Victoria park, public park, Leamington Spa
Description of this historic site
Public park opened 1897. Incorporates New River Walk.
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1 2 Victoria park, public park, Leamington Spa.
Lovie reports that Victoria park was opened by the Corporation in 1897. The area had a long history of use for recreational purposes. Simple in plan with New River walk to N, tennis ground, bowls, bandstand. Lovie states that the park survives well at the time of his report (1996/7) and still fulfils its original role as a peoples’ park.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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My recollection is that during the first World War Standard Motor Company used the Roller Skating Rink in Dormer Place to manufacture Sopwith Aircraft under contract. The wooden wings were then taken to Victoria Park for the linen covering to be “doped” on as the fumes from the dope made it impractical to do this in an enclosed space. A long time ago I recall being shown a photo of this work being done but have not been able to trace it since. There are mentions of this work in some of the memory books about Leamington.
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