Harry Mycock

Students busy clearing pathways For the first time, University of Winchester students joined the Friends of St Giles Hill Park recently to help improve the Park.  The tasks undertaken included litter picking, path clearance and helping nurture 100 trees planted in the park two years ago.  The collaboration came about after Steve Yang, Senior Lecturer at the University of Winchester joined a walk in the Park led by Harry Mycock, Chair of the Friends of St Giles Hill Park in the summer.  With...

You may not know it but the progressive rock band, Big Big Train released the song “Winchester from St Giles Hill” in September 2013 and twelve years later in September 2025 over seventy fans from the UK, Europe, New Zealand and the USA gathered on St Giles Hill to celebrate the music. The Viewpoint has probably never been so packed. Photo: Martin Haskell Gregory Spawton, the band’s co-founder, hailing from Bournemouth wrote the song but loves the history of Winchester, hence the line in...

Last week, Park Friends took part in a guided walk to enjoy the Park's autumnal leaf colours, followed by tea with the City's mayor.