Victoria Park, Leamington Spa
- Victoria Park, Leamington Spa
Victoria Park is a public park in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England. It is situated about half a mile west of the town centre and is on the south bank of the River Leam. The total area of the park as it stands today is eighteen and a half acres. [ [http://www.magic.gov.uk Measure Victoria Park using magic.gov mapping] ]
History
Up until the 1830s the park was just part of farmland on the edge of the growing spa town. It was at that time that one of the local land owning families, the Willes, began to hold archery competitions on the land. In the middle of the nineteenth century Leamington Cricket club made their first home there and in the 1860s the New Riverside Walk was opened. The park was extensively landscaped and redesigned in 1899 to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. [ [http://www.warwickdc.gov.uk/NR/EXERES/8BECF261-F704-4731-A8F3-EE7A7EFE3E14.htm Information about the park on the Warwick District Council site] ] Before the Royal Show moved to its current venue in Stoneleigh Park one of its venues was Victoria Park.
Features
The bowling greens are amongst the best in England hosting the English Women's Bowling Championships annually as well as Women's World Bowling Championships in 1996 and 2004. [cite web
url = http://www.warwickdc.gov.uk/NR/EXERES/65580A21-7F97-4D1D-BB5E-56DDB31C632D.htm
title = Bowling greens
accessdate = 2008-07-13
date = 8 May 2008
publisher = Warwick District Council] [cite web
url = http://www.worldbowls2008.co.nz/index.php/pi_pageid/50
title = Event History
accessdate = 2008-07-13
year = 2008
publisher = World Bowls Championship Christchurch NZ 2008] Most of Leamington's municipal tennis courts are located in the park (more are located at the top of The Parade) as well as extensive children's play areas, a skate park and a cafe. The park was chosen to host the 2007 European Race Walking Championships. [ [http://www.european-athletics.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=54&Itemid=46 European Race Walking Championships info on the European Athletics webpage] ]
References
Notes
Cave, Lyndon (1988), "Royal Leamington Spa", Phillmore & Co, Chichester
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