Richard, Second Marquis of Westminster, gave these 16 acres of land to the City. Landscape designer Mr Edward Kemp, architect of Crystal Palace was paid to lie out the park and many of the original features still remain since opening in 1867. The typically Victorian park boasts a park lodge, a black and white timbered building with statues representing William the Conqueror and the Norman Earls of Chester. Bedding displays are planted twice yearly and the Lime trees lining the main avenues are kept in pyramidal form, fashionable in Victorian times.
