Ashton Park consultation

Preston City Council is launching consultation with the local community and partners with a view to enhancing the area's leisure facilities, in particular those in several parks.   

The Proposal  

It is proposed that the council make improvements to Ashton Park, which aim to provide better sports and leisure facilities as well as enhancing access, drainage and the diversity of the landscape.

In order to realise those improvements a number of elements will be delivered and these can be seen on the Masterplan.

Specifically, they will include the replacement of the dilapidated changing pavilion with a new pavilion to provide changing facilities, toilets, café, rooms for community groups to use and associated office.

We also hope to build a fully accessible, full-size 3G pitch (a 'third generation, synthetically surfaced turf pitch'). This will be a surface which replicates the qualities of a good quality natural grass pitch but which can be used all year.

Finally, a range of new grass football pitches will also be included.

The project would be paid for in part from the Levelling Up Fund grant which the City Council received following its successful bid in 2022. Other funding will come from Preston City Council and the Football Foundation (subject to a successful funding application).

The sports pitches along with the proposed new pavilion/community sports hub will provide a range of facilities and improvements to the park which would be available for the community.

The plan is to provide sport pitches for 'grassroots' sports including football. However, this will not mean the facilities (in particular the 3G pitch) are restricted to football use alone.    

Documents

• Download a visual representation of Preston Sports Hub, Ashton Park, Preston (PDF, 208 KB).
• Download the Proposed Masterplan of Preston Sports Hub, Ashton Park, Preston (PDF, 719 KB)

Next steps  

The consultation process has now ended.        

We encourage everyone to take part in the consultation process which runs from Monday 24 July to Thursday 31 August 2023.  To take part in the consultation please complete our online questionnaire:

Public Events

Three public events took place on:

• Wednesday 26 July 4pm -  6pm - Dig In Walled Garden, Ashton Park, Pedders Lane Preston PR2 1HR
• Wednesday 2 August 6.30pm - 8pm - Dig In Walled Garden, Ashton Park, Pedders Lane Preston PR2 1HR
• Thursday 3 August 4pm - 6pm -St Bernard's, Larches and Savick Community Hub.

Feedback received from this engagement will be taken into consideration as part of funding application to the Football Foundation.  The feedback you give will be used to develop the Council's plans further and the Council will seek to deliver some of these ideas.