Armley Park, or Gott's Park, is a large public park situated next to Stanningley Road in Armley

Armley

Armley is a district in the west of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It starts less than a mile from Leeds city centre. Like much of Leeds, Armley grew in the industrial revolution and had several mills, one of which is now the Armley Mills museum...

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Leeds

Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...

, England

England

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The park stretches from Armley all the way down the hill to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal

Leeds and Liverpool Canal

The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a canal in Northern England, linking the cities of Leeds and Liverpool. Over a distance of , it crosses the Pennines, and includes 91 locks on the main line...

, near the canal the park turns to dense woodland.

The park has many amenities, including:

• Football pitches.

• Tennis courts.

• Basketball courts.

• Children's playground.

• Municipal Gardens.

The park is sometimes referred to as Gott's park after the famous industrialist Benjamin Gott

Benjamin Gott

Benjamin Gott was one of the leading figures in the industrial revolution, in the field of textiles. His factory at Armley Mills, Armley, Leeds, was once the largest factory in the world and is now home to the Armley Mills Industrial Museum.Gott was born in Calverley, Pudsey in West Yorkshire,...

 who was born, lived, died and was buried in Armley. The park contains Gott's Municipal Golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

 Course, which is on the side of the hill and consequently has some staggering holes.

The park has several grade II listed features including;

• The gate piers at the entrance on Stanningley Road.

• The War Memorial.

• The Fountain and associated plaques.