Stanley Park, Liverpool

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Stanley Park is a 45 hectare park in Liverpool, England, designed by Edward Kemp which opened in 1870. It is considered by some to be the most significant of Liverpool's parks because of the layout at arhitectural significance of the park. It features a grand terrace with expansive bedding schemes that were once highlighted by fountains and contains the 1899 Gladstone Conservatory, a Grade II Listed Building by Mackenzie & Moncur. Stanley Park is famous for being the land between Merseyside Rival football clubs; Everton and Liverpool

Liverpool F.C are currently planning to move to a new stadium in Stanley Park.

[edit] See also

• There is also a Stanley Park in Vancouver, Canada.
• Stanley Park Stadium. splims time

[edit] External links

• http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/stanleypark/
• Aerial Photo
• An article on the origins of football in the park from Liverpool's 'Nerve' magazine

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" |