Percy the Park Keeper will be a fitting star at the official re-opening of Ipswich’s Holywells Park.
Children’s author Nick Butterworth will be telling stories and signing books as part of the entertainment planned to celebrate the £3.5 million transformation of Holywells.
The “Parks for People” refurbishment was largely funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Big Lottery Fund, with additional financial support from Ipswich Borough Council and the Friends of Holywells Park.
The former Orangery has dropped its cloak of corrugated iron to become a stunning meeting place and there is a new outdoor theatre space, toilets and high-tech iPlay facility for teenagers at the play area.
Ipswich Borough Council and the Friends of Holywells Park have organised another summer series of family days to continue the celebrations after the official re-opening by the Mayor, Glen Chisholm, on Saturday 18th July, starting at noon.
The re-opening will also have live music and performances, children’s entertainment including fairground rides, bouncy castle, donkey rides and Punch and Judy shows, activities of Chinese martial arts, Tai chi, yoga and Nordic walking and guided heritage walks of Holywells Park.
