A space for all in the heart of the community
Officially opened on September 1st 2018, Easebourne Park is now enjoyed by many, young and old, for play or for relaxation. The Park was designed to blend in with it’s National Park surroundings, with natural oak dens and trails as well as a mix of traditional play.
Since opening, the Parish Council have continued to fund raise and consult with the community on what people want to see added to the space. So far we have added picnic benches, a fully accessible roundabout, an innovative climbing and play area for our youngest visitors and we’ve enhanced the surface of the perimeter path. At the beginning of 2020 despite all the challenges brought about by Covid, construction began of The Roundhouse, a multi-purpose covered shelter created by local partners Artizans of Wood. We’ve continued to plant further trees, create innovative sculptures from tree trunks and most recently built two off-grid eco toilets.
Plans are now in the development stages for the creation of a small community space that can be used by local groups to raise awareness and funds including the pop-up provision of food and drinks.
In November 2019 Easebourne Park proudly received a design award from the South Downs National Park Authority, the first award of it’s kind and the result of a public vote, beating 15 other design projects to the trophy.
History – With the loss of the former Easebourne play-park imminent, the Parish Council looked for another space to take the place of the play-park. The Parish Council had ambitious plan though – this space was not just going to be a play-park, but a community space that could be used and enjoyed by the whole community. Accordingly, a 25 year lease (with an option for another 25 years) was signed in Dec 2015 with West Sussex County Council, for a 5 acre former sports field, immediately to the south and east of the Easebourne Primary School car park.
Save for a few dog-walkers, this space had lain unused since 2008. After much consultation, a final plan for the field was decided and fundraising started towards what was to be called simply, Easebourne Park.
Ariel shot of the 5 acre field, curtesy of Google maps.
Latest news
Claim your lost clothing!
The lost clothing hooks on the back of the main Park noticeboard are full with various items left in the Park over the recent weeks. Please pop along if you've lost anything and reclaim it. Anything left after the Easter school holidays will be removed and either taken to charity [...]
Park behaviour
On the evening of Monday 7th April a group of youngsters entered the Park from the direction of Birthday House, enjoyed a pizza and several boxes of beer in The Roundhouse and kindly left all their rubbish. The CCTV has been useful to identify the details of the incident [...]
New Website for Friends of Easebourne Parish
Friends of Easebourne Parish have launched their new website this week, with lots of information about how to get involved. Please visit www.friendsofeasebourneparish.co.uk to see how you can help to keep our lovely Parish looking beautiful.
Autumn hours for Park Eco Loo
With the days getting shorter and the amount of people using the park reducing, we are now closing up one Eco loo. The other will remain open 7 days a week during daylight hours.
Oh what a Fete that was!
What an amazing day we had in Easebourne Park last weekend for the combined PTA and Parish Council Fete in the Park! After a slightly damp start the sun shone, the people came out and much fun was had! Live music from the B3's and local super talented Ellie Baker, [...]
Friends of Easebourne Parish hard at work!
One of the warmest days of the year didn't stop the Friends of Easebourne Parish (FrEP) volunteers from doing a mass strim of areas in Easebourne Park. They were rewarded with a very welcome coffee and cake and have left the Park looking rather splendid! If you'd like to get [...]
Fete in the Park
A date for your diary in July! NEW for 2024 - Fete in the Park - an event organised by the PTFA and Easebourne Parish Council, taking place in Easebourne Park on Sunday 7th July from 11am until 3pm. Join us for live music in The Roundhouse, a dog [...]
Tiered Seating in the Park complete
As many may already have seen, the construction of tiered seating facing The Roundhouse in Easebourne Park has now been completed and is available for use! We hope you like the end result - offering a large amount of extra seating within the Park and commanding a great view too! [...]
Tiered seating work – an update
UPDATE 17th May - work continues on the tiered seating and we apologise that it's taking a little longer than expected, not helped by some poor weather. But things are progressing well and we expect it to be completed by the end of Wednesday 22nd May. The area will [...]
New tiered seating for Easebourne Park
The Parish Council are very excited to announce that work will begin at the end of April to create natural tiered seating within the grass bank facing The Roundhouse in Easebourne Park. A local groundworks company will construct 4 tiers either side of a new central set of steps, cut [...]
Donations for Easebourne Park
Did you know you can now very easily make a small donation for the maintenance and future development of our award-winning village Park? We know how much Easebourne Park is loved and enjoyed by people, with it's open space, play equipment, stunning Roundhouse and now it's award-winning eco loos. [...]
Minor damage to the Loo means short closure
Update 24th Jan - the damage caused to the loo door is more significant that originally thought and due to ongoing windy weather forecast for Thursday and into Friday, we have taken the decision to keep both loos closed until Saturday 27th Jan. As well as scheduling the repair, [...]
Eco Loo update to opening
Easebourne Park Loos opening times Further to the post earlier this week, the Parish Council have now reviewed the additional budget required to keep one of the loos open over the autumn/winter months. It has been agreed to trial keeping one loo open 7 days a week, during the [...]
Eco Loo opening times
Easebourne Park Loos opening times Following some community feedback, the Parish Council are reviewing the seasonal closing of the park loos. Presently it is scheduled that both loos will close on 30 October. It's possible that one loo can remain open for longer, but that does have financial implications [...]
Picnic in the Park THIS BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY!
It's almost that time of year again, our FREE annual Picnic in the Park is back, this coming Bank Holiday Monday! From 12 until 4pm, there will be live music in The Roundhouse by local duo Chloe & Tom and also we welcome back the B3's who played for [...]
CCTV success
We're pleased to report that after our CCTV captured the incident in the Park on the 14th July that resulted in one of our Eco-Loos being closed, the culprits have come forward to own up to causing the damage. No further action will be taken by the authorities on this [...]
Further Vandalism to Eco Loo in Easebourne Park
It's depressing to report that last night, Friday 21st July, the Eco Loo in the Park was the scene of further vandalism. Between 7pm and 9.30pm two youths were observed arriving in the Park by bike, one red mountain bike, one black mountain bike, each with black rucksacks. They [...]
Petty crime in Easebourne Park
We're very sorry to report that there has been a theft from the new Eco Loos in the Park. After the vandalism to one of the doors last week, which has now been repaired at a cost to the Council, yesterday the hand sanitisers were stolen from both Loos. [...]
Save the date – Picnic in the Park is BACK!
We're delighted to announce that Picnic in the Park will be back in 2023, this time on Bank Holiday Monday 28th August! From 12 until 4pm, there will be live music in The Roundhouse by local duo Chloe & Tom and also we welcome back the B3's who played for [...]
Vandalism to Eco Loo in Easebourne Park
After the recent vandalism to The Roundhouse in the Park, we're sorry to report that yesterday there was an incident of vandalism to our new Eco Loos. At around 4pm yesterday, Friday 14th July a group of 5 youths were caught on CCTV causing serious damaged to one of [...]
Works in the Park today
Please be advised that some minor works are taking place in Easebourne Park today including the repair of the vandalism in the Roundhouse and some minor fixes in the Loos. Please bear with us and the team on site if they are working on something you were hoping to use [...]
Vandalism in Easebourne Park
We are extremely sad to see that the Roundhouse has suffered a fresh round of vandalism in the last few weeks, the most recent being yesterday. Each time the damage has occurred to the inside of the roof structure, by the use of a ball, stick or bat being hit [...]
Park equipment replacements
You may have noticed that some work was taking place in the Park today, replacing the toddler swings, replacing the trampolines and some of the safety matting on other equipment. Thank you for your patience if something has not been available during your visit. There are a few more pieces [...]
Coffee in the Park
Sadly it looks like Tom and The Goatbox will not be joining us in the Park over the summer. Although feedback to him and us was fantastic and people seemed to love him being there, there just wasn't a sufficient level of business to make it viable for him to [...]
Summer in Easebourne Park
Easebourne Park was looking fabulous in the sunshine today, with the new Roundhouse Roof and our Eco-loo. It takes a lot of work to keep the Park looking as good as it does. Some of this work is carried out by contractors but a lot of smaller jobs are [...]