Park (disambiguation)

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A park is an area of land with a recreational or other specific purpose.

Park or Parks may also refer to:

Places

United Kingdom

Park, County Antrim, a townland in Northern Ireland
Park, County Londonderry, a village in Northern Ireland
Park, Outer Hebrides, an island in Scotland
Park, Merthyr Tydfil, a community in Wales
Park (Tunbridge Wells), a local government ward in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
The Parks, a parkland area and cricket venue in Oxford, England

United States

Park, California, former name of Sly Park, California
Park, Indiana
Park, Kansas
Park, Kentucky
Park, Texas
Parks, Arizona, a census-designated place
Parks, Louisiana, a village
Parks, Nebraska, an unincorporated community
Parks Junior High School in Fullerton, California

Elsewhere

Park, Afghanistan
Park Abbey, Belgium
Park, Yazd, Iran
Park, County Laois, a townland in Ireland
Park, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland

People

Park (Korean name), a notable Korean family name
Alex Parks (born 1984), English musician
Bert Parks (1914–1992), actor, singer, announcer and longtime host of the Miss America Pageant
Chan-ho Park (born 1973), Korean baseball player for the New York Yankees
Christopher J. Parks (born 1973), American professional wrestler better known as Abyss
Dan Parks (born 1978), Scottish rugby player
Daphne Park (1921–2010), British diplomat and spy
Dave Parks, American football player
Grace Park (actress) (born 1974), Canadian actress of Korean descent
Grace Park (golfer) (born 1979), Korean-American golfer
Gordon Park, convicted murderer in the Lady in the Lake trial
Park Ji-Sung (born 1981), South Korean footballer
J. L. Parks, American basketball player
Jim Park (1910–1943), Australian rules footballer and soldier (killed in action)
Keith Park (1892–1975), New Zealand-born senior Royal Air Force commander
Lena Park (Park Jung-hyun) (born 1976), Korean-American R&B singer
Linda Park (born 1978), Korean-American actress
Linda Sue Park (born 1960), American children's writer
Maria Hester Park (1760–1813), British composer
Mike Park, founder of Asian-Man Records
Mungo Park (explorer) (1771–1806), Scottish explorer
Mungo Park (golfer) (1835–1904), Scottish golfer
Nick Park (born 1958), British animator and creator of Wallace and Gromit
Ray Park (born 1974), Scottish stunt man and actor
Robert E. Park (1864–1944), American urban sociologist
Rosa Parks (1913–2005), American civil rights activist
Park Chung-hee (1917–1979), South Korean head of state (1961–1979)
Park Jae-Sang (born 1982), South Korean baseball player
Park Jae-sang (born 1977), South Korean entertainer better known as "Psy"
Park Jung Min (born 1987), South Korean actor, model and singer of SS501
Park Seo-Bo (born 1931), South Korean painter
Park Sung-Hyun (born 1983), South Korean athlete
Tayyiba Haneef-Park (born 1979), American volleyball player
Thomas W. Parks (born 1939), American electrical engineering professor
Wally Parks (1913–2007), American drag racer
William Hallock Park (1883–1939), American bacteriologist
Zane Park, a fictional character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
Yu-Hyan Park, a Japanese singer (of Korean origin) commonly known as Shion

Vehicles

Parking
Car park or parking lot
Parking pawl, the park position of an automatic transmission

Other uses

Park (film), a 2006 American romantic comedy film starring William Baldwin and Cheri Oteri
Park (album), the sixth album from The Mad Capsule Markets
Park (band), an American punk rock band
Park Records, a record label
Park Tool Company, a manufacturer of professional bicycle tools
Park, a brand of amplifiers built by Jim Marshall of Marshall Amplification, 1965–1982
A 6-row malting barley variety
National park, a reserve of land protected from most human development and pollution
Landscape park (protected area), a protected area of lower status than a national park
Business park
Science park
5585 Parks, an asteroid