Central Park, Scunthorpe

Central Park

Type| Urban Park
Location| Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
Coordinates| 53°34′58″N 0°40′06″W﻿ / ﻿53.5829°N 0.6682°W﻿ / 53.5829; -0.6682
Open| All year
Website| North Lincolnshire Council

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

## History

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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

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

## Facilities

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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

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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

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1. ^ a b c "North Lincolnshire Council - Central Park". www.northlincs.gov.uk.
2. ^ a b Broadbent, Morgan (15 November 2017). Secret Scunthorpe. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445672076 - 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.