Kings Weston Action Group

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About Kings Weston Action Group

The Kings Weston Action Group has been set up to protect the Kings Weston Estate and House, fight for it's future, and protect it's past.

The KWAG is a group of volunteers formed from local people, users of the parkland, and anyone interested in the conservation of this Grade II listed park and the Grade I listed house. The intention in this group is to lobby the City Council to engineer a new management plan for the estate, to monitor the Grade I Listed House and garden buildings, and to source funding to develop the grounds into a first-class green space for everyone to enjoy.

Kings Weston House is a Nationally Important building designed by Sir John Vanbrugh - one of this country's greatest architects. It is largely overlooked by many people even in Bristol and, although leased as a conference venue remains at the heart of the estate. The park, first laid out in the 17th Century and now public parkland is full of three hundred years but too long neglected and overgrown and many of its historic features already lost.

We hope that in forming this group we can form working parties to undertake urgent essential maintenance, to work closely with the City Council to secure a new Conservation Plan, and to raise funds to undertake the plan for ourselves.

Do you use the estate? Do you live close by? Or are you just an admirer of the architecture?

PLEASE get in touch and make yourself known and we can try and save the place for everyone.