Canal Gardens In Roundhay Park - Roundhay, UK
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dtrebilc
N 53° 50.388 W 001° 30.319
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This blue plaque is on the wall of a former kitchen garden next to a water feature.
Waymark Code: WM13P08
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/19/2021
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"Roundhay Park in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, is one of the biggest city parks in Europe. It covers more than 700 acres (2.8 km2) of parkland, lakes, woodland and gardens which are owned by Leeds City Council. The park is one of the most popular attractions in Leeds; nearly a million people visit each year. It is situated on the north-east edge of the city, bordered by the suburb of Roundhay to the west, Oakwood to the south and the A6120 outer ring road to the north."
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LEEDS CIVIC TRUST
CANAL GARDENS
These ornamental gardens were formed
from a walled kitchen garden built c.1816
for Thomas Nicholson of Roundhay Park.
Inheriting the estate in 1833, his stepbrother
Stephen added the canal, 350 by 34 feet,
spanned by two rustic bridges and
terminating in an arbour.