Parks and Green Spaces

Did you know you could help protect our wildlife while enjoying our beautiful district at the same time?

Recording information about the types of insects and animals living in our natural environment is an essential activity that can help policy makers make informed decisions. Everything from where to create a new nature reserve to building a new supermarket depends on accessible wildlife information. The more people who are reporting what they see, the better the quality of information available.

You can record information from your own garden or what you see while out and about. Don’t worry if you haven’t done it before, there is plenty of help and advice out there to help you. One of the easiest ways is to download a reporting app that works with the Biological Records Centre or National Biodiversity Network.

Find out more about and download wildlife reporting tools.

You can also find support and like-minded people who share your enthusiasm by visiting the Worcestershire Biological Records Centre website, which has links to local and national groups covering all types of wildlife recording and conservation.

Winter is a great time to start recording. If you are walking through our woodlands then look out for the rare Mistletoe Marble moth. This insect becomes more obvious in winter, as its caterpillars burrow through the leathery leaves of mistletoe leaving behind twisted brown tracks, called leaf mines.

Lots of creatures turn up in unexpected places over winter. They could be buried in piles of leaves, at the bottom of grassy tussocks, under flakes of bark, buried in mud at the bottom of a pond or even trusting their eggs will survive the cold on a slender stem.

If you do come across any slumbering wildlife while gardening, let it sleep on and remember, when you’re out and about in the countryside, especially in nature reserves, there are whole special communities of plants and animals trying to survive the winter in different ways, so walk softly and let them rest.

Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) across the Council’s riverside parks in Evesham

Following consultation, Wychavon District Council, in exercise of its powers under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, made a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) prohibiting urination and defecation and restricting the consumption and carrying of alcohol across Workman Gardens, Waterside Gardens, Abbey Park, Crown Meadow, Viaduct Meadow and Corporation Meadow in Evesham. Any person who fails to comply with the Order without reasonable excuse may commit an offence and be liable to prosecution.

A copy of the PSPO can be found below along with copies of the plans showing the land subject to the Order and a summary of the consultation undertaken by the Council.

Further Documents

• pdf Read Public Spaces Protection Order (7.49 MB)
• pdf View Riverside Park Plans (5.18 MB)
• pdf Read Consultation Summary (61 KB)

There are many open spaces for local communities throughout the Wychavon area. Some are managed by our Parks Section with the maintenance contractors, others by the town and parish council.

The following lists the main sites managed by ourselves:

Broadway

• Gravel Pit (Nature Reserve)

Droitwich

• Droitwich Skate Park
• Gateway Park and Play area
• Addyes way o/s Droitwich
• Bowden Green
• Calder Close 
• Celevestune way O/S Droitwich
• Charlotte Bronte Drive
• Chawson Valley
• Clover Ridge 
• Honeymans GDS Kidderminster Road, Droitwich
• Impney Green
• Lawley Road Play Area and Front Verge
• Maple Grove
• Mayflower open space and play area
• Ombersley Way football field
• Copcut Woods Droitwich 
• Pulley Lane Woods Droitwich 
• Rebekah Gardens O/S Droitwich
• Rowan Close
• Showel Pond 
• Steynors Avenue
• Swan Drive Droitwich
• Tagwell O/S Droitwich
• Westwood Road Droitwich

Evesham

• Corporation Meadow - Riverside
• Badsey Lane Nature Reserve 
• Cotswold Rise POS & play area
• Fairwater Close POS
• Hawthorn Rd O/S Evesham
• Hazel Avenue Brook
• Highfield Rd Hampton
• Jubilee Gardens & play area
• Lavender Fields play area and OS
• Simon de Montfort
• St Richards open space 
• Woodlands play area & O/S
• Viaduct Meadow 

Pershore

• Allesborough Hill (Nature Area)
• Mill Lane Close/Meadow Walk
• Avon Meadows Nature Reserve

Rural Village Sites

• Hadzor play area & POS
• Centurian Woods Wychbold
• Avon Green Wyre Piddle
• Bourne Close, Kington
• Bowbrook Grange, Hartlebury
• Chestnut Tree Close Lower Moor
• Hanbury Croft
• Hawthorn Rise Tibberton/play area
• Mills Close NR Broadway
• Oak Tree Drive, Cutnall Green
• Pear Tree Way Crowle
• Salamanca Drive Norton
• Shrubbery Road etc Drakes Brought
• Wildmoor play area & POS Whittington
• Broadway Gravel Pits Nature Reserve

Closed Church Yards

• St Nicholas, Droitwich

If you need to find out who looks after a particular Open Space, then please contact Client Services 01386 565199 (9am-5pm, Mon-Fri) or email us This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and we will try and point you in the right direction.

Further information

Contact the Parks Team
Wychavon District Council
Telephone 01386 565000 9am-5pm, Monday - Friday
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Our Parks

Wychavon is responsible for the parks and open spaces in the Evesham, Pershore and Droitwich areas, including two designated Nature Reserves (one of which is in Broadway). Some other sites are managed with wildlife needs very much in mind and these are noted as Nature Areas.

Use the links below to find the information you need:

• Droitwich Spa
• Evesham
• Pershore
• Skate Parks
• Water Play Fountains
• Park and open space hire

Droitwich Spa

Parks:

• Lido Park
• St. Peters Fields (Nature Area)
• Vines Park

Nature Reserve:

• Droitwich Community Woods

Play Areas:

• Lido Park / St Peters Fields
• Steynors Avenue open space
• Mayflower open space

For further information telephone 01386 565414 (9am-3pm*, Monday-Friday *voicemails can be left outside of operating hours) or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Evesham

Parks:

• Abbey Park, Evesham
• Crown Meadow
• Viaduct Meadow
• Corporation Meadow
• Common Meadow 
• Charity Brook Park
• Jubilee Gardens
• Waterside Gardens
• Workman Gardens

Pershore

Park:

• Abbey Park, Pershore

Skate Parks

• Droitwich - King George playing fields (behind leisure centre)
• Evesham - Abbey Park, Evesham
• Pershore - Abbey Park, Pershore

Water Play Fountains

.From Saturday 25th May 2024, all water plays will be open! Enjoy!

• Abbey Park, Evesham WR11 4ST
• Abbey Park, Pershore WR10 1JP
• Droitwich Spa Lido Park WR9 8AA

All opening times are 10:00 am - 6:00 pm 7 days a week.

Set in an attractive area with seats and rubber safety surfacing, water from the mains supply is pumped through underground pipes and sent upwards in a variety of feature fountains and sprays which are great fun to use to cool down on a hot day.

Children or adults can operate the fountains by standing on pressure pads set within the floor surface.

The whole system is operated by automatic electronic control which turns the water on at 10am and off at 6pm each day.

There are no changing rooms on site, so please bring plenty of towels and a change of clothes with you, just as you would for a trip to the beach. Young babies will need waterproof pants over their nappies, and please wear flat shoes in the area so the surface is not damaged.

The water fountains are great fun for all ages and abilities with easy access for wheelchairs. Come along and enjoy the sensation!

Hire our parks and open spaces

The parks, gardens and open spaces are used to host a variety of events throughout the summer months. From brass band concerts, charity events and carnivals to the biggest angling festival in the country.

If you would like to hold an event in one of our parks or open spaces please fill in the events application form.

We will then review your request and get back to you.

We will need at least 28 days notice before the date of your event and the following:

• Full event details
• Detailed risk assessments
• Public liability insurance documents
• Site plans  
• Completed event application

Public camping is not allowed in any of our parks and open spaces. Occasionally camping for people attending a particular event is allowed, but this needs to be requested and approved through the events booking system.

Read our pdf Events Guidance Notes (1.21 MB) for more information, before you make a booking.

Responsible behaviour in parks, open spaces and nature reserves

• Please keep dogs under control and clear up after them using the bins provided
• Use the litter and the recycling bins provided
• Respect the trees, grass and planting and do not cause them any damage
• Do not obstruct, disturb or annoy any other person using the area
• Do not erect any tent, booth, stand, building or other structure
• Do not enter or allow your dog to enter any ornamental lake, pond or stream or other water area
• Do not pollute any water areas of any sort
• Use of drones to fly over any Wychavon District Council land is not permitted

Please, no:

• Barbeques (including small portable trays) - see below*
• Motor cycling
• Horse riding
• Metal detectors are not permitted in any of our parks or open spaces

*Please note - we do not allow barbeques, including the small portable trays, to be used in our parks and open spaces as experience has shown that they can cause expensive and unsightly damage to park furniture and/or the grass. Also there is a danger of vegetation fires and the associated left-over food and waste is a potential hazard. We ask for your co-operation in this matter.

View Complaints, Compliments and Suggestions page.

Contact the Parks Team

Wychavon District Council
Telephone:01386 565570. Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm (except 9am - 10am on Friday)

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