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, as we aim to enhance the town’s greenspaces to help Auchterarder become the most active small town in Scotland!

Key Team: Fiona Mackintosh (Chair), Fiona Macfarlane, Lisa McGraw, Lindsay MacMillan.
Partners: Perth and Kinross Council Community Greenspace: Susan Whyte
Funders: Auchterarder Common Good Fund, Friends of St Margaret’s, Garfield Weston Foundation, Perth and Kinross Council, sportscotland, The Gannochy Trust
Headline Achievements: Pavilion upgraded, football pitch upgraded, new Children’s Play Park opened, Mountain Bike Trail installed, Pocket Forest installed and maintained, waterless public toilet installed and opening, world-class Pump Track built
Current projects: Castlemains, The Grazings, upgrade of Dunlop 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:

In October 2023, the new Pocket Forest was opened to the public. More information about this project is available here and here.

Mountain Bike Trail & Pump Track Update:

Our wonderful new Mountain Trail and Pump Track were both opened in late March 2025, with a community-focussed celebratory event taking place in June 2025.

‘Pee in the Park’ (Waterless Toilet) Project Update:

ACSR’s new waterless public toilet was opened to the public in January 2026 - adding an important amenity to the public park.

Castlemains Update:

Since May 2021, Auchterarder Community Sports & Recreation (ACSR) has been part of a group (of engaged members of a community group in Auchterarder’s sport and leisure sector), which was invited by Perth & Kinross Council (PKC) to discuss the proposed provision of sports facilities at Castlemains and Kirkton as part of the Auchterarder Development Framework Area.  This is a complex matter, including legal considerations.  We have created a separate webpage about the project.

Common Good Land (The Grazings) Update:

In June 2026 ACSR submitted a ‘Participation Request’ to Perth & Kinross Council, relating to the 10.53 hectares (26 acres) of Common Good Grazings, east of the cemetery at Western Road. The request was refused by PKC. However, the process of investigating the Participation Request is still on-going, and we share the following documents for community awareness and interest:

Dunlop Park Upgrade Update:

ACSR’s latest ambitious project is to improve Dunlop Park, located just off the high street. ACSR’s Green Spaces Working Group workshop a concept design and Perth & Kinross have turned this into a detailed design. All that needs to happen now is for ACSR to raise the funding required to make the project possible!

You can help by donating now - following this link.