Edinburgh Gardens

Conservation and master plan

Edinburgh Gardens are approximately 24 hectares in size, located in North Fitzroy, and bound by Brunswick Street to the west, Alfred Crescent to the north and east, and Freeman Street to the south. Melway Map 2C grid reference D1.

Edinburgh Gardens are the former home of Fitzroy Football Club, where games were played from 1883 on the sports ground now known as W.T Peterson Community Oval. Major facilities within the Gardens include bocce and lawn bowling rinks, tennis courts, basketball half court, playground, community room, skate facility, open and fenced sports fields and pavilions, and infant welfare centre.

Major features include late nineteenth century grandstand, visiting members gate structure (corner Freeman and Brunswick Streets), gates and ticket box structure behind the grandstand, stone drinking fountain, period park light fittings, the missing Queen Victoria statue, rotunda, war memorial, preserved sections of railway line and mature Elm avenues. Edinburgh Gardens has a number of built features, including a disused Council depot/nursery, the vacant ladies bowling club, a brick residence (International House), and a brick and steel winged shelter.

The Gardens have a distinct landscape character of structural formal avenue plantings, open lawn areas, and pathway network connecting the surrounding neighbourhoods and internal facilities.

Conservation management plan
part1, part2, part3, part4

Master Plan Final Draft Plans

• Plan 01 Location Locality Plan.pdf
• Plan 02 Planning Control Planning control.pdf
• Plan 03 Topography Topography.pdf
• Plan 04 Major facilities Major Facilities.pdf
• Plan 05 Activity zones Activity zones.pdf
• Plan 06 Spatial structure Spatial Structures.pdf
• Plan 07 Public access Public access.pdf
• Plan 08 Water mains Water Mains.pdf
• Plan 09 Drainage and Gas Drainage.pdf
• Plan 10 Electricity and lighting Light.pdf
• Plan 11 Major avenue planting Avenue plantation.pdf
• Plan 12 Major tree species Major Species.pdf
• Plan 13 Dog Control amended as Attachment 1.pdf
• Plan 14 Park furniture Seats.pdf
• Plan 15 Short term Strategy Shortterm Replacement.pdf
• Plan 16 Long term Strategy Longterm Replacement.pdf
• Plan 17 Bike Path.pdf
• Plan 18 Path condition.pdf
• Plan 19 New park furniture.pdf
• Plan 20 Substn & Bin Enclosure.pdf
• Plan 21 Layout Brunswick entrance.pdf
• Plan 22 Napier st entrance and path along Jameison st.pdf
• Plan 23 Master plan 2004 (nov2004).pdf
• Master Plan Final Draft Text.pdf
  

Consultation Process

If you would like further information, or would like to make comments about the Plans please either write to, or email John Blake, Senior Planning and Policy Officer, Open Space Planning Unit, City of Yarra,
PO Box 168,  RICHMOND 3121

OR email blakej@yarracity.vic.gov.au

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Further information

Open Space
Fitzroy Town Hall
201 Napier street
Telephone 9205 5730
Email info@yarracity.vic.gov.au

Links

Within this site
Yarra River Boating & Eating
Bike Trails Route notes

External sites (Yarra City Council accepts no responsibility for the information or opinions contained within external sites)
Yarra City Council

Information supplied by: Electronic communications & design officer - 9205 5214

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