Friends of Queens Park, Brighton

Events and News

Bark In The Park: Sun 23 June

Bark In The Park is back! The Queens Park Dog Show, in partnership with Coastway Vets, will take place Sunday 23 June, 2019. Thanks to Geoffrey Bowden for being our event organiser. See event details below. Read more…

Pond Volunteering Event: Sun 9 June

Friends of Queens Park will be hosting three volunteering events at the pond in the park, starting this Sunday 9 June, at 11am. Please join us!

News

New Design Concept for Cascade

March 21st, 2019

Local landscape designer Nick Dexter of nd:design addressed the Friends of Queens Park AGM on Thursday, presenting his ideas for the redesign of the cascade area of the park. Read more…

AGM: Thurs 21 March, 7pm

March 7th, 2019

Join us for the Annual General Meeting for the Friends Of Queens Park, at 7pm, at clubhouse of Queens Park Tennis Club. Read more…

Carols In The Park: Fri 7 Dec

November 1st, 2018

The Friends of Queens Park are hosting Carols In The Park on Friday 7 December, from 6pm, at the Royal Spa Nursery at the bottom of the park. Read more…

Volunteer Event: Sun 7 Oct

September 30th, 2018

We need your help. The Friends of Queens Park are hosting a volunteer event at the pond in the park on Sunday 7th October at 11am with the aim of clearing as much duckweed from the water as possible. Read more…

Volunteer

The Friends of Queens Park needs your help. See full list of volunteer events here.

Mailing list

To get all the latest news for Queens Park and to receive our (not too frequent) email newsletter please join the FQP mailing list here

Contact FoQP

If you have an issue you would like to raise or want some info on one of our forthcoming Events please use our contact form to send us a message.

About Queens Park

JourneyOn: travel to and from Queens Park.

Queens Park occupies a beautiful green valley facing south east towards the Channel.

In 1890 Queens Park was bought for the people of Brighton and extensively landscaped.

Queens Park is listed on the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest as Grade 2.

It has a large pond, a cafe, a well equipped playground and 22 acres of of rolling lawns and quiet wooded corners.

It is half a mile from the sea, one third of a mile long and has one and a half miles of footpaths.

It rises from 70 feet above sea level at the bottom to 140 feet at the top.

Parking: Zone C and meter. Some free parking on Queens Park Road and nearby streets.