Golden Acre Park

Infobox park
park=Golden Acre Park


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caption=Wildfowl Lake, Golden Acre Park
type= Parkland, woodland, gardens
location= Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
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operator= Leeds City Council
annual visitors= |status= Open all year

Golden Acre Park is a public park near Bramhope, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (gbmapping|SE267417), administered by Leeds City Council.

It opened as a privately run amusement park in 1932 with a miniature railway, swimming pool and boating lake, but closed during the Second World War and was taken over by the Council in 1945. The lake was formed by damming Adel Beck and was larger than at present.

Today the park has a lake with wildfowl, informal gardens, demonstration gardens, a special collection of heathers, and woodland and open spaces. The gardens contain the National Plant Collections of Lilac, Deutzia, Hosta and Hemerocallis. [cite web|title=NCCPG website|url=http://www.nccpg.com/|accessdate=2007-09-20]

The park is on the east side of the A660 road. On the west side is a car park and Breary Marsh nature reserve, with a pedestrian tunnel under the road joining them to the main park. The Leeds Country Way passes through the park, and the Meanwood Valley Trail links the park to Woodhouse Moor.

Facilities are limited to a café (with restricted opening hours), public toilets (clean), a number of benches, and one small wooden shelter. However, the place is well-tended and tidy. Visitors who wish to feed the birds on the lake, should beware of 'persistent' geese.

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External links

* [http://www.leeds.gov.uk/leisure_and_culture/tourism_and_travel/local_attractions/page.aspx?pageID=70E72FA5D2CF08DC80256E1B003E903C Leeds City Council page about the park]
* [http://www.vrleeds.co.uk/golden-acre-park-leeds/parkmap.html VRLeeds map and panoramic views of the park]