Pickering Park, Kingston upon Hull
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Pickering Park is a park in the western suburbs of Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...

, on the north side of Hessle Road, near Anlaby
Anlaby
Anlaby is a village located just west of Kingston upon Hull, and is in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is bordered by Anlaby Common , Willerby, Kirk Ella and Hessle. It lies to the east of the B1232 road and on the B1231 road...

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Description and facilities

Pickering Park is a council run park of 25.62 acre (103,680.6 m²) with a ornamental and sensory gardens, aviaries, and a playground and paddling pool. Sport facilities at the park are four football pitches, and an 80 peg lake for fishing.

History

The park was opened 13 July 1911, a gift from Christopher Pickering
Christopher Pickering
Christopher G. Pickering was a British businessman and philanthropist. He made his fortune as a merchant and ship owner, particularly in the Kingston upon Hull fish trade. In 1914 he founded a park, almshouses, church and children's home in west Hull. The park and almhouses still bear his...

, a successful trawler owner, and benefactor;, part of a model village
Model village
A model village is a type of mostly self-contained community, in most cases built from the late eighteenth century onwards by industrialists to house their workers...

 development including almshouses and a childrens home. The city's first nautical museum, the Museum of Fisheries and Shipping opened in Pearson Park in 1912, later to move to the former Hull Dock company offices and become the Hull Maritime Museum
Hull Maritime Museum
The Hull Maritime Museum is a museum in Kingston upon Hull , England, that explores the seafaring heritage of the city and its environs...

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The associated almshouses, the former museum (as of 2011 a boxing club),, and a related pumping station, are all listed buildings, as are the original iron park gates, which are one of the few early 20th century ornamental iron structures in Hull to have survived the second world war drive for scrap iron.
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