Wibsey Park leeds

Lovely park . Pond gets a bit dirty with things thrown in. Took my nieces n nephew on a Saturday to the swings and had some trouble with 2 teenage girls about 14 /15 who were smoking and would not let no children on the swings . A regular park patrol from some kind of warden would be good to make sure people are not causing trouble and making people feel vulnerable as I did . Lovely park though apart from that

One of Wibsey’s most pleasant areas is its park. It is around 30 acres in size and was opened on 25 May 1885, after a grand ceremony. It has always been a popular recreational area with locals. There are sports pitches, a lake, flower gardens, children’s areas and an aviary. The park was once home to a strange attraction. In the 1930s visitors to the park were invited to relax in a ‘sitting room’ sculpted from plants and hedges. This novel arrangement was one of many sculptures produced by the first park keeper, James Walton. Wibsey Park was built on Wibsey Slack. The area was to be enclosed by the lords of the manor in 1881, but a local councillor, Enoch Priestley, fought against this for the rights of the local people. The land was saved and the park created. Enoch Priestley became a local hero. He also campaigned for a new road linking the village to Bradford. When the road was completed Priestley was unofficially canonised by the locals. They named the road St Enoch’s in his honour.

Really beautiful place for a walk around and lovely people to talk to. Be careful of the geese when feeding the birds as they follow you every where. It's quite funny

Beautiful well kept park. Scrap Magic is based there and well worth a visit.

It's pretty, could do with some bigger play ground equipment. Very good skate park though ☺️