Calderstones Park

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Calderstones Park is in the east of Liverpool, England, it has an area of 490,000 square metres and contains Calderstones House, stables and a lake of 8,000 square metres. It was acquired in 1902 from the McIver family, owners of Cunard Line, for £43,000, by Liverpool City Council and developed as a horticultural park. The park also includes Harthill the estate of Liverpool merchant William Brown. It opened to the public in 1905.

The Calderstones themselves are a collection of carved stones thought to be neolithic origin. Since 1964 the six stones have been in the Harthill Greenhouse.

In the North-West corner of the park is a miniature railway, which operates on Sundays from 2pm; rides are free.

[edit] External links

• Council Page
• The Calderstones
• Fungi in Calderstones park
• Miniature Railway (run by Merseyside Live Steam and Model Engineers)
• Photos

Parks and open spaces in Liverpool

Allerton Tower Park | Calderstones Park | Camphill and Woolton Woods | Church of St Luke | Clarkes Gardens | Court Hey Park | Croxteth Hall and Country Park | Everton Park Nature Garden | Falkner Square | Gambier Terrace | Garston Coastal Reserve Park | Greenbank Park | Newsham Park | Otterspool Promenade & Park | Princes Park | Reynolds Park | Sefton Park | Speke Hall | St. James Mount and Gardens | St. John's Gardens | St. Nicholas Church Gardens | Stanley Park | Walton Hall Park | Wavertree Playground "The Mystery" |