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Park Lane, running from the western ends of Oxford Street and Piccadilly, was a narrow road down the side of Hyde Park.

Since the park's inception the provision of pleasure boats has proved a major attraction.

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

The introduction of 'No Parking' markings along parts of the Esplanade was inevitable.

Both Avenham and Miller Park were started around 1864.

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

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.

In 1896 Salisbury Road was constructed, bisecting Moseley Hall Park.

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

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.

This picture looks down the village of Wales towards Kiveton Park, both pit villages which boomed from 1867 during the heyday of the South Yorkshire coalfield.

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

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

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

The park`s first bowling green was opened on 1 July 1908 and the second in 1927.

This pleasant scene, just three-quarters of a mile from Park Square, is a good indication of the rural nature of the town and its economy at the time.

OPENED in 1904, Caldecott Park was designed by Mr Edward Thomas of Aughton, Lancashire, who won £20 for his plan (a triangular park with a large clump of trees in the centre) in a newspaper competition

In 1896 Salisbury Road was constructed, bisecting Moseley Hall Park.

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.

Behind the thatched building are some of the fine trees of the park.

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.

Here we see the entrance lodge to Corporation Park.

An ornate 19th-century fountain graces the park.This is one of three parks in Darwen, all very different.

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.