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The town had been keen to keep out of the National Park when it was created in 1954 as it perceived that this may restrict such development, whereas places like Lynton, Lynmouth and Porlock saw the

Adjoining Clarence Park is the slightly smaller (14- acre) park surrounding Holmefield House.

Overlooking Ferrybridge Road, Victoria Park was opened in time for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 1897.

Albert Park was opened by Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, in 1868, and the land was purchased for the town by Henry Bolckow.

Japanese plants and shrubs were planted, and at the time it was said that Oak Hill Park had one of the finest rock gardens anywhere in the country.

This picture shows the Ormerod Road gates from inside the park. To the right is the Keeper's Lodge. Notice that the gates are decorated with the town's coat of arms.

Today, nearer 200 acres are administered by the Buckmore Park Medway and Strood Scout Centre, a charity, and Buckmore Park Services, a limited company.

Although Queen's Park is now the only public park within the town, some very senior Loughburians will remember Burleigh Brook Park on Ashby Road.

The fun fair with its big wheel has been entirely replaced with a much more spectacular amusement park complex including the Dunes Theatre.

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.

Turning right into Park Street we come to the junction with Park Road. This shows the view towards Church Hill, with 'Brackenhurst' on the right.

The park, correctly known as the Rhymney Memorial Park, was founded and opened in 1925 by the Rhymney Town Council.

Entered from Gladstone Street, North Lodge Park is the remnant of the parkland that once surrounded William Backhouse's villa.

Gardeners tend the remarkable holly hedge of Penny Hill Park, which grows in places up to 40 feet high. Penny Hill Park was built in 1873, and is now a hotel. It has a beautifully landscaped garden.

As the housing estate at Monkton grew up, the owners of Monkton Park, the District Council, began to develop the area for recreational purposes.

This cluster of sparse conifers in Ampthill Park borders an entrance to the Cheshire Home for the Disabled that occupies a house built in 1686-88 for the Dowager Countess of Ailesbury and Elgin.

By 1955, all-day parking was a necessity for the many employees of shops and offices in the vicinity. The changes in vehicle design and equipment make the contrast with 81741 of particular interest.

The development of Park Crescent, Croesonnen Park and the large estates beneath the Deri had yet to take place.

Owned by the Duke of Norfolk, the 52 acres of Norfolk Park had been open to the citizens of Sheffield since 1841.

Park Lane, once the desolate by-road known as Tiburn Lane, was a refined street of palatial mansions enjoying expansive vistas of the Park by 1890.

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.

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.

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.