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Queens Park, Crewe

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

53°05′49″N 2°28′12″W / 53.097°N 2.470°W / 53.097; -2.470

Queens Park looking towards the pavilion

Queens Park in Crewe, Cheshire, is a 44.5 acre (18ha) Grade II* listed public park opened in 1887, little changed from its original plan.[1]

History

The park was laid out by railway engineer Francis Webb, Richard Moon, mayor of Crewe in 1888, and garden designer Edward Kemp.[2]

A story that the park is a product of 1880s railway politics when the London & North Western Railway bought the land and donated it to the town to prevent the Great Western Railway from building a railway line through it is almost certainly untrue.[3]

From 2014 the park underwent a major £6.5 million restoration that included a new children's playground, a new café and bowls pavilion, and significant reconstruction work to bridges and footpaths.[4]

The Friends of Queens Park help to raise money for events held in the park. The Friends are a community group who represent the park, they also raise money to put on events in the Park and to implement new ideas.

Features

The park is popular with Crewe residents and features the largest lake in the area, which also has boats for hire. Other prominent features of the park include a Grade II listed Victorian clock tower,[5] two Grade II listed lodges at the entrance from Victoria Avenue,[6][7] a man-made waterfall, a large playground, and several statues and fountains. At the centre of the park is the Grade II listed Boer War Memorial.[8] Other memorials include one to the first Gulf War, and Verdun trees.[9]

Sport

A parkrun takes place at the park each Saturday morning at 9am. It began on 17 February 2018.[10][11]

Gallery

See also

References

Notes

Citations

  1. ^ Historic England. "Queen's Park, Crewe (1001412)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Queens Park Crewe". Cheshire East Council. Retrieved 24 April 2008.
  3. ^ Drummond, D. K. Crewe – Railway Town, Company & People, 1840–1914.
  4. ^ "Queens Park Renovation Project". Cheshire East Council. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  5. ^ Historic England. "Clock Tower in Queen's Park (1136226)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  6. ^ Historic England. "West Lodge at Queen's Park (1136230)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  7. ^ Historic England. "East Lodge at Queen's Park (1138681)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  8. ^ Historic England. "War Memorial in Queen's Park (1138682)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  9. ^ Blurton, Paul (2018). "Queens Park Crewe and the Verdun oaks (and chestnut trees)". L&NWR Society Journal. 9: 50–51.
  10. ^ "Results | Crewe parkrun".
  11. ^ Morse, Peter (21 February 2018). "Running: Parkrun has come to Crewe - and it's annoyingly brilliant". Crewe Chronicle. Retrieved 23 May 2023.


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