- Arrowe Park
Arrowe Park is an area of parkland, wood, heath, and leisure facilities to the west of
Birkenhead on the Wirral Peninsula,Merseyside ,England . The park is also known as Arrowe Country Park. The park comprises approximately convert|425|acre|km2 of land.History
In 1807, Liverpool shipowner and slave trader John Shaw bought Arrowe House Farm and the surrounding land. On his death in 1829 it came into the ownership of his nephew, John Ralph Nicholson Shaw, who built the Hall in 1835 and had the grounds landscaped to form a country estate, with parkland, a lake and workers' cottages. The Hall was extended on several occasions in the later 19th century. [Stephen J. Roberts, "A History of Wirral", 2002, ISBN 978-1-86077-512-3]
In 1927, the park was taken over by Birkenhead Corporation. In 1929, the
3rd World Scout Jamboree was held at Arrowe Park, with over 50,000 scouts and 320,000 visitors. There is a monument in the grounds of the hospital which commemorates this event.Description
Arrowe Park Golf Club has an area of convert|150|acre|km2 within the park and consists of a clubhouse and an eighteen hole course. Elsewhere in the park itself, there is a
pitch and putt course,tennis courts ,bowling green s,football pitch es and a children's play area. The "Cherry Orchard"public house was built in 1994.Arrowe Hall , aGrade II listed mansion built in the Elizabethan style, is within the park. The building was sold by the local council in 1997 [citeweb|url=http://archive.thisiswirral.co.uk/1997/2/3/22908.html|title=Arrowe Hall sale|work=Wirral Globe |date=3 February 1997|accessdate=24 December|accessyear=2007] and now houses a private care centre.The 15 acre site of
Arrowe Park Hospital was formerly part of the park itself.References
External links
* [http://www.wirral.gov.uk/LGCL/100006/200073/670/content_0001001.html Metropolitan Borough of Wirral: Arrowe Country Park]
* [http://www.itpas.org.uk/Arrowe%20Park.htm Friends of Arrowe Country Park]
* [http://www.arroweparkgolfclub.com/ Arrowe Park Golf Club]
* [http://www.pinetreeweb.com/1929-jamboree.htm 3rd World Scout Jamboree, Arrowe Park, 1929]
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