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Greenbank Park

Greenbank Park situated in the suburb of Mossley Hill in the south of Liverpool, close to Penny Lane and Sefton Park.

The park was created on land previously owned by the philanthropic Rathbone family who lived at Greenbank House between 1788 and 1940.

In 1897 Liverpool Corporation entered into an agreement with the Rathbone family to purchase the piece of land, part of which is now Greenbank Park for the sum of £13,000.

The agreement required the corporation to maintain this land as open space or recreation ground for the general public, "but they shall be at liberty to let off the whole or any part of the said land to cricket or other clubs, and to use the lake for boating, skating or other purposes".

The sports field is currently used by the Liverpool Gaelic Athletics Association and is known as the John Mitchel Gaelic Football Club field.

The park boasts the dual distinction of having the first of the Old English Gardens in Liverpool's parks, and the first boating lake.

The walled Old English Garden is all that remains of the Rathbone estate on the park. The garden contains a memorial tablet to the late Mr. Michael Kearney, the former Deputy Chairman of the Parks and Gardens Committee, who originated the idea of its design.

The lake was created by damming the Upper Brook otherwise known as the Upper Jordan. This hidden stream discharges into the lake at the north end and discharges into a culvert which carries its waters through into the ornamental lake in the ground of the University of Liverpool Greenbank Student Village located in the grounds of Greenbank House, once home to the Rathbone Family.
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  • Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 10, 2020

    Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 10, 2020

    Sign at the Greenbank Lane entrance to Greenbank Park.

  • Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 10, 2020

    Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 10, 2020

    View from the south east corner of Greenbank Park.

  • Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 10, 2020

    Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 10, 2020

    The Michael Kearney memorial tablet in the Old English Garden former deputy chairman of the Liverpool Corporation Parks and Gardens department. The walled garden is all that remains of the Rathbone estate on the park. Now laid out as an old English garden, it contains a memorial tablet to the late Mr. Michael Kearney, the former Deputy Chairman of the Parks and Gardens Committee, who originated the idea of its design. This garden, once famous for its herbaceous borders, has been restored in a move to reflect its former glory.

  • Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 10, 2020

    Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 10, 2020

    The Michael Kearney memorial tablet in the Old English Garden former deputy chairman of the Liverpool Corporation Parks and Gardens department. The walled garden is all that remains of the Rathbone estate on the park. Now laid out as an old English garden, it contains a memorial tablet to the late Mr. Michael Kearney, the former Deputy Chairman of the Parks and Gardens Committee, who originated the idea of its design. This garden, once famous for its herbaceous borders, has been restored in a move to reflect its former glory.

  • Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 10, 2020

    Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 10, 2020

    View through the Old English Gardens to The Watering Can Café Bar. Up to the late 1970s much ornamental planting was carried out in these gardens but now they are much plainer than they used to be as they are only maintained by visiting contractors.

  • Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 10, 2020

    Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 10, 2020

    A coot beside Greenbank Park lake.

  • Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 10, 2020

    Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 10, 2020

    View north east to Greenbank Road.

  • Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 10, 2020

    Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 10, 2020

    Muscovy Duck - Greenbank Park lake.

  • Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 10, 2020

    Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 10, 2020

    Muscovy Duck asleep beside the lake at Greenbank Park.

  • Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 10, 2020

    Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 10, 2020

    View towards Greenbank Road. During the Second World War there was an underground air raid shelter located here. In the 1960s when I was a child it was still possible to locate the filled in entrance.

  • Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 07, 2020

    Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 07, 2020

    A grey squirrel explores the end of the Upper Brook (Upper Jordan) culvert where the now hidden stream enters Greenbank Park lake.

  • Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 07, 2020

    Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 07, 2020

    White duck

  • Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 07, 2020

    Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 07, 2020

    View south across Greenbank Park lake.

  • Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 07, 2020

    Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 07, 2020

    Duck

  • Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 08, 2020

    Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 08, 2020

    Bridge over the Upper Brook (Upper Jordan). This was once a wooden rustic bridge. The present structure dates from the 1990s.

  • Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 08, 2020

    Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 08, 2020

    Grey squirrel near where the Upper Brook (Upper Jordan) enters Greenbank Park lake.

  • Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 08, 2020

    Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 08, 2020

    Grey squirrel near where the Upper Brook (Upper Jordan) enters Greenbank Park lake.

  • Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 08, 2020

    Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 08, 2020

    Grey squirrel near where the Upper Brook (Upper Jordan) enters Greenbank Park lake.

  • Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 08, 2020

    Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 08, 2020

    View across Greenbank Park lake which was formed by damming of the Upper Brook or Upper Jordan. The brook can be seen entering the lake under the bridge to the right distance.

  • Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 08, 2020

    Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 08, 2020

    Covid 19!

  • Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 08, 2020

    Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 08, 2020

    The Watering Can - a café-bar which opened in Greenbank Park on the site of gardeners' cottages adjoining the Old English Garden.

  • Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 08, 2020

    Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 08, 2020

    View into the Old English Gardens / Walled Garden. The walled garden is all that remains of the Rathbone estate on the park. Now laid out as an old English garden, it contains a memorial tablet to the late Mr. Michael Kearney, the former Deputy Chairman of the Parks and Gardens Committee, who originated the idea of its design. This garden, once famous for its herbaceous borders, has been restored in a move to reflect its former glory.

  • Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 08, 2020

    Greenbank Park, Liverpool, Merseyside - April 08, 2020

    View into the Old English Gardens / Walled Garden. The walled garden is all that remains of the Rathbone estate on the park. Now laid out as an old English garden, it contains a memorial tablet to the late Mr. Michael Kearney, the former Deputy Chairman of the Parks and Gardens Committee, who originated the idea of its design. This garden, once famous for its herbaceous borders, has been restored in a move to reflect its former glory.

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