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Williamson Park (Lancaster)

Description: Lancaster / Lancashire / LA1 1UX / England

Newest Review: ... of accessible paths that are in the park. Within the park you will find waterfalls, woodland dells, mature parkland, a lake, bridges, fountains and ornamantal features.All around the Park in between the lanscaped lawns are beautiful flower beds that are maintained so that the colours change with the season; there are bushes and bushes of lush rhodedendrum bushes. Near to the Ashton ... more

... Memorial is a recently renovated Children's Playground , all the equipment in the playground uses recycled materials. Tree-lined walks lead from the memorial past the ornamental lake that winds its way from the glade of the Waterfall, past the fountain and u...more

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Williamson Park (Lancaster): Williamson Park - the park on a hill. (1176 words)
by - written on 08/06/09 (Very useful, 121 readings)
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I would guarantee that lots of you reading this who have not heard of Williamson Park, will indeed have seen the most prominent building in it - if you have travelled on the M6 near to Lancaster. Williamson Park is a beautiful public park located on a hill above the city of Lancaster, Lancashire that consists of 54 acres of beautiful parkland. The pre-mentioned building in the park, and one that dominates Lancaster for miles around, is the Ashton Memorial ( or as it is known locally - the'Taj Mahal of the North'! ) - a huge domed, folly built in the 1900s by James Williamson (Lord Ashton) as a tribute to his late wife THE ... Read the complete review

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