Liverpool City Council has announced that all of the city’s parks are to be protected forever. The city’s acting mayor, Councillor Wendy Simon, is set to make plans official today which will see the protection of 100 much-loved parks and green spaces, totalling 1,039 hectares. In a partnership with the charity Fields ... Read More...
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In a UK premiere, the team behind the global phenomenon Pokémon GO, will be bringing its hugely successful 'Safari Zone' event format to Liverpool. From Friday 17 to Sunday 19 April, Sefton Park will become a ‘Pokémon GO Safari Zone’ and will play host to tens of thousands of gamers, known ... Read More...
Africa Oyé 2019 Words by Natasha Young | Images by Mark McNulty The 27th Africa Oyé festival took place in South Liverpool’s Sefton Park, bringing two-days of free music and entertainment. Festival-goers of all ages enjoyed a packed line-up celebrating African music and culture, with Jamaican legend Horace Andy among the headlining performers ... Read More...
Plans to build a memorial to Nelson Mandela in Princes Park are part of a raft of new proposals to improve some of South Liverpool’s most well-known parks. The Nelson Mandela Memorial Campaign (Mandela8) wants to create a tribute on the lake island at Princes Park to tie in with what ... Read More...
A new plan to secure the long-term future of Croxteth Hall and Country Park has been announced. Liverpool City Council is seeking a partner to manage the 500-acre estate in a move which it hopes will see the park and hall remain open to the public and save the local authority ... Read More...
A “breath-taking” plot of land in North Liverpool is to be turned into a new park for visitors to enjoy. Work will get underway on the site, bordering Kirkdale railway station, as £50,000 of funding has been allocated for the green space. The plot, which consists of woodland and grassed areas with ... Read More...