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THE sports complex to the
left of centre of this panorama of the Barony Park is a replacement for a pavilion that
was burned down a number of years ago.
The pavilion was used by
Nantwich Cricket Club before they moved to their own ground a short way away in
Whitehouse Lane.
There are tennis courts to
the far left of the sports complex. Some have been laid out now for five-a-side football.
A children's
playground is to the left and a skateboard area to its right. Local football
teams use
the park, but cricket clubs don't do so any more. That always gave it a real
village green atmosphere in the summer.
The park was also the venue
for town events such as the annual Carnival - or Family Fun Day, as it later came to be
called. It hasn't been held for a number of years now. But the park is still used for
triathlon events and - again, used to be - for The Nantwich Transport Festival.
In passing, the
original town Carnival was a big
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attraction at Brookfield Park - on
the other side of town - every June in the 1960s and '70s until it ceased to be
held.
Leisure activities apart, the area was once designated as
Beam
Heath land, with what (on a map I saw) appears to be large pools on it.
There is also an area - I won't pinpoint it - that was once a land fill site.
But that is now a very useful - and firm - part of the area.
As you will see from the pictures,
Barony Park is not a park in the Crewe Park and London parks sense - there are
no pathways across undulating land.
People use it for dog walking and
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are some seats. But it is mainly a very pleasant
open
space used for activities as described.
A note for fans of evercise: A
walk around the outskirts of the park is one mile long.
Coronation Gardens (pictured below) has a circular area in the centre with low hedges enclosing seats. It is
across Barony Road from Barony Park.
lLocation:
On the outskirts of town, in Barony Road. This is at the end of Beam Street
- or Millstone Lane if you are visiting from the Hospital Street direction. [CW5
5QY].
lOpening
times:
This is open park land.
lAdmission:
There is no admission charge, although there may be fund-raising events
for which an admission charge is made.
lDisabled
access?: Level access.
lWebsite:
www.nantwichtowncouncil.gov.uk/?wpbdp_listing=barony-park
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