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.
Read MoreThe 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.
