Lister Park (also known as Manningham Park) is a picturesque public park in
Bradford
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,
West Yorkshire
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,
England
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, between
Manningham,
Heaton and
Frizinghall. It has won various national awards.
About the park
It is situated about a mile outside the city centre
on Manningham Lane, the main road between
Bradford
Bradford is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in West Yorkshire, England. It became a municipal borough in 1847, received a city charter in 1897 and, since the Local Government Act 1972, 1974 reform, the city status in the United Kingdo ...
and
Shipley. It is one of the city's largest parks and was purchased by the City of Bradford for half its commercial value from
Samuel Cunliffe Lister, who built
Lister's Mill.
An open air swimming pool, the Lister Park Lido was added to the park in 1915. Although it was very popular in its early years, by the 1930s the public were losing interest in the facility which no longer met the standards of hygiene they expected. In response to proposals made by the baths committee, the council carried out a modernisation scheme in 1937 which involved the installation of a filtration, sterilisation and heating plant. A cafe was also added. The Lido was reopened in May 1939. Popularity of the Lido waned over time and by 1982 repairs to the value of £60,000 were needed. The Lido closed in 1983 and was demolished in 1991.
The park has been successfully renovated in recent years. The lake has been re-opened for boats and a Mughal Water Garden constructed. There are also tennis and basketball courts, bowling greens and a children's playground. Bradford parkrun, a free, weekly, 5 km, hosted by local volunteers, is held in the park at 9 am every Saturday.
The park's original botanical garden was built by the Calverley antiquarian Samuel Margerison, who had a flair for garden design.
Lister Park contains the
Cartwright Hall art gallery,
where permanent and temporary exhibitions of modern and traditional art can be seen.
It was voted Britain's Best Park for 2006, and nominated for the Best Park In Europe 2006.
See also
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Listed buildings in Bradford (Heaton Ward)
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Listed buildings in Bradford (Manningham Ward)
References
External links
Bradford District Parks: Lister ParkTelegraph & Argus: Article on the Friends of Lister Park, who recently got the lion sculptures returned to the park, 6 June 2009.Details of history, designers and sculptors of Titus Salt monument.
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Parks and commons in Bradford
Manningham, Bradford