Central Park, Scunthorpe

Central Park is the premier urban park in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England.[1]

Central Park
TypeUrban Park
LocationScunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
Coordinates53.5829°N 0.6682°W / 53.5829; -0.6682
OpenAll year
WebsiteNorth Lincolnshire Council

History

The park was opened as part of the Festival of Britain to celebrate the end of World War II.[2] The children's play areas used to feature a steam locomotive and there was a paddling pool.[3]

Location

North Lincolnshire Council, the owner, is based in the Civic Centre at the park and North Lindsey College is adjacent.[1]

Facilities

There are formal gardens in front of the Civic Centre and a boulevard that is used by pedestrians and cyclists to cross the park between a leisure centre and North Lindsey College. There is a children's play area, cafe and a splashpad wet play area. The pods leisure centre is based at the park offering indoor sports and swimming pools.[1] Scunthorpe Parkrun takes place in the park every Saturday morning at 9am, the run is 5km in length and mostly on the park's tarmac footpaths.[4] The park won a Green Flag Award in 2017.[5]

Fountain garden
The Fountain at the centre of The Fountain Garden

The centre piece of the park is the fountain garden which is in the middle of a large green open space with footpaths and a variety of specimen trees and flowers.[2]

References
  1. "North Lincolnshire Council - Central Park". www.northlincs.gov.uk.
  2. Broadbent, Morgan (15 November 2017). "Secret Scunthorpe". Amberley Publishing – via Google Books.
  3. "Past Views". 11 May 2014.
  4. "course - Scunthorpe parkrun". www.parkrun.org.uk.
  5. "Central Park in Scunthorpe rated among Britain's best green spaces". 21 July 2017 – via www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk.
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