A cinematic drone tour of Birkenhead Park on the Wirral Peninsula, shot using the DJI AIr 2s in 4k.
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Birkenhead Park
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Birkenhead Park is a major public park located in the centre of Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. It was designed by Joseph Paxton and opened on 5 April 1847.
It is wrongly acknowledged as the first publicly funded civic park in the world. (Derby Arboretum Park was bought by Joseph Strutt and given to the people of Derby and designed by John Claudius Loudon and opened in 1840 some 7 years earlier being the World’s oldest Public Park)
Birkenhead park was designated a conservation area in 1977 and declared a Grade I listed landscape by English Heritage in 1995. In 2023 the park was placed on the UK government's "tentative list" of applications for UNESCO World Heritage Site status. The park influenced the design of Central Park in New York and Sefton Park in Liverpool.
The park contains many listed buildings. The Grand Entrance was designed by Lewis Hornblower and is at the northeast corner; it consists of three arches flanked by lodges and is in Ionic style. The Swiss Bridge, a pedestrian span of stringer construction, is unique as being the only covered bridge of traditional wooden construction in the United Kingdom. There is also a Pavilion called the Roman Boathouse standing by the lake in the park, the upper storey of which was originally intended to be a bandstand. There are many historic listed lodges of various designs within the grounds of the park.
The park has a modern visitor centre, café, children's play area, woodland walks and various sporting facilities and clubs.
Birkenhead Park
The People's Garden
A community space open to all
Birkenhead Park, nearly 140 acres of historic parkland, is known as the People’s Garden and is much loved by the local community. For almost two hundred years it’s been a major landmark on the Wirral and is greatly valued by locals, as well as visitors from across the UK and around the world. This beautiful open space in the heart of Birkenhead is open every minute of every day for anyone who wishes to enjoy it.
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