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St Andrew’s Park paddling pool is still fenced off (May 15, 2025)(Image: Paul Gillis\/Reach Plc)<\/p>\nThe pool is a hugely popular feature with families in the summer monthsSt Andrew’s Park paddling pool is still fenced off (May 15, 2025)(Image: Paul Gillis\/Reach Plc)<\/p>\n
Local residents and families have been left wondering when the popular St Andrew’s Park paddling pool will reopen this year.<\/p>\n
Despite an original date published to the Bristol City Council<\/a> website, which stated that the popular summer spot was due to open over the early May Bank Holiday weekend, the pool is still closed off to visitors.<\/p>\n Visiting the site earlier in the week, Bristol Live took photos of the empty paddling pool, which is currently closed off with metal fencing surrounding it.<\/p>\n It comes as the pool, which is an incredibly popular feature of St Andrew’s Park in Bishopston<\/a>, was late reopening for the summer 2024 season, too.<\/p>\n Back on May 22 of last year, BristolLive reported that the paddling pool still needed to undergo a series of works before it could reopen to the public<\/a>, Bristol City Council said at the time.<\/p>\n In 2023, the pool didn’t reopen until June 15. So it could be several more weeks until the paddling pool opens again for summer.<\/p>\n BristolLive has contacted Bristol City Council for an opening date.<\/p>\n Residents were left without the pool for years during the Covid-19 pandemic<\/a>, as it closed for renovations in 2020 and was left surrounded by fencing which many neighbours called an ‘eyesore’.<\/p>\n Locals feared the pool would not reopen at all after the coronavirus pandemic meant there were delays to renovation work.<\/p>\n A petition was launched to try and remove the fencing surrounding the paddling pool early in 2022, claiming it was causing a ‘detrimental effect on park-goers’.<\/p>\n In the 2022 summer season the pool was re-opened. Since those initial repairs, the pool now opens on a seasonal basis.<\/p>\n The pool is hugely popular among families during the summer months and is, in fact, such a popular feature of St Andrew’s Park, that it has its own dedicated Facebook<\/a> group, named ‘We Love St Andrews Paddling Pool’.<\/p>\n In this group, and other local pages on social media, many people have recently been wondering when the pool is due to open.<\/p>\n Earlier in the month, one member of the group shared a photo of the pool still surrounded by fencing and said that the pool had been “swept out”.<\/p>\n Others in the comments believed that the pool was due to be repaired and painted in the following weeks, ready for the 2025 season.<\/p>\n It is hoped confirmation of the pool’s reopening will be given in the coming days.<\/p>\n Want the latest Bristol breaking news and top stories first? Click here to join our WhatsApp group<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners.<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"St](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-13-at-103210jpeg.jpg\")
St Andrew’s Park paddling pool is popular with families every summer(Image: BristolLive)<\/p>\n