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The first cricket pavilion was a small wooden one costing £365. It was officially opened by the Deputy Lord Mayor, Walter Littlejohn, during the match against […]
Coronation Avenue takes its name from the trees planted along it in 1937 to celebrate the coronation of King George VI. Children from schools across Plymouth […]
There are many ways into Central Park but only six places where the entrances have been formalised with gate pillars. Five are still accessible and are […]
When Mawson designed the park in 1928, he made the following observations about the area’s water resources and how they could be used to provide amenity. […]
For four seasons after the first match in 1932, bowlers would not have had a pavilion in which to change or entertain visiting teams so the […]
Venn Lane crosses the Pounds Park area of Central Park between Outland Road opposite Devonport High School for Girls and Peverell Park Road at its junction […]
Soon after the park opened the area was used for an unscheduled landing. The incident was reported in local and national newspapers. These images are from […]
By the time the park was officially opened on 29th July 1931, three sections had been completed; the children’s playground, tennis courts, and bowling greens. Mr […]
This playground was just inside the main park entrance on Milehouse Corner at the junction of Alma Road and Outland Road. It was constructed with the […]
Two pools were made in 1931, one for paddling and the other for model boating. Next to them was a stone-built park shelter and toilets on […]
When Mawson designed Central Park in 1928, four grass courts already existed on the southern side of the Home Park stadium where the Home Park Tennis […]
The original plans for the park made no provision for allotments although they already existed in three places. In the southern area of Exhibition Fields, behind […]
The names of paths and how they were named are here. When the park’s construction began in 1930, Gilbert Lane and Venn Lane already existed as […]
Plymouth Corporation appointed Mawson and Sons of Westminster to design the new park on 27th March 1928. Thomas H Mawson was one of the most prolific […]
Seventy yards east of the Life Centre on Gilbert Lane is a small gate opening onto Cottage Field. Originally, this would have led to Gilbert Cottage, […]
Cricket was played on the ground at Peverell Park before the land was purchased as part of Central Park. Plymouth Cricket Club has provided the following […]
Central Park was designed and laid out around most of the existing features including the Home Park stadium. They have all been a big influence on […]
The Stonehouse Leat was never ideal as a source of water due to the low gradient along its length. By 1833 the demand for water was increasing […]
Pounds House and grounds were purchased by the City Corporation in 1927 in one of the three parcels of land to form the future park. […]
This view of Stoke Damerel and Stonehouse by JWM Turner appears to have been painted from what is now North Road East, above the railway station. The […]
Next to a drain in Venn Lane is a marker stone with the inscription “Stonehouse Leat and Banks 1593”. It was in fact installed during the […]
