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Mowbray Park
Mowbray Park — park in Sunderland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Park Lane · 0.3 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Mowbray Park is a public park in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1857. It covers approximately 8 km². Heritage designation: Grade II listed park and garden. Wikidata describes it as: "park in Sunderland, United Kingdom". Coordinates: 54.9019°, -1.3797°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Durham Coast SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Mowbray Park is a municipal park in the centre of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, located a few hundred yards from the busy thoroughfares of Holmeside and Fawcett Street and bordered by Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens to the north, Burdon Road to the west, Toward Road to the east and Park Road to the south. The park was voted best in Britain in 2008.
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Background
History
Mowbray Park is one of the oldest municipal parks in North East England. The roots of Mowbray Park date back to the 1830s, when a health inspector recommended building a leafy area in the town after Sunderland recorded the first cholera epidemic in 1831. A grant of £750 was provided by the Government to buy a £2,000 plot of land from the Mowbray family for a new park. Work on Mowbray Park – then known as The People's Park – began in the mid-1850s, incorporating a former limestone quarry set within what was known as Building Hill. It appears that spoil heaps were shaped and mounded to create distinctive paths amongst steep sided hummocks. The effect was to afford the Victorian user plenty of…
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- Coordinates
- 54.9019, -1.3797
- District
- Sunderland
- Parish
- Sunderland, unparished area
- Postcode
- SR1 2QW
- Parliamentary constituency
- Sunderland Central
- Established
- 1857
- Nearest railway station
- Park Lane — 0.3 km
- Official site
- www.sunderland.gov.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q6927247 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Mowbray Park (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Bandstand - Mowbray Park.JPG (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Mowbray Park?
- Mowbray Park is in the Scottish Lowlands, United Kingdom (postcode SR1 2QW), in the parish of Sunderland, unparished area.
- When was Mowbray Park built?
- Built or established in 1857.
- Who owns Mowbray Park?
- Mowbray Park is owned by Sunderland City Council.
- Is Mowbray Park a listed building?
- Mowbray Park is officially recognised as Grade II listed park and garden listed.
- Is Mowbray Park a protected site?
- Yes — Mowbray Park is part of the Durham Coast SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is Mowbray Park free to visit?
- Yes, Mowbray Park is free to enter.