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Otterspool Promenade

Otterspool Promenade runs along the bank of the River Mersey from just north of Grassendale to the site of Herculaneum Dock from where narrower footpath and cycleway continues along the riverbank to the city centre.

The promenade adjoins the former private parkland estates of Cressington Park, Fulwood Park and Grassendale Park.
The construction of the present day promenade began in 1929 with the river wall being completed in 1932.

The space behind the wall, which was on average 180 metres from the original foreshore, was filled with material excavated from the soon to be constructed Mersey Tunnel. In addition to this fill material approximately 2 million tons of clean domestic refuse was also used.

Otterspool Promenade opened on July 07, 1950. The northern end of the promenade was completed in 1984 when the International Garden Festival was held.

The name Otterspool is derived from the Old English name Otirpul or Oterpol. Otir was the Old English for otter and the location was so named because of the otters which inhabited the tidal creek and freshwater pools formed where a stream joined the River Mersey. The stream feeding Otterspool was known as Osklesbrok but was later renamed the River Jordan by a community of puritans who leased smallholdings around the stream.
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  • Entrance point to Otterspool Promenade near Otterspool Park.

    Entrance point to Otterspool Promenade near Otterspool Park.

  • Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    Commemorative plaque affixed to the other side of the entrance point marker.

  • Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    View down to the promenade

  • Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    View across the River Mersey towards Brombrough on the Wirral.

  • Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    View south towards Grassendale and Garston. Garston Docks can just be made out in the distance. This is the south end of Otterspool Promenade.

  • Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    Extensive mud flats are revealed at low water.

  • Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    Detail of one of the few remaining original cast iron railings located at southern end of Otterspool Promenade. Note the Lancashire Red Rose - as at the time of construction Liverpool was in the county of Lancashire - only becoming part of the new county of Merseyside in 1974. Most of these railings were replaced during refurbishment of the promenade in 2007.

  • Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    View from the south end of Otterspool Promenade looking north showing the original railings near to the camera and the new railings installed during the refurbishment.

  • Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    View looking north from a location south of the promenade approaching the Riversdale Road access point.

  • Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    The Sitting Bull is an artwork created by This statue was created by Indian sculptor Dhruva Mistry for the Liverpool Garden Festival of 1984, and moved to its current site in 2006.

  • Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    Otterspool Promenade near Riversdale Road

  • Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    Otterspool Promenade near Riversdale Road

  • Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    View north near Mersey Road.

  • Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    View north near Mersey Road.

  • Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    An outfall near Mersey Road view across to the Wirral - the white building in the distance is the Eastham Ferry Hotel.

  • Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

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  • Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    Part of the original landscaping was this seating area which features a plaque dedicated to the parents of a Peter Worrall.

  • Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    "Donated by Mr Peter Worrall in memory of his parents Mr and Mrs Worrall late of Aigburth" This plaque is located near one of the surviving original landscaped seating areas.

  • Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    View north

  • Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    View towards the commemorative plaque near to Otterspool Park.

  • Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

    Otterspool Promenade, Aigburth, Liverpool - May 04, 2020

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