Celebrating 25th birthday of city centre park
A FAMILY fun day will mark the 25th anniversary of Liquorice Park in Lincoln on June 29.
The Summer Fete will feature live music, including SCONE (Steampunk Choir of Notorious Excellence), crafts, face painting, bathbomb workshops, a treasure hunt, prize tombola, bake sale and refreshments – there will be a Portaloo near the park’s performance area.
“We hope money raised can go to many future projects in the park,” said Trustee Melanie Marsh.
“So grab your picnic blanket, folding chairs and Steampunk parasols and join us for a grand day out.”
One of the national Millennium Green projects to celebrate the year 2000 Liquorice Park has a much longer history and has been an important part of Lincoln since at least the 16th century, when it was used as agricultural land.
Until 1818, the park was mainly used as an orchard and meadow, and these features remain in the park today.
Richard Carline, a local solicitor and alderman, was keen to improve the city and proposed to the Council that a route be built from the junction of Far Newland through the fields below the asylum under the hill to Burton Road.
By 1880, all the land on the flatter part (above Carline Road and below Yarborough Road down to West Parade) was sold off for housing, leaving the steepest part in the middle as open land – now reduced to the present area of about 4.5 acres.
This land then became allotments, eventually being acquired by the City of Lincoln Council.The Liquorice Park Millennium Green Trust was established and registered as a charity.
The site was leased to the Trust for 999 years by the city council and a grant from the Countryside Agency saw work start in November 1999.
Steps were built, a performance area created and fruit trees were planted. Much of the area was left overgrown, providing useful wildlife habitats and this is managed by a team of volunteers.
The fete will run from 11am until 3pm – for further information contact