River Waldron

The farm house was approximately on the avenue where Station House now stands.

The map that year shows that there was a determination to use about 11 fields with the River Waldron running through it.

A little local story is that the land was given to prevent the Great Western Railway Company building a station here in the area.

Oh.

But it's known that LNWR were seeking to construct the Crewe to Chester line alongside the River Waldron, and the land there wasn't firm enough Otherwise the park wouldn't be here now.

The plans for the park were influenced by the arboretum at Derby and Birkenhead Park, where Edward Kemp was superintendent, and his designs feature greatly here.

We're very proud of that.

So we're now going down the slope towards the lake.