Queen's Park, Crewe

Queen's Park in Crewe, Cheshire was laid out by railway engineer Francis Webb and garden designer Edward Kemp. [cite web |url=http://www.crewe-nantwich.gov.uk/leisure_and_tourism/queens_park/about_queens_park.aspx |title=Queens Park Crewe |accessdate=2008-04-24 |publisher=Borough of Crewe and Nantwich ] It is, allegedly, a product of 1880s railway politics: the London and North Western Railway bought the land and donated it to the town as a park in order to prevent the Great Western Railway from building a railway line through it.

The park is a popular spot for the inhabitants of Crewe and features the largest lake in the area, which also has boats for hire. Other prominent features of the park include a Victorian Clock Tower, a man-made waterfall, a large playground, and several statues and fountains, including a monument to the British soldiers who fought in the first Gulf War.

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