Queen's Park Childrens Play Area - Dresden, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK.
N 52° 58.550 W 002° 08.300
30U E 557858 N 5869929
Queen's Park also known as Longton Park is located on Trentham Road in Dresden near Longton.
Waymark Code: WM13CBF
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/07/2020
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The park's official name is Queen's Park. The land was given by the Duke of Sutherland, and work began in 1887. The total cost was estimated to be £6000, which was mostly met by voluntary subscription. The park was officially opened on July 25th 1888 by George Granville William Sutherland Levison-Gower, the third Duke of Sutherland.
Queen's Park is Grade: II* listed, and is famous for its trees, horticulture and lakes. It has a very individual character and is one of the city's heritage parks. (
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The park is open from 8:00am until dusk and facilities include; a bandstand, bowling green and three bowling pavilions, tennis courts, base ball courts, skate park, two football pitches, fitness equipment, a lake with fishing controlled by Fenton and District Anglers and a children's play area.
The children's play area has a fenced area for toddlers and another area for juniors. The playground is surrounded by grass with safety flooring under and around the play apparatus.
The play area has a variety of play equipment including the unique i-play unit of electronic games, of which there are only a few in the UK at the moment, hexagonal swings, an 8m high space net, 25m cable slide, a ship wreck, slides, swings, roundabouts, springy animals and climbing apparatus.
There are seats around this area and a picnic table inside the enclosed area.
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