Fenton Park

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Fenton Park

'Fenton Park, extended to 36 acres in 1957, is now the third largest park in the Potteries. The new section has four football pitches, with the necessary pavilions and changing accommodation. There are bowling greens and tennis courts in the older portion together with walks, flower beds and lawns.'
.. from 1957 Stoke-on-Trent handbook

The Staffordshire Sentinel 14 April 1924 "His Worship said that, remembering the site as it was previously, it looked as of someone had made the desert smile". Alderman F. Collins (Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent) at the opening of Fenton Park

KEY DATES:
Proposal for park: c.1910
Land in off Cemetery Road purchased April 1912
Work commenced on Park in 1919
Park opened: April 1924 (about 17 acres in size)
Park extended: 1957 (to about 36 acres in size)

 

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