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The Corporation's policy of providing a sufficient number of public parks and recreation grounds for both residents and visitors was actively pursued during this period of expansion.

The town also sits on the northern boundaries of the Peak District National Park and beside the estate at Lyme Park (perhaps best known these days for the lake Mr Darcy dived into in the TV version of

Turning left into Park Street, we turn right into Southwell Park Road.

The clock tower stands just inside the main entrance to Queen's Park.

The medieval parish church, Ashtead Park house and its landscaped park, now part of the City of London Freemen's School, are south of this main through road, the A24 London to Worthing road.

Williamson Park was a gift from the Williamson family; it was begun by Joseph Williamson, and continued by his son (later Lord Ashton) in memory of his father.

This is the eastern entrance to Nonsuch Park, with the stone cross and drinking fountain erected in 1895 to the memory of W F Gamul Farmer by his eleven surviving children.

Roath Park was laid out in 1894 at a cost of £62,000 - a considerable sum in those days.

The park occupies the original site of Manningham Hall, which was demolished; the land was given to the city by its owner, Samuel Cunliffe Lister.

Roath Park was laid out in 1894 at a cost of £62,000 - a considerable sum in those days.

Immediately south-east of the town is Tring Park, its park now bisected by the A41.

This view looks west from the same viewpoint as F69010, past the half-timbered lodge built in 1900, towards Bishop's Park proper in the distance.

The Square and Cobb Gate at the seaward end of Broad Street, eastwards from Bell Cliff, with the line-up of parked cars including Rileys, a Hornet soft-top, Jowett, Standard and Austins.

Churches were built to serve the suburbs north of Abington Park.

It is nostalgic to see the cars parked in the street - the Morris Minor and mini- vans for example - and no yellow lines and no parking meters.

Examples from west to east include Burton Park, Parham itself, Wiston Park, Firle Place and Folkington Manor.

Peel Park opened in 1846 and is named in honour of Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel.

When the Coal Board closed the mine, the park was taken over by Worksop Rural District Council; in 1974 it passed to the new Bassetlaw District Council, who now administer it.

This view is taken further west in the park.

Ever since Bishop Vesey gave the Park to the people of Sutton 'in perpetuity' the inhabitants have guarded it jealously, but when Simon Luttrell applied to Parliament in 1756 to enclose part of

In the 1950s the carriages were open flat-bed trucks with what look remarkably like park benches to sit on.

Market Square has some vehicles parked on it, including a Ralph Rossa ice cream van (right), from Leicester.

Ulterior motives were suspected since the new public status of the land would prevent a proposed road scheme near his house; still, the Council expressed their gratitude, and called it Rosebery Park

KIPPAX was a small estate village servicing Kippax Hall and Kippax Park for three centuries before developing rapidly in the mid 19th cen- tury with the discovery of coal reserves.