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  Liverpool City Council

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  Irene Vickers
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Croxteth Hall & Country Park Croxteth Hall & Country Park has been described as “one of the best examples of a historical country estate in Britain” (NWTB), attracting around an estimated 680,000 visitors every year to a relaxing atmosphere of rural peace.  The former home of the Earls of Sefton has been conserved and transformed to become a popular visitor attraction. Elegant Croxteth Hall interprets life ‘upstairs and downstairs’ in Edwardian Britain.  The Walled Garden displays plants typical of a Victorian garden, including rare trained fruit trees and greenhouses containing part of the City’s historic Botanical Collection.  The working Home Farm has a variety of rare breeds on show, linked to the history of Croxteth. Fields in the park are used to graze cattle and horses.  Latest additions are a model railway and a popular large playground.  Other buildings have been adapted to provide toilets, shops and a café.  The large annual programme of events, and extensive education programme, sets out to be inclusive - attracting and benefiting all sectors of the community.  The rural landscape of mature woodland, river, ponds and pasture makes a great place to escape the pressures of urban life – an oasis of countryside in the city.  The diverse landscape is managed and conserved to retain its heritage value but also enhance its wildlife – 86 ha of the Park form Liverpool’s largest Local Nature Reserve, with more species of wildlife recorded than any other site in the City.  Croxteth Hall & Country Park provides an opportunity to escape to the country without leaving the city!