Significant strides are being made in our $20 million upgrades to Parramatta Park.

The works will conserve important heritage buildings and create new recreational facilities for locals and visitors.

More than $9.5 million will be spent upgrading ‘The Crescent’ events space, making the park a more attractive venue for international artists and promoters, while work has begun on the $8.7 million picnic facilities and regional playground in ‘The Paddocks’ precinct.

By the end of the year, a $2 million upgrade to the ‘The Gardens’ precinct will begin. This will include upgrading the heritage setting around the newly conserved George Street Gatehouse, conservation of a convict bridge and landscape works.