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Climate change is affecting Britain's native trees. How will they cope with increasingly unstable weather and the onset of new diseases?

More than 30 Park Friends helped celebrate 130 years since work began on the so-called Milner Extension to St Giles Hill Park.

A new guide to St Giles Hill offers three trails up to and around St Giles Hill Park and a chance to delve into the area's rich history.

Local tour guide Lorraine Estelle unearths the story behind the strikingly beautiful steel "running fox bench" in St Giles Hill Park.

Last week, Park Friends took part in a guided walk to enjoy the Park's autumnal leaf colours, followed by tea with the City's mayor.

Rachel Remnant on a local community-led effort to bring a forgotten pocket of nature in Winchester's Bar End neighbourhood back to life.

Twenty-two guests joined the first Bat Walk organised by the Friends of St Giles Hill Park on Saturday 24 August 2024.

A round up of recent and planned work in St Giles Hill Park over the summer months

More than 60 Park Friends gathered to discuss progress in St Giles Hill Park and plans for the Park's future.

Spring has arrived at last in Winchester, and in St Giles Hill Park, bulbs are blooming, green buds forming and, soon, work will begin on...

On 9 December 2023, volunteers from the Friends of St Giles Hill Park and Winchester City Council officers and councillors helped plant...

Student film-makers from Winchester University choose St Giles Hill Park as setting for new film

Delve into the origins of Winchester's St Giles Hill Park and the public debate that accompanied its creation.

The period between now and mid-December will see lots of activity in St Giles Hill Park -- both by Park Friends volunteers and City...

St Giles Hill Park Volunteers have out last weekend making good use of their new tools and equipment funded by recent grants from Winchester

Local artist Don Lavelle capturing the view of the city from St Giles Viewpoint.

Friend's Chair Harry Mycock on progress and next steps at Winchester's St Giles Hill Park PHOTO: Several of our Trustees on the Hill....

A trawl through the archives unearths an elaborate thank you note to Lord Northbrook for gifting land for a park at St Giles Hill.

This week, I've been at the Hampton Court Garden Festival helping out on the RHS Wildlife Garden. This garden, designed by Jo Thompson,...

Hot foot from completing the Pembrokeshire Coast Path. this week I have been spending long days in the sun at the Chelsea Flower Show. My...

Plan for additional ground at St Giles Hill, Winchester by HE Milner 1894 courtesy of Winchester City Council. In 1894, Henry Ernest...

Local resident Mike Biden writes about the day he and his family discovered Winchester's St Giles Hill.

It seems everyone who comes to St Giles Hill Park has their own reasons to love the place; here are mine.