Stanley Park is a 45 hectare park in Liverpool, England, designed by Edward Kemp which opened in 1870. It is considered by some to be the most significant of Liverpool's parks because its layout and architectural significance. It features a grand terrace with expansive bedding schemes that were once highlighted by fountains and contains the 1899 Gladstone Conservatory, a Grade II Listed Building by Mackenzie & Moncur. Stanley Park is famous for being the land between Merseyside Rival football clubs; Everton and Liverpool
Liverpool FC are currently planning to move to a new stadium in Stanley Park.
The park has an Evangelical Church located on the corner inbetween the two football teams. It is named "Stanley Park Church" and is over 100 years old.
5/4/2007
Work on Liverpool's new stadium in Stanley Park will start next month,
the club and City Council have announced.
The stadium was given the go-ahead after new owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks, along with club chief executive Rick Parry, held a successful meeting with Liverpool City Council leader Warren Bradley and director of regeneration John Kelly.
