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Leazes Park
Leazes Park is a park in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is the city's oldest park, opened in 1873, and lies to the west of the city centre. The park contains a lake above the course of the Lort Burn. It is next to St James' Park and the Royal Victoria Infirmary.
Leazes Park is separated from Spital Tongues by Castle Leazes, an area of common land similar to the Town Moor.
History
The creation of a Leazes Park was a drawn out process. In September 1857 3,000 working men petitioned Newcastle Council for ‘ready access to some open ground for the purpose of health and recreation’ and a year later a special committee was set up to try to find a location for a park. Aldermen Harle and Hamond took up the challenge and campaigned for a park and eventually succeeded in having Leazes Park created on a part of the Leazes Town Moor.
On the 23 December 1873 Leazes Park was officially opened by Alderman Sir Charles Hamond. It became the first public park created on Tyneside.
John Fulton, the Town Surveyor, laid out Leazes Park similar to other parks being built in Britain at that time. The layout centres on the lake. The Bandstand and Terrace were added and later the whole park was surrounded with metal railings. A second lake was created in 1893 but this was filled in by 1949 and the area used for a bowling green and tennis courts.
The grand Jubilee gates were added in 1896 to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria and a Palm House was built. In 1908 a bust of Alderman Sir Charles Hamond was erected as the centrepiece to the Terrace and the park was then complete.
The park continued to develop with deer, aviaries, tennis, and croquet until the 1980s when it was in need of refurbishment. The refurbishment became possible when the park was awarded £3.7 million from the National Lottery in 2001. The restoration project was completed in 2004.
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Leazes Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Detailed information about the park, including content drawn from English Heritage.
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Tyne and Wear HER(5008): Newcastle, Leazes Park
- "Leazes Park is located on the northern limits of Newcastle city centre and provides a contrast with the wide open space of the Town Moor close by. Organising the first …
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Leazes Park Angling Club, Newcastle upon Tyne, 22.6.80
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Barrack Road
- Barrack Road runs from St James' in the centre of Newcastle, running north-west to Fenham Barracks (from which the road takes its name). Barrack Road forms part of the A189, …
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The west entrance to Leazes Park - ornamental gate
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064245:Leazes Park Newcastle upon Tyne Unknown 1899
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064237:Leazes Park Newcastle upon Tyne Unknown 1899
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from Newcastle libraries (flickr)
064240:Leazes Park Newcastle upon Tyne Unknown 1899
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from Newcastle libraries (flickr)
037528:Leazes Park Newcastle upon Tyne Unknown 1900
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from Newcastle libraries (flickr)
037467:Leazes Park Newcastle upon Tyne Unknown 1900
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from Newcastle libraries (flickr)
050805:Leazes Park Newcastle upon Tyne Unknown 1911
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
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063454:Leazes Park Newcastle upon Tyne Maybury Malcolm 1996
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from Newcastle libraries (flickr)
027264:Leazes Park Newcastle upon Tyne C.1910
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from Newcastle libraries (flickr)
027259:Leazes Park Newcastle upon Tyne C.1910
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from http://www.parksandgardens.or…
Leazes Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Detailed information about the park, including content drawn from English Heritage.
Added by
Pat Thomson
from http://www.twsitelines.info/S…
Tyne and Wear HER(5008): Newcastle, Leazes Park
- "Leazes Park is located on the northern limits of Newcastle city centre and provides a contrast with the wide open space of the Town Moor close by. Organising the first …
Added by
Pat Thomson
from Newcastle libraries (flickr)
Leazes Park Angling Club, Newcastle upon Tyne, 22.6.80
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
Co-Curate Page
Barrack Road
- Barrack Road runs from St James' in the centre of Newcastle, running north-west to Fenham Barracks (from which the road takes its name). Barrack Road forms part of the A189, …
from Geograph (geograph)
The west entrance to Leazes Park - ornamental gate
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
Wikipedia: Leazes Park
Post code: NE2 4BJ
Borough: Newcastle
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