Calderstones Park

Calderstones Park is in the south of Liverpool, England, it has an area of 490,000 square metres [121 acres] and contains Calderstones House, stables and a lake of 8,000 square metres. It was acquired in 1902 from the McIver family, owners of Cunard Line, for £43,000, by Liverpool City Council and developed as a horticultural park. The park also includes Harthill the estate of Liverpool merchant William Brown. It opened to the public in 1905.

The "Calderstones" themselves are a collection of carved stones thought to be neolithic origin. Since 1964 the six stones have been in the Harthill Greenhouse.

In the North-West corner of the park is a [http://www.merseysidelivesteam.org.uk/ miniature railway] , which operates on Sundays from 2pm; rides are free.

In the 50s and 60s concerts were held behind the white mansion house. It had a cafe for "teas and ices"

For 6d you could hire a rowing boat around the lakeand fishing was very popular

External links

* [http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/Leisure_and_culture/Parks_and_recreation/Parks_and_gardens/Calderstones_Park/ Council Page]
* [http://liverpoollive.proboards106.com/ A Liverpool Heritage Forum]
* [http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/celynog/calderstones.htm The Calderstones]
* [http://fungus.org.uk/nwfg/nicholls.htm Fungi in Calderstones park]
* [http://www.merseysidelivesteam.org.uk Miniature Railway (run by Merseyside Live Steam and Model Engineers)]
* [http://uk.geocities.com/[e-mail]/merseySights/SouthLiverpoolAMH.html Photos]