Bute Park is currently a finalist in the running to win The National Lottery’s ‘Good Causes’ Best Heritage Project Award, but not all Cardiff residents are happy with the changes it is undergoing during its restoration.
Queue at Bute Park’s Summerhouse Café on a Sunday afternoon.
The principal aims of the restoration project are to offer new facilities to the public such as toilets, cafés and the education centre, but also to make the park’s historic features more prominent. It also endeavours to improve the general tidiness and aesthetics of the park by providing more bins and allowing horticultural apprentices to tend the park’s flower beds.
However, some Cardiff residents have declared that the project is not in the public’s best interest, claiming it is costing too much money and that the facilities are not used.