Keep up with forthcoming events in Canons Park by joining our mailing list.  Just send us your name and email address to canonsparkfriends@outlook.com

We do not share your details with any other organisation or business.  We will email you occasionally with details of events taking place in the park during the year or other ways you can get involved in park life.

Open City Festival Day, Sunday

20 September 2026

 This is our chance to show you around our beautiful park whilst we explain its fascinating history.  Come along for free guided tours around the centre of the park and learn more about the Duke of Chandos and how he developed his 500 acre estate into one of the most stunning and talked-about mansions and grounds in the 18th Century.

Meet at the Friends’ desk, opposite Liam’s in the Park Cafe at the centre of the park.

No need to book, just turn up. Tours last about 45 – 55 minutes and start on the hour, every hour, from 10am to 4pm (last tour).

A display about the life and times of the Duke of Chandos will accompany the tour.

NEW THIS YEAR! British Sign Language interpreter will accompany the spoken tours at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm.

Kids’ Fun Fair Day, Sunday 1 August 2027

Our last fun day on Sunday 2 August attracted around 700 – 800 visitors – from all over the borough and beyond – during the course of the day.   As always, there was something for everyone, no matter what age, from the kids’ fairground, free art and craft desk, face painting and ‘fun’ dog show to community stalls, musical entertainment – such as the Grimsdyke Brass Band, Jazz Town, and guitarist Adam Gaiman.  

Why not join us next year and help to make our event even more amazing?  We are looking for people to volunteer  to help out on the day in whatever way they can, from setting up and taking down to litter picking or manning a stall during lunch breaks. 

We are fully committed for this year so please do not contact us about taking a stall!

 Please use our contact page to get in touch and find out more or email us at canonsparkfriends@outlook.com

Sessions every other Sunday morning from April to October.   

Please apply to join our gardening mailing list by sending us an email to: canonsparkfriends@outlook.com

We do not share your details with any other organisation or business.  We will email you in advance with details of each forthcoming, fortnightly, session and, unless you prefer to opt out, any details of events taking place in the park during the year.

We would love to hear from any keen gardeners who would like to work in or around the George V Memorial Garden at the centre of the park, to help restore it to its former glory.  In 2018 we formed a small but very effective gardening club that now meets every other Sunday morning, from early spring until early October, working from around 9.30am to 12.30pm –  although everyone is welcome for whatever amount of time they can spare.  The Gardening Club sessions are very rewarding.  So far the group have cleared many of the overgrown flower beds and planted bulbs, bedding and perennial plants. Why not join them and make a real difference to the garden?  All tools and equipment, including gardening gloves, are provided – or you can bring your own if you prefer. 

If you are interested in joining the group, please contact us via our Contact Us page.

Cancelled until further notice – but we hope to re-introduce them again one day. If you or someone you know is available to lead bird watching walks in the park please contact us!

In the meantime here is a list of birds that can be seen in Canons Park at various times of the year.

​7 Black-headed Gull
2 Lesser Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon – several
Stock Dove – singing & at nest hole
Ring-necked Parakeet – common
Great Spotted Woodpecker – drumming
Green Woodpecker – calling
3 Magpie
Carrion Crows
2 Long-tailed Tit
Blue Tit – singing
Great Tit – singing
2 Coal Tit – singing
Eurasian Nuthatch 3 singing / calling
1 Dunnock – briefly singing
REDWING Only 1 (48 on 2 February 2020)
2 Mistle Thrush feeding in the open grass
Robin – 3 singing
Wren – 2 singing
2 Starling – calling near Donnefield gate
Chaffinch – singing. Male feeding under trees
2 Goldfinch
Greenfinch trilling near Donnefield gate