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Parc a Gerddi yr Esgob, Abergwili, Sir Caerfyrddin SA31 2JG
Visit
Bishop’s Park welcomes visitors 365 days a year, and we are open from dawn til dusk. Free entry and parking. Family friendly park surrounding Carmarthenshire Museum, with cafe, learning centre and toilets (all opening April 2022) and regular tours of the park and walled garden. Signposted off the A40 just outside Carmarthen: SA31 2JG.
Learn More | Dysgwch MwySupport us
We need your help to ensure Bishop’s Park is conserved and maintained in the future. From volunteering, donating, leaving a legacy, to simply sharing our social media posts – everyone can play a part in making sure the reinvigorated Bishop’s Park is here to stay.
Learn More | Dysgwch MwyExplore the Park
With beautiful new gardens, historic parkland and woodland, a wildlife-rich ox-bow lake and great flood-plain meadow to explore – there is so much to discover at Bishop’s Park. Unwind in Y Caffi, engage with 800 years of history in our learning centre, or take a tour of the secret walled garden with its heritage orchard.
Learn More | Dysgwch MwyWhat’s On
We have 2 big events planned for this summer, plus our usual holiday and half term activities. More info on all of these coming soon!
Saturday 13th August – The Battle of Abergwili Re-enactment: 1,000 years on.. A celebration of the little-known Battle of Abergwili in 1022, with re-enactment by Historia Normannis; refreshments and activities for all the family.
Saturday 3rd September – Bishop’s Park Horticultural, Cookery and Craft Show Show your prize tomatoes, best photography and finest cakes at the popular Bishops Park show.
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Wildlife
Conserving and enhancing opportunities for wildlife to flourish is at the heart of everything we do at Bishop’s Park. Both our buildings and parkland are home to many different species – and through our work we are monitoring what we have and how they make the site their home, noting any changes over the seasons, and maximising opportunities for them to flourish. From otters, bats, slowworms, eels, swans and kingfishers – it’s fascinating to find out who lives in the Park!
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History
The Bishops Park and Gardens is brimming with history. From the ancient trees which have stood watch here for centuries, to the walled garden which provided exotic food and flowers for the bishop’s table, to the oxbow lake and the shifting landscape of the Tywi Valley flood plain, to the medieval bishops palace which the Park surrounds and the people that lived and worked here.
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Horticulture
Horticulture is a key aspect of our heritage at the Bishop’s Park, and a major part of our ongoing restoration. In unearthing the site’s gardening past we aim to understand how the historic methods and techniques of yesteryear can be used to inform a more sustainable future, both for the people and for the wildlife that share this unique and special place.
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