- Hazlehead Park
Infobox park
park= Hazlehead Park
image size= 275px
caption= Snow covering the woods of Hazlehead Park
type= Public Park
location=Aberdeen ,Scotland
coordinates= coord|57|8|19|N|2|10|43|W
size= 180 hectares (1,800,000 m²)
opened= (bought by the city for the public) 1920
operator=Aberdeen City Council
annual visitors=
status= Open all yearHazlehead Park is a large public park in the Hazlehead area of
Aberdeen ,Scotland . 180 hectares in size, it was opened to the public in 1920, having formerly been the estate of Hazlehead House, home of William Rose, shipbuilder.A large, heavily wooded park on the outskirts of the city, it is popular with walkers on the many tracks through forests; sports enthusiasts (particularly mountain bikers); naturalists; and picnickers. Horse riders from the nearby Hayfield horse centre ride on the tracks that snake through it.
There are football pitches, two
golf courses, apitch and putt course and a horse-riding school. The park has a significant collection of sculpture by a range of artists, including the memorial to those who lost their lives in thePiper Alpha disaster. It also has heritage items which have been rescued from various places within the city, and it features Scotland's oldest maze, first planted in 1938.Fact|date=April 2007In September 2007, Hazlehead Park was host to the
Northsound Radio concert, Free 2007. It took place on Sunday 2nd September 2007, and claims to be the biggest free outdoor event inScotland .Golf
The park is most famous for its two 18 hole and its pitch and putt
golf courses. The courses are public owned and there are no handicap or other restrictions for those who play on them.The "Number 1 course" was designed by Alistair MacKenzie, better known for designing the
Augusta National .ee also
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Green Spaces and Walkways in Aberdeen Further reading
# Information about William Rose is sourced from "The Gilcomston Story", an account of
Gilcomston Church from its beginnings to 1945, written by Francis Lyall. The relevant section is the piece regarding Rev. Robert Forgan.External links
* [http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/ACCI/web/site/xsl_SportsVenueDetail.asp?fid=20 Hazlehead Golf Courses]
* [http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/ACCI/web/site/Parks/NSS/pos_HazleheadPark.asp Hazlehead Park]
* [http://www.northsound1.co.uk/Article.asp?id=443033 Free 2007 on Northsound One Website]
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