug these plants up to take away.
If you have any information, please contact our PCSO’s.
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PCSO's in our area.
Published by - Pat
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Published on
Sun 17th May 2009
@ 11:25 GMT |
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This is the reply from our PCSO’s to queries from local residents.
I am PCSO Tracey Duggan-Swift and I cover Tothill Park with PCSO Leigh Ferguson and our Beat Manager, PC Paula Tucker.
I would like to assure you that we are in Tothill Park at least once every time that we are on duty.
We also have other PCSO’s in our team that use the park as a cut through in order to get to get to the area which they cover. There are also passing patrol officers who are admittedly in vehicles, but PCSO’s are nearly always on foot. Paula has also been on patrol in plain clothes on late and night shift over recent weeks, to tackle local car crime and burglary issues.
Over half of our shifts are late shifts, and on Friday and Saturday, we always work late in order to tackle anti-social behaviour in the park and surrounding area. Anti-social behaviour has reduced considerably and we have had no reports from the public to suggest otherwise.
As for school patrols, I cover Holy Cross Primary and Leigh covers Salisbury Road Primary. We get to the schools as often as we can in the mornings and afternoons, and have had a good response from both parents and schools.
If you are finding youngsters in the park acting anti-socially when you are in the park, we would ask you to call it in, as we concentrate our patrols in areas that have and are reporting anti-social behaviour.
I have been holding a PACT drop in at Tothill Community Centre on the last Wednesday in the month, between 1330 and 1500, the next to be on Weds 27th May 2009 or you can contact us on
08452 777444
plymouthcentral at devonandconwall. pnn.police.uk
tracey.duggan-swift at devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk
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On Thu 12th Nov 2009 @ 21:47 GMT, Glenn Taylor said this:
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I think the generation of a 'Friends' group to raise the profile of the park and make improvements has proven to be essential to our community park and your efforts are not unnoted. On your website its made clear that you are keen to invite community members involvement and currently you are looking for a committee Treasurer. Why in this case when community members keen to get involved such as Rachel Howell, Kevin and Gordana Webster as well as Tom and Mel ask when the next park meeting is you do not publish the dates of the next park friends meeting and suggest their voice can only be heard via a public meeting or you choose to omit a response at all? I would like to get more involved too so I will ask you specifically - please can you inform us of when the next park committee meeting is, not the 'public meeting'. Thank you in advance. Glenn Taylor and family. On Tue 17th Nov 2009 @ 17:20 Pat replied with: Glenn,
Roger, our vice chairman, has asked me to post the following reply:-
Thank you for your comments, we must be doing something right. We do need a treasurer, and also a secretary ,and if you feel you could fill one of these posts, we would be glad to see you at our next committee meeting, which will be held on Weds 2nd Dec at 7pm in room 1 in the Community Centre.
The reason the monthly meetings are not thrown open to anyone on an ad hoc basis, is that we have specific items to address.
If a number of people came along to air their particular points at every committee meeting, we would not get through everything.. We have the website for that purpose, and we also have the facility for residents to leave questions or comments with the library or the Community Centre, and they are more than happy to pass them on. We are looking for people to commit their time in the long term, and if you feel you could help, or any of the other residents, we look forward to seeing you at our next meeting.
I hope this has answered your query.
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On Sun 01st Nov 2009 @ 19:22 GMT, Rachel Howell said this:
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I have young son age 6 and a puppy age 5 months, i have been reading the plans for the park i would like to voice my opinion. I am a responsible dog owner and pick up his poo and i feel that your plans are very unfair on dogs and there owners. My son has more than enough room to play both in the childrens area and walking or biking around. I feel by fencing of even more space you are stopping so many people from walking their dogs. I walk my dog with my son once every day at this park and see more regular dog walkers than i do parents out with thier kids.
There is already two enclosed football pitches which dog owner do not go on, why if you really feel the need to waste pointless amounts of money on more fencing off then let dog walkers have the field with the one open pitch on it?
I think this would be fair then as 1,Kids would have good space to play in. 2, dog owners would have enough room to walk the dogs. 3, there is still two enclosed football pitches for football matches. I think this would then make this fair as the park is a public place and should be able to be enjoyed by all. I would also like to point out that there are two other football pitches that im aware of ( astor park and by the bridge on embankment road) lets make things fair!! Can i also have dates of any meetings as i would like to attened. On Tue 03rd Nov 2009 @ 12:03 Pat replied with: Rachel, thank you for your email. This year, the two football pitches that were on the open area of the park, have been reduced to a single pitch, giving dog owners two large areas in which to exercise their dogs. Unfortunately there are still some owners who insist on taking their dogs straight on to the marked playing area of the football pitch to do their business. Some of these owners do pick up after their dogs, but with the darker mornings and evenings, there are more owners who are not, obviously hoping that they will not be caught.
There are three large areas for exercising dogs, by the tennis court, between the mound and the football field and the area by the recycling skips. The FoTP and Parks Dept have always tried to cater for all members of the community, and we feel that by providing the children with a dog free play area in which they can safely play, without parents or grandparents having to worry about what the children are going to pick up. |
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On Thu 10th Sep 2009 @ 10:32 GMT, vicky pengelly said this:
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Is it true that the Library is moving to Mount Gould and the Community Centre is being turned into flats. On Tue 15th Sep 2009 @ 15:07 Pat replied with: Vicky,
The Community Centre is outside the remit of the FoTP, but I have passed yor query on, and you should get an answer shortly. |
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On Thu 04th Jun 2009 @ 19:49 GMT, Kevin and Gordana Webster said this:
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Could you please tell us when the next meeting is being held which is open to local residents? Thank you On Sun 07th Jun 2009 @ 20:10 Pat replied with: Hi Kevin and Gordana, We have not set a date for the next public meeting, but we will give plenty of notice.
In the meantime, the PCSO's are holding their drop ins at the Community Centre on the last Weds in the month. You can always contact the committee with a specific question at any time. |
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On Sun 17th May 2009 @ 11:34 GMT, Joan said this:
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Are there plans to put any facilities for toddlers at the basketball end of the park. We applaud the efforts of all who are working for the park but it would be nice to see something for the little ones (and their parents) at the Embankment Rd end. On Wed 20th May 2009 @ 21:52 Pat replied with: Please come along to the park between 11am and 3pm on Saturday 23rd, where all questions will be answered by the Parks Dept and the PCC Play Officer |
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On Thu 14th May 2009 @ 12:49 GMT, Kevin and Gordana Webster said this:
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Thank you Pat for answering my comments previously posted, I do appreciatte how busy the team is so Im grateful. I have to add that I spend time in the park each and every day with our daughter, and have yet to see a patrol carried out by police of the PCSO. Perhaps Im just unlucky? Perhaps visits of the PCSO would be more beneficial when the schools have kicked out rather than during the day when the kids are in school. I know we are not alone witnessing the behaviour of these youths. I for one on seeing the PCSO would certainly make myself known to them and thank them for their patrol. On Sat 16th May 2009 @ 08:57 Pat replied with: I have contacted our local PCSO's with your comments, and I will be putting their reply on as a news item in the next couple of days. |
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