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 gardenedit
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]
Referencesedit
^ abc"North Lincolnshire Council - Central Park". www.northlincs.gov.uk.
^ abBroadbent, Morgan (15 November 2017). Secret Scunthorpe. Amberley Publishing. ISBN9781445672076 – via Google Books.
^"Central Park in Scunthorpe rated among Britain's best green spaces". 21 July 2017 – via www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk.
April 10, 2024
central, park, scunthorpe, central, park, premier, urban, park, scunthorpe, lincolnshire, england, central, parktypeurban, parklocationscunthorpe, lincolnshire, englandcoordinates53, 5829, 6682, 5829, 6682openall, yearwebsitenorth, lincolnshire, council, conte. Central Park is the premier urban park in Scunthorpe Lincolnshire England 1 Central ParkTypeUrban ParkLocationScunthorpe Lincolnshire EnglandCoordinates53 34 58 N 0 40 06 W 53 5829 N 0 6682 W 53 5829 0 6682OpenAll yearWebsiteNorth Lincolnshire Council Contents 1 History 2 Location 3 Facilities 3 1 Fountain garden 4 ReferencesHistory editThe 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 editNorth Lincolnshire Council the owner is based in the Civic Centre at the park and North Lindsey College is adjacent 1 Facilities editThere 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 edit nbsp The Fountain at the centre of The Fountain GardenThe 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 edit a b c North Lincolnshire Council Central Park www northlincs gov uk a b Broadbent Morgan 15 November 2017 Secret Scunthorpe Amberley Publishing ISBN 9781445672076 via Google Books Past Views 11 May 2014 course Scunthorpe parkrun www parkrun org uk Central Park in Scunthorpe rated among Britain s best green spaces 21 July 2017 via www scunthorpetelegraph co uk Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Central Park Scunthorpe amp oldid 981235806, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,