Sefton Park
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- For the place in Adelaide, South Australia, see Sefton Park, South Australia.
Image:Seftonparklake.JPG Sefton Park is in south Liverpool, England. In 1867, Frenchman Edouard André won the competition to design the park; work on the design was also done by Lewis Hornblower. The park is 640 acres (2.6 km²) in area, the site had been purchased by the Liverpool City Council for £250,000 from the Earl of Sefton.
It has tennis courts, a lake (formerly used for boating) and recently restored Palm House. For some time there was a model pirate ship until it fell apart with age. A statue of Peter Pan was recently restored at Liverpool's Conservation Centre, and returned to the Park in December 2005.
The park had a gallops which led to it being nick-named "the Hyde Park of the North". A road runs around the perimeter, though a bridge across the Dell is closed to cars. The perimeter road's outer edge is lined with impressive Victorian and Edwardian houses. Some split into flats and others Hotels. Image:Sefton Park 6.jpg Various tree lined avenues split the park into large sections both grassed and wooded areas. At the centre of the park is a small cafe and there used to be an aviary. It is a popular jogging circuit and local league association football is a regular weekend fixture. It has also been a site for Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra's summer pops season, Africa Oyé and the Moscow State Circus. In 2005 the park received provisional approval for a major renovation project which involves the refurbishment and improvement of many of the parks features.
