Best Parks Go With Dogs Luton Near Me

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Wardown Park is the jewel in the crown of Luton’s parks with outstanding features, such as the fountain and boating lake, and a rich history. It is one of seven district parks in Luton, providing a green refuge within walking distance of the town centre.


The park provides the setting for Wardown Park Museum and offers a wide range of opportunities for formal and informal recreational activities. The historic significance of the park is acknowledged by its inclusion as Grade II on the English Heritage Register of Historic Parks and Gardens, particularly due to the rarity of the combination of Victorian and Edwardian purpose-built design features that make-up the Park.


We owe the existence of the park to a group of local councillors and civic leaders who arranged for the purchase of the house, gardens and land that now forms the Park on behalf of the people of the town over a 100 years ago. Their vision and commitment have left us with a legacy that we have a responsibility to maintain and cherish.


The park is greatly valued by local people and with outstanding features and is one of the most visited parks in Luton. It provides an oasis of calm within walking distance of the town centre.


A recent programme of restoration funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund has restored Wardown Park to a standard befitting its importance and popularity.


Community involvement is encouraged through an active ‘friends of the park’ group and with other user groups which make up the ‘park community’.


The iconic Wardown Park Suspension bridge officially re-opened to the public on Thursday 30 July following an extensive repair and renovation.


We spent four months on the project which has fully restored the bridge to its original glory with much of the structural steel work mended and the suspension cables replaced.

4worldlovers: Sir Julius Wernher purchased the Luton Hoo Estate and the Manor of Luton from Madame de Falbe around 1903. He carried out substantial renovation works to the Manor and grounds. On his death in 1912 the estate passed to Lady Ludlow.

Lady Ludlow presented the Park to the people of Luton on the 12th June 1920 in memory of her son Alex Piggott Werner who was killed in action during the First World War (1916). She unveiled the War Memorial to her son, which is located in a central position in the park, at a ceremony on 10th December 1922 and the site was officially named Luton Hoo Memorial Park.

Council records state that the area was purchased under the Statutory Powers of the Public Health Acts. The description provided in the Deeds is 15 Cutenhoe Road - Land at r/o (Memorial Park) Park Land.

Council minutes from 1922 and 1923 provide information that helps to paint a picture of the park environment at that time. These suggest that the original park benefited from a range of facilities, considered at the time to improve public health including a bandstand, tearoom, glasshouses, a shelter and public toilets.

Other interesting snippets from the Council records help to complete a picture of activity at the park during this period, for example

On 17th October 1922 S. Burr, gardener at Wardown Park was placed in charge of Luton Hoo Memorial Park at the recommendation of the Parks Superintendent

Luton Corporation constructed the Southern and Northern entrances to the Park from Tennyson Road in 1923 at a cost of £830

Park security in 1923 was provided through a Park Constable employed at the site and Messrs Dudley and Johnston Ltd were invited to sell refreshments in the Memorial Park until 23rd June 1923

In the same year the “serials” Costume Concert Party were permitted to give concerts at The Memorial Park bandstand, which is described as a teak structure constructed by A. Cole Ltd at a cost of £899

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