It may be the world’s first public park and the inspiration behind New York’s Central Park, but for the Welsh, Birkenhead Park is where the 1917 Eisteddfod of the Black Chair was held.

Birkenhead Park, created by a municipal authority in 1847, inspired the English landscape design of Central Park after a young farmer, Frederick Law Olmsted, visited the 125-acre green space.

Birkenhead Park is situated in the town of Birkenhead, in the Wirral Peninsula. The proposed site includes the originally designed parkland (44 ha), the Park’s eight lodges, and a selection of the mid ...

Graham Arnold from the Friends of Birkenhead Park is encouraged by the news. The world's first publicly-funded park, in Birkenhead, has received Government backing to win world heritage status.

A Grade II listed bridge in Birkenhead has reopened after being damaged by vandals four months ago. About £20,000 worth of damage was done when the Swiss bridge was set on fire in September ...