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.
Read MoreThe 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.
