Larks in the Parks this Sunday 12-5pm Victoria Playing Field. Live music, great food, activities for all the family. A great way to round off a week of sun #larksintheparks #victoriaplayingfield #stalbans

Open Mic Spot! Calling all musicians: last minute cancellations mean we have slots at Larks in the Parks this Sunday central St Albans from 12pm. Great opportunity to perform for a big local crowd. Contact [email protected] as soon as possible for details

A big thank you to everyone who contributed to Larks in the Parks at VPF on Sunday. Grateful for all the support, and a special thank you to all the volunteers who helped organise and run such a massive event. These unsung heroes make our local community a happier place to be!

Please no barbecues and no fires in the playing field in this heatwave. Everything is so dry. We love our trees and our new wooden playground. Please don’t put yourselves or others in danger. We have no water supply down there and things can go wrong very quickly!

Work commencing this week to improve access to VPF will extend path from the playground to the 2 pedestrian entrances at lower end of Folly Lane & Verulam Road (near garage). On Verulam Road side the steps will be removed & replaced with surfaced slope. Time estimate 2 weeks.

Excited to unveil our playground supporters’ plaque Saturday 4th May 11am, Victoria Playing Field. Delighted that Mayor, councillors & donors will be joining us. They will also get to see VPFC in training: 2019 winners of Mayor’s Pride Inclusive Conmunities Award. All welcome

Great local gathering outside Ye Olde Fighting Cocks in support of the Ver Valley Society showing our frustration at the state of dried out chalk stream. Come now if you can! # riverver

Thanks to Civic Society, Mayor & District Councillors for great afternoon. Seeing busy playground made us all smile

Problems with anti-social behaviour /vandalism at VPF today. If you witnessed anything please contact police 101 or [email protected]

Celebrating 30 years of #nationalplayday, get out to your local park - and have fun! #Playday2017

Finally some progress with playground stage 2. Great to see so many families enjoying new improved VPF this summer!

Our new treehouse is mid-construction - here's a sneak peek at what the finished product should look like 🤞

New playground! Thanks to the FVPF team, led by Tim Leicester who has just been shortlisted for Fields in Trust Community Champion Award! 🏆🤞

If you have any info to help us identify vandals who started fire in VPF yesterday please contact us urgently or call 101. So sad 😞

Thanks for all the positive messages. We haven’t come this far to be beaten by vandals! We’ll repair as soon as possible but the rest of playground remains open in the meantime. Great to have such a supportive local community. Onwards and upwards!

Happily we’ve reached agreement with SADC to share costs of repairing damaged playground equipment. Work should be complete early 2018. Please continue to report suspicious/anti-social behaviour to police on 101. Thanks for the support and thank the kids for for their patience!

Just submitted our vote for charity funding for Verulamium at Play. Not sure it even took a minute! Please vote before 9/2 deadline. A playground upgrade in Verulamium Park is long overdue and we wish our friends @Verulamium_Play the best of luck x.com/verulamium_pla…

The laurel next to the climbing frame had a brutal haircut today. This was much more severe than planned & was the result of a breakdown of communication within the Council. Apologies to all intrepid climbers. It will grow back! Playground fixed now though so not all bad news!

For obvious reasons our planned spring clean of Victoria Playing Field will be postponed until Saturday 24 March. Stay safe and warm everyone! #GBSpringClean #LitterHeroes

Had a good tidy up of the playing field this morning. Thanks to all those who helped out. Found lots of plastic, glass and 8 unopened cans of lager bizarrely. Picking up the rubbish helped us notice the signs of spring approaching. A morning well spent #GBSpringClean