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Renowned as one of the finest parks in the north of England, Queens Park was given to the town by the London and North Western Railway Company to commemorate fifty years of the railway in the town.

The area known as Park Road Gardens was purchased by Grange Urban District Council from the Rev James Park in 1926.

The pavilion in the park became popular locally for celebrations and company dinners. One of Charles Wicksteed's nventions was a machine for the tearooms, which cut and buttered bread.

The area known as Park Road Gardens was purchased by Grange Urban District Council from the Rev James Park in 1926.

Behind the thatched building are some of the fine trees of the park. The north-east quarter of Overstone Park is heavily wooded.

Scott Park was opened on 18 August 1895; it was named after Alderman Scott, who had died in 1891 leaving £10,000 in his will to open a public park.

East of Throwley Road is Manor Park. It grew in area as a result of purchases and gifts, but started out as a war memorial park.

Here we see the entrance lodge to Corporation Park.

While many of the buildings on the right remain, several were pulled down in the 1980s and their sites now form part of a supermarket car park.

This house was built by the three Medley brothers in c1750 in the grounds of Buxted Park, situated about two miles north of Uckfield.

Immediately south- west of the village and approached via Church Street is Langold Country Park, dominated by a fine lake.

The sign on the left of the picture indicates a free car park.

Milnshaw Park was the first public park in Accrington, and was opened by Mayor John Emmanuel Lightfoot in July 1880.

Oak Hill Park was Accrington's second park, and the land was purchased bu the Corporation from Reginald Hargreaves for £12,000 in 1892.

Taking its name from the wife of Edward VII, the park was officially opened on 25 June 1902 – the date scheduled (but not kept) for his coronation.

At Parkmill we can see the earth bank or pale, with its wall and inside ditch, which marks the boundary of the deer park known as Park le Breos. The medieval deer-park was divided into three farms.

In 1896 Salisbury Road was constructed, bisecting Moseley Hall Park. The northern part was bought by a consortium of businessmen who built houses overlooking it.

The broad pathway on the left was the main route through the Park, leading from Scarbrough Avenue to Sea View Road, and is now the line of the present Park Avenue.

Created by the acquisition of land once part of Ely Common, Victoria Park was opened on the occasion of the monarch's Diamond Jubilee in 1897.

In 1896 Salisbury Road was constructed, bisecting Moseley Hall Park. The northern part was bought by a consortium of businessmen who built houses overlooking it.

Central Park ran from Queensway to the back of Western Road, whose c1900 houses can be seen in the distance.

There is a story that Richard II so enjoyed his hunting in the Bagot Park that he presented the family with some black and white goats.

The main east-west axis of the Albert Park estate is a tree-lined avenue, Park Road.

The village is on the north-west edge of Pinner Park, itself a 14th-century deer park owned by the Archbishop of Canterbury.