Arrowe Park

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Arrowe Park is an area of parklands, wood, heath & leisure facilities on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England. The park is also known as Arrowe Country Park. The park comprises approximately 425 acres of land. Arrowe Hall, a mansion built in the Elizabethan style, is within the park. Arrowe Park Golf Club comprises a large area of the park. Arrowe Park Hospital is on the site of a former part of 15 acres of the park, itself.

[edit] History

Ownership

• John Ralph Shaw, circa. 1835 - circa. 1876
• Captain Otho Shaw, circa. 1876
• Lord Leverhulme, sold, as part of his estate, in 1927
• Birkenhead Corporation (latterly Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council), 1927 to 1997

In 1929 the 3rd World Scout Jamboree was held at Arrowe Park. There is a monument, in the park, which recognises this event.

[edit] External links

• The sale of Arrowe Hall.