Green Spaces
Green SPACES
ACSR is fortunate that our base (APAFC’s Pavilion) overlooks Auchterarder Public (Primrose) Park - a fantastic greenspace for people to enjoy. This park and the other greenspaces within the town are the focus of our Parks & Community Greenspaces group.
Key Team: Fiona Mackintosh (Chair), David Charles, Graeme Cowan, Daniel Kipps, Angela Laurie, Fiona Macfarlane, Lisa McGraw, Lindsay MacMillan.
Partners: Perth and Kinross Council Community Greenspace: Andy Clegg, Annabelle O’Connell, Nick Riley, Susan Whyte.
Funders: Friends of St Margaret’s, Garfield Weston Foundation, Perth and Kinross Council, sportscotland, The Gannochy Trust
Headline Achievements: Pavilion upgrade completion, Football Park upgrade completion, New Children’s Play Park opened, Pocket Forest installed
Current projects: Dunlop Park (feasibility planning), Mountain Bike Skills’ Area, Pump Track, Sandy Gunn Memorial Garden, Kincardine Park.
Downloads: Park Feasibility Study
Auchterarder Public Park - New Children’s Play Park:
We were delighted to open our new Children’s Play Park on Saturday 3rd June 2023, with a fantastic celebratory event.
Auchterarder Public Park - Pocket Forest:
As of October 2023, the new Pocket Forest is now open to the public.
This photo is taken in winter, after the benches were installed - the forest will grow!
Mountain Bike Skills’ Area & Pump Track Update:
In parallel to the Children’s Play Park, excellent progress has been made with the joint Mountain Bike Skills’ Area & Pump Track part of the project.
A focus group (National Agencies, local residents and commercial partners) has been set up and has meet regularly.
Guidance has been sought from Scottish Cycling and sportscotland.
Invitations for tender bids were invited at the end of October 2022. (A copy of the documentation is available below.)
Further funding was successfully secured, to enable the ultimate vision of both Pump Track ‘Option 3’ and the Mountain Bike Skills’ Area to be delivered.
We are grateful to Rural Perth & Kinross Community-Led Local Development (RPK CLLD) Local Action Group (LAG) for their support:
Downloads (Mountain Bike Skills’ Area & Pump Track)
ACSR - Pump Track Quality Assessment
ACSR - Pump Track Outline Brief
ACSR - Technical Experience Template
Mountain bike trail
Downloads (Play Park)
Children’s Play Park, concept design - layout, March 2022
Children’s Play Park: design, equipment, notes on community feedback / suggestions, March 2022
Downloads (Auchterarder Pollinators)
ACSR Green Spaces - Pollinators, March 2023
