Shroggs Park
Typepublic
LocationHalifax, West Yorkshire, England
Coordinates53°43′53″N 1°52′36″W / 53.73139°N 1.87667°W / 53.73139; -1.87667
Area9.7 Hectares
Operated byCalderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
OpenAll year

Shroggs Park is a park in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It covers 9.7 hectares[1] and is Grade II listed with Historic England.[2]

History

Footpath entrance to Shroggs Park

On 22 November 1872, Colonel Edward Akroyd, a businessman, promised to construct a park in Halifax. During a committee meeting at the House of Commonsto he explained the work he had undertaken to prevent the land from being used for the planned Midland Railway. On 25 June 1879, he gave the partly finished park to the public on the condition that the municipal corporation completed it and used it solely as a park.[2] It was finished and opened to the public in 1881.

Naming

The name derives from the term "bushy scrub", as the park was originally scrap land covered in dwarf oak scrub.[3]

Features

The park has a pond, mature evergreen trees and bushes, informal footpaths, a gothic drinking fountain, and woodland paths. The Halifax parkrun takes place each Saturday.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Shroggs Park". www.parksandgardens.org.
  2. 1 2 Historic England. "SHROGG'S PARK, Calderdale (1001557)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  3. ↑ Calderdale Libraries, Northgate (15 July 2009). "Entrance to Shroggs Park, Halifax: From Weaver to Web". Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "course - Halifax parkrun". www.parkrun.org.uk.
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