Stanley Park, Liverpool
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Stanley Park is a 45 hectares (111.2 acre) park in Liverpool
, England, designed by Edward Kemp
, which was opened on 14 May 1870 by the Mayor of Liverpool, Joseph Hubback. It is significant among Liverpool's parks on account of its layout and architecture. It has a grand terrace with expansive bedding schemes that were once highlighted by fountains. It includes the 1899 Gladstone Conservatory (recently restored and renamed The Isla Gladstone Conservatory), a Grade II listed building built by Mackenzie & Moncur of Edinburgh. 50–60% of the land consisted of open turfed areas, suitable for sport, with most of the rest being laid out as formal gardens and lakes. Kemp designed a horse-riding track ('Rotten Row'), though it did not catch on and was restyled as a cycle track around 1907.
Stanley Park is known for dividing the home grounds of rival Merseyside football clubs
Everton
and Liverpool
. Some of Stanley Park was to have been incorporated into the area of Liverpool's proposed new stadium
. However, the expected change of ownership of the club during autumn 2010 is reportedly set to result in the Stanley Park project being scrapped in favour of expanding Anfield.
The park has an Evangelical Church located on the corner in between the two football teams. It is named "Stanley Park Church" and is over 100 years old.
The park is named after Lord Stanley of Preston. It now has a new playpark consisting of a European-record 45 adult swings and 2 child-safe swings.
's short story The Last Woman Killed In The War. As a film location it party played a backdrop in Sayle's 1980s BBC documentary for the series Comic Roots
. It featured in the 2003 film Dad's Dead
.
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
, England, designed by Edward Kemp
Edward Kemp
Edward Kemp was an English landscape architect and an author. Together with Joseph Paxton and Edward Milner, Kemp became one of the leaders in the design of parks and gardens during the mid-Victorian era in England....
, which was opened on 14 May 1870 by the Mayor of Liverpool, Joseph Hubback. It is significant among Liverpool's parks on account of its layout and architecture. It has a grand terrace with expansive bedding schemes that were once highlighted by fountains. It includes the 1899 Gladstone Conservatory (recently restored and renamed The Isla Gladstone Conservatory), a Grade II listed building built by Mackenzie & Moncur of Edinburgh. 50–60% of the land consisted of open turfed areas, suitable for sport, with most of the rest being laid out as formal gardens and lakes. Kemp designed a horse-riding track ('Rotten Row'), though it did not catch on and was restyled as a cycle track around 1907.
Stanley Park is known for dividing the home grounds of rival Merseyside football clubs
Merseyside derby
The Merseyside derby is the name given to any football match contested between Everton and Liverpool football clubs, the two most successful clubs from the city of Liverpool in England...
Everton
Everton F.C.
Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...
and Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
. Some of Stanley Park was to have been incorporated into the area of Liverpool's proposed new stadium
Stanley Park Stadium
Stanley Park is a proposed football stadium in Liverpool that if built, would become home to Liverpool Football Club. The stadium would have a capacity of 60,000 to 72,000 all-seated if built as originally planned...
. However, the expected change of ownership of the club during autumn 2010 is reportedly set to result in the Stanley Park project being scrapped in favour of expanding Anfield.
The park has an Evangelical Church located on the corner in between the two football teams. It is named "Stanley Park Church" and is over 100 years old.
The park is named after Lord Stanley of Preston. It now has a new playpark consisting of a European-record 45 adult swings and 2 child-safe swings.
Stanley Park in literature and film
Stanley Park featured in Alexei SayleAlexei Sayle
Alexei David Sayle is a British stand-up comedian, actor and author. He was a central part of the alternative comedy circuit in the early 1980s. He was voted the 18th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-ups in 2007...
's short story The Last Woman Killed In The War. As a film location it party played a backdrop in Sayle's 1980s BBC documentary for the series Comic Roots
Comic Roots
Comic Roots was a television series from the early 1980s, documenting the biographies and influences of a number of popular comedians of the era....
. It featured in the 2003 film Dad's Dead
Dad's Dead
Dad's Dead is a seven minute award winning film written and directed by Chris Shepherd, commissioned by animate!. Since its first transmission on Channel 4, in 2003, the film has achieved a cult status...
.
External links
- Stanley Park Stadium Description and Conceptual Images
- http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/stanleypark/
- Aerial Photo
- An article on the origins of football in the park from Liverpool's 'Nerve' magazine