Fountain in Tivoli Park Lerryn
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Fountain in Tivoli Park Lerryn
Image: © Rod Allday Taken: 17 May 2011
Tivoli Park was a pleasure garden constructed by Frank Parkyn, a successful miner, who bought some woodland on the south of the river from the Rashleigh Estate in 1911. In about 1920 most of the trees were felled and work started on construction of a pleasure ground named Tivoli Park after the Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen which Parkyn had visited. The park featured fountains, a pond, a cascade, obelisks plunge pool and bandstand. The park played a central role in town regattas, housing a fun fair, field sports and a pavilion. The park has now become overgrown but remains of some of the structures can still be seen.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.381688
Longitude
-4.621911