East Park
East Park (Andrews Park) retains its Victorian heritage of planting with trees, shrubs, rose beds, herbaceous plants, spring and summer bulbs, bedding, ferns, grasses and bamboos.
The Rockery built in the 1930s is planted with a wide range Alpines, and features two ponds. One is managed to encourage wildlife such as newts, frogs and damsel flies and the other has ornamental fish.
In 2015, the original crazy paving path just to the north of the Titanic Engineers Memorial, was lifted and re-laid. Some of the slabs were removed and replaced with mosaic designs created by the Nicholstown Residents Association, working with local artist Will Rosie. It depicts the wide range of international heritages of Southampton’s residents, which give Southampton its rich culture and identity.
In 2016, the entrance to Park Walk is to be enhanced and moved south a little to align with the portico of the Guildhall via the new street created with the development of the Southampton new arts complex building, linking Guildhall Square with the parks.
A circular mosaic created in 2000 marks the historic site of an old fountain. It is now a peaceful place to sit and contemplate.
The wisteria pergola is always worth walking through but especially in May when the wisteria is in full flower.
Facilities
- The Nautical Mile Café, serves a range of hot and cold snacks, all day breakfasts and lunches
- Miniature golf course
- Hard court games area
The café is open from 8:30am until 4pm daily until April when its hours will extend to 5pm.
Mini-golf will be open from April during the café operating hours.
The hard court games area has now been resurfaced, new tennis nets installed and is open for free to play use.
Public memorials
- Titanic Engineers Memorial
- The Queen’s Peace Fountain
- Richard Andrews Memorial
Getting to East Park
If you are planning on getting to East Park by car it may not be easy to find on your sat nav. Some nearby postcodes are SO15 2AE and SO14 7DW. The surrounding roads are Cumberland Place, East Park Terrace, New Road, Park Walk and Above Bar Street. The closest car park is Kings Park Road car park.
East Park is in central Southampton and is easy to get to on public transport. The nearest bus stops are outside Southampton City Art Gallery on Commercial Road.
