Our Current Projects and Plans for the Future

This prestigious award is similar to the better-known Blue Flags allocated to beaches around the UK.  

Hull City Council are particularly proud of the fact that two city centre parks - East Park and Pearson Park - have already been given Green Flag status and they are hopeful that, with our help, Pickering Park will become their third very soon.

https://www.greenflagaward.org/

In December 2022, Hull City Council started to plant many trees within the copse alongside Pickering Road, down the side close to Askew Avenue and next to the East Grove entrance.  These trees are a part of the "Queen's Green Canopy" and will be accompanied by some landscaping changes that will undoubtedly help to improve park security.

The restoration of the gates at the Hessle High Road entrance to the park was the first project highlighted by the Friends of Pickering Park when we initially got together.  Unfortunately the cost was extremely prohibitive and our fundraising fell well short of the necessary target.  However, it remains something that we would love to get done.

We have two pavilions on the playing field which have become very neglected over the years.  We would love to restore them both back to their former glory and perhaps use them as changing rooms or storage space for the football teams that use the pitches during the winter.

Many of the paths throughout the park are looking quite messy at the moment, a side-effect of Winter and also the amount of work that's been taking place around the park recently.  It would be lovely to get them cleared in time for Summer if we possibly can.

There is, we are sure, a lot more that can be done around the park.  The latest investments - new aviary, childrens play area improvements, bandstand etc. - are a great start but if there's anything else you would like to see addressed then please let us know.  We can't promise to get everything done, but we are more than prepared to lobby the Council if a project is worthwhile.