Stanley Park, Liverpool

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Stanley Park
Type	Municipal
Location	Liverpool
Size	45 hectares
Opened	14th May 1870
Status	Open all year

A map of Stanley Park from 1947

Stanley Park is a 45 hectare park in Liverpool, England, designed by Edward Kemp, which was opened on 14 May 1870 by Joseph Hubback (then Mayor of Liverpool). It is considered by some to be the most significant of Liverpool's parks because its layout and architectural significance. 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. Around 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 didn't catch on, and was restyled as a cycle track around 1907.

Controversially some of the area of Stanley Park will be incorporated into the area of Liverpool Football Club's new stadium.

Stanley Park is famous for being the land between Merseyside Rival football clubs; Everton and Liverpool.

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

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.

Like the NHL's Stanley Cup, the park is named after Frederick Stanley, in a provocative move towards Canada for naming a park there Stanley Park. Stanley Park now also boasts a new playpark consisting of a European record 45 adult swings and 2 child-safe swings.