Lister Park
Encyclopedia
Lister Park is a picturesque public park in Bradford
, West Yorkshire
, England
, between Manningham
, Heaton
and Frizinghall
. It has won various national awards.
and Shipley
. It is one of the city's largest parks and was donated to the City of Bradford by Samuel Cunliffe Lister
, who built Lister's Mill.
The park has been successfully renovated in recent years. The lake has been re-opened for boats and a Mughal Water Garden constructed. There are also tennis and basketball courts, bowling greens and a children's playground.
Lister Park contains the Cartwright Hall
art gallery, where permanent and temporary exhibitions of modern and traditional art can be seen.
It was voted Britain's Best Park for 2006, and nominated for the Best Park In Europe 2006.
Access
A footpath surrounds the park which is accessible to all and suitable for the majority of manual and electric wheelchairs. There is level access from North Park Road and Emm Lane to the park. Wheelchair users may require assistance to access all areas.
Bradford
Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...
, West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, between Manningham
Manningham, Bradford
Manningham is an area of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, approximately a mile north of the city centre and is seen as the centre of the city's south Asian population.- Geography :...
, Heaton
Heaton, West Yorkshire
Heaton is a Ward of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. It includes the villages of Frizinghall, Heaton and Daisy Hill, extending to Chellow Heights reservoir on the western edge and the Bradford-Shipley railway line on the eastern edge...
and Frizinghall
Frizinghall
Frizinghall is a district in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire lying about two miles north of the city centre close to the town of Shipley, itself a part of the City of Bradford along with such other nearby towns as Keighley and Ilkley....
. It has won various national awards.
About the park
It is situated about a mile outside the city centre on Manningham Lane, the main road between BradfordBradford
Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...
and Shipley
Shipley, West Yorkshire
Shipley is a town in West Yorkshire, England, by the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, north of Bradford and north-west of Leeds....
. It is one of the city's largest parks and was donated to the City of Bradford by Samuel Cunliffe Lister
Samuel Lister, 1st Baron Masham
Samuel Cunliffe Lister, 1st Baron Masham, was an English inventor and industrialist, notable for inventing the Lister nip comb.-Early life:...
, who built Lister's Mill.
The park has been successfully renovated in recent years. The lake has been re-opened for boats and a Mughal Water Garden constructed. There are also tennis and basketball courts, bowling greens and a children's playground.
Lister Park contains the Cartwright Hall
Cartwright Hall
Cartwright Hall is the civic art gallery in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, situated about a mile from the city centre in the Manningham district....
art gallery, where permanent and temporary exhibitions of modern and traditional art can be seen.
It was voted Britain's Best Park for 2006, and nominated for the Best Park In Europe 2006.
Access
A footpath surrounds the park which is accessible to all and suitable for the majority of manual and electric wheelchairs. There is level access from North Park Road and Emm Lane to the park. Wheelchair users may require assistance to access all areas.
External links
- Bradford District Parks: Lister Park
- City of Bradford: Images of Lister Park.
- Haworth-village.org.uk: 360 degree spinning panorama of Lister Park.
- City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council: Lister Park page.
- Yorkshiredailyphoto.com: Images of funfair at Lister Park, 2009.
- Qype: Reviews of Lister Park for families with kids.
- West Yorkshire Police: report of crime in Lister Park, 2008.
- Bradford.gov.uk: Images of Lister Park, including an original one of the stag sculpture.
- Ben-network.org.uk: Article on the Mughal Garden in the context of the local community.
- Telegraph & Argus: Article on the Friends of Lister Park, who recently got the lion sculptures returned to the park, 6 June 2009.