Sefton Park

Sefton Park is public park in the Sefton Park district of south Liverpool, England. In 1867, a French landscape architect Édouard André won the competition to design the park; work on the design was also done by Lewis Hornblower. The park is 640 acres (2.6 km²) in area, the site had been purchased by the Liverpool City Council for £250,000 from the Earl of Sefton.

It has tennis courts, a lake (formerly used for boating) and recently restored Palm House. For some time there was a model pirate ship until it fell apart with age. A statue of Peter Pan was recently restored at Liverpool's Conservation Centre, and returned to the Park's Palm House grounds in December 2005.The park also boasted a small open-air theatre – "The Concert" – near the café which featured singers, magicians and talent contests to entertain local children during the summer holidays. This was removed in the 1970s.

houses. Some split into flats and others hotels. Sefton Park Cricket Club is contained within the park's grounds.

Various tree lined avenues split the park into large sections of both grassed and wooded areas. At the centre of the park is a small café and there used to be an aviary. It is a popular jogging circuit and local league association football is a regular weekend fixture. It has also been a site for Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra's summer pops season, Africa Oyé and the Moscow State Circus.

In 2005 the park received provisional approval for a major renovation project which involves the refurbishment and improvement of many of the park's features. The work began in June 2007 and is set to continue into 2009. However this includes destroying nests of birds and forcing them out of the park.Fact|date=June 2008 The Friends of Sefton Park campaigned against this but were unsuccessful.

See also

* Birkenhead Park
* Princes Park, Liverpool
* Adelaide, South Australia, of which Sefton Park is a suburb.

External links

* [http://liverpoolstreetgallery.com/thumbnails.php?album=23 Liverpool Street Gallery - Liverpool 17]
* SeftonPark.co.uk [http://www.seftonpark.co.uk/ Liverpool's Sefton Park - a haven for walking and mountain biking]
* [http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/Leisure_and_culture/Parks_and_recreation/Parks_and_gardens/ Liverpool City Council Parks and Gardens]
* [http://www.btinternet.com/~m.royden/mrlhp/students/seftonpark/seftonpark.htm SEFTON PARK AND THE EVOLUTION OF URBAN PARK DESIGN IN BRITAIN]
* [http://www.palmhouse.org.uk/ Sefton Palm House]
* Website dedicated to [http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/hamlyn/peterpan/ Sefton Park's Peter Pan statue]
* [http://y2u.co.uk/&002_Images/Sefton%20Park%20Palm%20House%2001.htm Pictures of Palm House]
* [http://www.multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?client=public&X=338000&Y=388000&scale=25000&width=700&height=400&gride=338565.967886548&gridn=386423.391218894&lang=&db=freegaz Aerial Picture]
* [http://www.seftonparkliverpool.info/ History of Sefton Park]
* [http://www.seftonparkcc.co.uk/ Sefton Park Cricket Club]