Queens Park, Crewe

Queens Park looking towards the pavilion

Queens Park in Crewe, Cheshire, is a 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 and 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 a popular spot for the inhabitants of Crewe and features the largest lake in the area, which also has boats for hire. Other prominent features of the park include a Victorian clock tower, a man-made waterfall, a large playground, and several statues and fountains, including monuments to the British soldiers killed in the Boer War and the first Gulf War and Verdun trees.^[5]

Sport

A parkrun takes place at the park each Saturday morning at 9am. It began on 17 February 2018.^[6]

See also

• Listed buildings in Crewe
• List of parks and open spaces in Cheshire

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