Celebrating 180 years of Park Campus

  5th July 2018

Park campus opened in 1838, making it 180 years old.

The Park is teardrop-shaped and at the point of the teardrop is the building which was to be the entrance to the Gardens – this is the Cornerways building which has a high tower.

Elements of the original plans remain which include the Elephant Walk and the lake which is in the shape of Africa.

The site was sold to architect Samuel Whitfield Daukes in 1839. Dawkes developed The Park as ‘pleasure grounds’ and designed and had built the villas around it. There are a set of entrance gates which remain from this period, and Fullwood House provides a key point of interest within the grounds.

The Park was purchased by a forerunner college, St Paul’s college, 1931.

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