City Park Gold Award Nominated – Coventry City Council

It means the Coventry City Council-owned venue will be nominated for a gold award.

The park has been praised as a welcoming place to visit for a more diverse audience, with the welcome addition of facilities such as the recently opened Changing Places toilets, Pay and Play for younger children alongside the Climbing Forest, Go Ape and all free attractions, including initiation. of the Memorial Trail, gardens, arboretum, Old Deer Park, wildflower meadows and Bird Hide.

These additions help the park welcome more than 600,000 visitors throughout the year.

The Information Center and Discovery Center have both been complemented for their wealth of guides, maps and interactive information.

Also highlighted were the local Artisan Market with a diverse range of food and drink including barista coffee, Sundae Club, Pawsome Pets salon and the brilliant Coombe Abbey Woodturners.

The east Coventry venue scored the highest 100% by the judges based on their arrival experience, which would come as no surprise to regular visitors. The 500-acre park includes a serpentine lake with sweeping views, some of which were designed by Capability Brown in the late 1700s.

Cleanliness also scored a very impressive 96%.

Cllr Abdul Khan, Deputy Leader of Coventry City Council, said: “We all know how much locals and visitors alike enjoy the fantastic experience of visiting Coombe Abbey Park.

“I was there recently and there’s so much for people to enjoy and it’s a really spectacular place.

“I’m delighted that the judges at Visit England have given the park such high praise and I’m crossing my fingers that it will get the gold award it so richly deserves.”

Cllr Patricia Hetherton, who also has responsibility for the city’s parks, added: “It’s a magnificent place. Having a place that residents can visit so close to the city is vital.

“The views are wonderful and the facilities are of a very good quality.

“I am also very pleased that the judges recognized the cleanliness of the park, this is down to the hard work and dedication of our council staff, but also the care and respect shown by the thousands of visitors.”

Coombe Abbey Park has a large number of repeat visitors and its popularity is year-round.

To find out more about the park visit coventry.gov.uk/coombe