5/5 ciaran c. 1 year ago on Google
Lovely
well
maintained
urban
park
overlooking
the
harbour.
The
park
has
some
of
the
finest
Victorian
heritage
buildings
and
features
of
any
park
in
Ireland.
The
impressive
pillars
and
gates
at
the
entrances
along
with
the
gate
lodge,
fountains,
bandstand
are
good
examples
of
Victorian
workmanship.
The
ornate
pavilion
with
its
intricate
ironwork
is
now
a
cafe
/
coffee
shop
with
inside
seating
and
an
accessible
terrace
area
overlooking
the
park.
The
food
and
staff
here
are
excellent.
While
the
park
retained
formal
(colourful
bedding)
planting
schemes
(in
the
Victorian
style)
until
recently.....
thankfully
in
the
last
few
years
the
park
management
has
slowly
moved
to
pollinator
friendly
herbaceous
planting.
There
are
several
impressive
herbaceous
borders
in
the
park
with
more
planned.
This
also
means
you
cannot
see
the
entire
park
at
once
and
it
invites
the
visitor
to
walk
around
and
explore
the
different
areas.
There
are
many
native
irish
trees
along
with
an
interesting
group
of
gingko
bilobas.
There
is
also
a
safe
playground
for
the
kids
with
z
recently
added
(wheelchair
friendly)
ability
swing.
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