Stoke Park is a large park situated close to the town centre of Guildford, Surrey, England. Bought by the local council from Lord Onslow in 1925 to prevent future building work and "remain for all time a lung of the town"[1], Stoke Park is the site of the annual music festival GuilFest, and was home for many years to the Old Guilfordians RFC before their merger with Guildford and Godalming RFC to form Guildford Rugby Club in 2003. Following this, the junior rugby section of the club stayed at Stoke Park under the name of Guildfordians Rugby. They were joined in 2002, by disaffected Old Guildfordians, who had gone to Guildford and Godalming, thus forming Stoke Park Bisons RFC. At the beginning of the 2008/09 Season the RFU allowed the club to become named Guildfordian Bisons RFC, thus forming a link between both the senior a nd junior sides. Stoke Park contains climbing frames, slides, a paddling pool, skateboarding ramps and large other expanses of grass. It is opposite the Guildford Spectrum leisure complex, which has many sports facilities, including, a running track, a swimming pool, bowling alleys and ice rink, the Guildford Spectrum is home to the Guildford Flames ice hockey team.
Stoke Park is also home to the annual Surrey County Show held during the second bank holiday weekend in May and a number of other events throughout the year such as the Race for Life.
Stoke Park holds the annual Guildford Lions Firework Fiesta on November 5 every year. The event includes many fairground attractions and food stands, and is sponsored by local radio station 96.4 The Eagle. The event starts with a torch lit procession from Guildford High Street and ends with a 20 minute firework finale.