About this park/green space

Ashton Court Estate is important locally, regionally and nationally. With over 1.6million visits annually, it is England's second busiest country park. Its Grade II* registered landscape, with 850 acres of woodland and grassland and Grade I listed mansion rank amongst the country's finest. Once the gracious home of the Smyth family, Ashton Court Estate is now an easily accessible historic estate only two miles from the centre of Bristol, much of which was designed by the great landscape designer Humphrey Repton. Discover the magnificent old oak trees and see the deer graze in an estate that first became a deer park over six hundred years ago. On the estate's higher ground there are two 18-hole golf courses with stunning views across the city. Walking, mountain biking, horseriding and lots of other outdoor activities are catered for and there is plenty of open space for family games and picnics and relaxing. The estate is a venue for large-scale, keynote annual events such as the International Balloon Fiesta and International Kite Festival, as well as hosting a huge programme of events, theatre, exhgibitions and guided walks and talks. Restoring views and vistas, providing better facilities for visitors such as a new café and bistro, toilets, car parking, information/visitor centre and a dedicated picnic area are just a few of the many restoration and development works achieved through the £6million Heritage Lottery Fund project.