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Whitefield Church in the background stands in Park Road.

Sutton Park was one of the largest in Warwickshire, over 2,000 acres of woodlands and lakes.The park made the town something of a tourist attraction.

Hyde Park has been called London’s park ‘par excellence’. Rotten Row, a corruption of route du roi, was a ride set aside for equestrians and fashionable promenaders.

Given the lack of car parking (and who would wish to blight such a perfect spot with parked cars anyway?) the best way to visit Cornwell is to walk or cycle there from Chipping Norton.

Marble Arch stood here in the Mall until 1850, when it was removed to its present position at the top of Park Lane.The Mall, an expansive and formal approach to the Palace, is fringed with limes

The spire of St Mary's church soars above the town, and to the right is the boundary wall of Petworth Park, the great mansion built by the Duke of Somerset towards the end of the 17th century.

Continuing eastwards along the A52 beyond The Sherwin Arms, we come to a complex of council schools, both primary and secondary, built in Bramcote Hill Park.

Cuckfield Park was built by Henry Bower, a wealthy ironmaster, who died in 1588 and was buried in Holy Trinity church. The house is not open to the public.

Manor Park Road runs along the east side of Manor Park. This view is taken a little way north of its junction with Carshalton Road.

Church Farm Caravan Park, now Holiday Park, is situated between Thorpeness Road and the River Ald. The river is seen here on the right, with the RSPB marshland reserve beyond.

The park, on the north side of London Road at the junction with Rectory Road, used to be known as Beckney Mead.

The park, on the north side of London Road at the junction with Rectory Road, used to be known as Beckney Mead.

Herbert H Raphael's gift to the town of 20 acres of parkland and lake was given out of generosity, but he may also have been concerned that his envisaged development of the select Gidea Park Garden

Behind the cross is the entrance to the pub car park.

Sandlea Park nestles in the centre of West Kirby, but the swings, see-saw and climbing frame have long gone, probably as a result of EU health and safety regulations.

We can also see Prince's Park with its colonnade to the right of the casino. A new open-air bathing pool was added on the seaward side of the park in the late 1920s.

Sidney B Park was a successful businessman; in Edwardian days he owned two drapery shops in Stroud.

Today Dudley Zoo, and zoos in general, have moved away from keeping large or exotic animals, which can be seen more in wildlife parks such as the West Midlands Safari Park near Bewdley.

The 19th-century Gothic style gatehouse to The Park has a turret and plenty of ivy growing up the stone walls. Park House is now nearly all demolished.

The old cattle market occupied part of the former bailey of the castle, until 1960 when it moved out to make way for a car park.

Of Queen's Park's 43 acres, thirteen came from the two landowners, and a further parcel was purchased from the Earl of Crewe in 1904 to provided a park keepers' cottage, a bandstand and a

Was this the original theme park?

The boundary wall of Manor Park lies to the right, with the manor house and vicarage, out of view behind the trees, on the opposite side of the road.

This changed, however, in 1887 with the presentation to the town of Brinton Park to the immediate south- west.