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[edit] Phoenix Park
Deleted the irrelevant and childish mention of the Phoenix Park. Sutton Park is a suburban park, and may well be larger than the Phoenix Park, but the Phoenix Park is a city park. It is about 200m from a main central mainline Railway Station, and 300m from the Guinness Brewery, and the gates just metres from the city's River Liffey. Sutton Park is 10km north of Birmingham, more of a semi-rural suburban nature reserve. Not comparable at all to Phoenix Park. Phoenix Park can only be compared to the likes of Central Park in New York. (Unsigned comment by User:83.70.45.127
- You may dispute the comparison, but calling it childish is unfair and unhelpful. Sutton Park is within metres of the centre of (former) Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield (now part of Birmingham), including a major shpopping mall, a large railway station, etc. It is now wholly within the City, and all of its boundaries face housing. Andy Mabbett 19:04, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi, to clear up some confusion. Pheonix Park is Europe's largest city centre. This park or RIchmond Park can't really be classed as city centre parks.
3/1/06:
How about some pictures of the park rather than just a vague map? Also a thorough description of the varied terrain would be much more interesting than the speed limits on the access roads: some people really seem to be attempting to make the park sound like a city centre with all sorts of traffic calming measures. In reality, that doesn’t capture the essence of the park. Why do people visit? Perhaps because it is a relatively safe, reasonably well managed area where people who live in Sutton or Bham can completely escape regular ‘city life’. Perhaps it is well used because of its central location ie. within walking distance of Little Aston Park, Four Oaks Park, many areas of Sutton Coldfield, areas of Kingstanding. A more detailed description of the activities that actual users undertake would also help portray the function of the park (eg. regular cross country cycle meetings, fishing activities, golf, dog walking, joggers) ie. Try to be positive about the park. It has so much to offer, and yet you are portraying it in such a negative manner (eg. litter, crime). Also, where is this donkey sanctuary? Exmore ponies perhaps?
This is your opportunity to tell people all about the park; please don’t waste people’s time with speed limits!
- You are right to draw attention to the article's imbalance between personal free activities and the commercial activities that have crept into the Park over the years. I have added a short sentence about this, near the top. However, on cars and speeds, I think it's fairly important to mention it. It's an important aspect of the Park's recent history, and gets even more important when you round a corner to find a car swinging around it at speed! Similarly, major crimes such as arson have a big impact on the quality of the Park. You are right about maps, but the good ones are commercial. We might find a pre-1925 one that is public domain? 4th March 2006.
[edit] Size
Does size matter? Well, there seems to be some dispute over which is the largest urban park. The article currently suggests that Richmond Park is larger, however comparing [1] and [2] it's not so clear, due to the impreciseness of the published figures. Richmond Park's website claims "almost 1000 hectares (2500 acres)", however 1000ha is actually 2471 acres. In either case, the number sounds rather rounded-off, and how close to "almost" is it? Sutton Park's website gives "over 970 hectares (2,400 acres)" as the size, however 970ha is actually 2396a. The figures therefore seem dangerously close and both very imprecise - does anyone have exact figures to compare? DWaterson 01:18, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
- Aha, found figures for Sutton Park in [3]: area is 900.1ha. Rather lower than the claimed figure... DWaterson 01:28, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
- According to a House of Commons written answer from the Head of the Royal Parks service (so pretty definitive, I guess) Richmond Park is 955 hectares [4], definitely smaller than 970 hectares but definitely bigger than 900 hectares. JimmyGuano 05:26, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
- Excellent, I will update the respective pages to reflect the corrected figures. Richmond Park wins, it seems :) DWaterson 17:03, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
- According to a House of Commons written answer from the Head of the Royal Parks service (so pretty definitive, I guess) Richmond Park is 955 hectares [4], definitely smaller than 970 hectares but definitely bigger than 900 hectares. JimmyGuano 05:26, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
