Liverpool Parks and Grounds

[lindylou]

Sept 10th. Sefton Park.

[lindylou]

Sept 10th Sefton Park Palm House.

[FKoE]

Nice one Lindy

[Kev]

LIVERPOOL'S parks could be vandal-free and packed with playgrounds as part of a 10-year masterplan.

The long-term vision for the city's 93 parks is being planned after a council report found that thousands of people thought they were unsafe.

Pensioners, disabled people and ethnic minorities already give them a wide berth according to the study, which interviewed 4,500 people.

The findings will be put before city chiefs when they discuss the strategy next week.

Council officials today admitted it was "unacceptable" many were put off using parkland because of fears over personal safety and anti-social behaviour.

The city's executive member for environment, Cllr Berni Turner, said: "I'm heartened so many people use our parks and open spaces. However, it's unacceptable some people don't feel safe.

"People's safety is already a high priority and we're determined to work together with our security and grounds partners, police and the community so we can enforce bye-laws and educate people in order to reduce anti-social behaviour."

In June the ECHO revealed how mobile policing units were tackling intimidating gangs of drunken teenagers congregating in Calderstones park.

There has also been a crackdown in Walton Hall park where up to 200 youths were causing misery for nearby residents.

The council's action plan includes increasing the number of Green Flag parks; establishing more "friends of" groups; tackling vandalism; producing a handbook promoting Liverpool's parks and open spaces, and ensuring 94% of people live within 1,000m of a play-ground.

More than £6m is being spent restoring Sefton Park, while some areas such as Childwall woods and fields are being designated local nature reserves. There are also plans to improve access to lakes in the city.

[robbo176]

heres a couple of pics of Stanley park palm house



inside (bars got in the way)

[scouserdave]

Thanks Max
Never been there nor heard of it before. Just done a google and "borrowed" this text for the benefit of the ignorant, such as myself

Greenbank Park

History
Close to the borders of Sefton Park lies Greenbank Park with its focal point of the elegant, placid lake.
Park lake

The area was the former home of the Rathbone family, philanthropists through two centuries. The family acquired nearby Greenbank House in 1787 as a holiday house and remained there until 1940. Gradually it became their permanent residence and a venue for many distinguished visitors to Liverpool who "had some special opinion to propagate or philanthropic scheme to advance".

In 1897 Liverpool Corporation entered into an agreement with Mr Rathbone to purchase the piece of land, part of which is now Greenbank Park for the sum of £13,000. The agreement required the corporation to maintain this land as open space or recreation ground for the general public, "but they shall be at liberty to let off the whole or any part of the said land to cricket or other clubs, and to use the lake for boating, skating or other purposes".

In case the corporation was to develop the land, they were charged with maintaining a roadway or pathway to allow public access to the lake and to prevent as far as possible the destruction of trees.

Walled Garden
The park boasts the dual distinction of having the first of the Old English Gardens in Liverpool's parks, and the first Boating Lake. The Walled Garden is all that remains of their estate on the park. Now laid out as an Old English garden, it contains a memorial tablet to the late Mr Michael Kearney, the former Deputy Chairman of the Parks and Gardens Committee, who originated the idea of its design. This garden, once famous for its herbaceous borders, is being restored to reflect its former glory.

The Park
Purchased in 1897 the park is located to the south of Sefton Park, and is bounded by Greenbank Lane and Greenbank Road. The 7.14 hectare park lies within the city's Protected Green Space.

Greenbank Park offers opportunities for both active and passive leisure with an up to date children's playground, football pitches and a well-stocked fishing lake, as well as attractive mature trees and a conservation area. Greenbank Park lake provides the focal point within the park. Visitors are able to fish while enjoying sight of nesting waterfowl and herons. There is a stone bridge at its northern end. The wet area towards this end is used as a conservation area and it is currently proposed that following improvement works with local schools, this will become an outdoor classroom.
Much of the area is open parkland with trees to the perimeter. The wall to the side of the children's playground is a colourful result of a local Graffitti Art project.

[Max]

It's by the Gym were I lift weights and by my nearest tesco for food too.

[bobbymac]

Thanks for the pic Max, and Dave, thanks for the history, I was scratching me noggin too.

[Waterways]

Thanks Max
Never been there nor heard of it before. Just done a google and

Are you saying you have never heard of Greenbank Park?

[scouserdave]

Are you saying you have never heard of Greenbank Park?

Kev, do you have a braille page for Waterways?

[Howie]

Kev, do you have a braille page for Waterways?

[Kev]

One of Liverpool's Parks I have never been too , great pics Max. Don't forget to link your images (so you can click on it) back to its 'comments' page like this:

Can you click it? Yes you can! Click it....

[Waterways]

Kev, do you have a braille page for Waterways?

You are obviously not a local.

[scouserdave]

You are obviously not a local.

LOL!
I'm a great fan of the League of Gentlemen too
"This is a local shop for local people" LOL!

[Waterways]

LOL!
I'm a great fan of the League of Gentlemen too

I watched it once for 3 minutes. I didn't like it.