Kearsney Abbey & Russell Gardens

26/08/2026

ℹ️ Customer notice for Kearsney Cafe
Due to unforeseen operational circumstances, we have temporarily amended the opening hours and menu offer at Kearsney Café & Billiards Room.

The café will be open from 10am to 4pm until further notice.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and are working to resume our full service as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

13/08/2026

🦆 We think you'll agree that this is a lovely moment of a mother pictured with her ducklings in Russell Gardens. Thank you to Katelin for sharing this with us.

01/08/2026

August brings thoughts of beach days, ice creams and summer holidays!

Here at Kearsney Parks, we're celebrating new life and are delighted to share this beautiful photograph of two Mallard ducklings, captured by local resident Sammy Wall for the Calendar.

Have you spotted any ducklings on your visit to the park this summer? 🦆☀️

31/07/2026

A range of refurbishment works are being carried out on the bridges in Russell Gardens from Monday 10 August - the works, on the two Victorian bridges and the boathouse at the pond, are set to take around 15 weeks to complete.
The bridges will need to be fenced off while the works are undertaken, but the park remains open and there will still be access to the grounds and the play area in Russell Gardens. We apologise in advance for any inconvenience caused.

17/07/2026

16/07/2026

Only one day to go! The new play area in Kearsney Abbey opens at 4pm tomorrow, (Fri 17 July).
The play area will be officially opened by the Chairman of DDC, and our Communities team will be there to say hello and meet families dropping in after school.
Everyone welcome!

14/07/2026

We're celebrating news that Kearsney Abbey and Russell Gardens have been awarded the prestigious Green Flag Award for the sixth year running.

10/07/2026

Only one week to go! The new play area in Kearsney Abbey is opening at 4pm on Friday 17 July.
The play area will be officially opened by the Chairman of DDC, and our Communities team will be there to say hello and meet families dropping in after school.
Everyone welcome!

08/07/2026

Cafe Notice

Unfortunately, due to an issue with our coffee machine, we're currently only able to serve cold drinks while we wait for an engineer to arrive.

We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience and understanding. We'll keep you updated as soon as we're able to serve hot drinks again.

**update**
We are offering a coffee service from our kiosk. Thank you for your understanding this morning.

01/07/2026

📅 It’s the 1 July and as we turn to the next page of the calendar, we welcome a glorious photograph of the Grey Heron in flight, skilfully captured by local photographer, Paul Yardley.

🪺 Herons nest in colonies called 'Heronries', often in the top of trees, and are regularly spotted in the river looking for their next meal!