Coventry Memorial Park

Went out to the Memorial Park at Coventry Uk. It is a lovely park.

It was opened in July 1921 as a tribute to the 2,587 Coventrians who died between 1914 and 1918 fighting in the First World War.
Coventry Council bought the land from the Lords of Styvechale Manor, the Gregory-Hood family, when it was little more than a large grassed area that once formed Styvechale common. The trees there have a memorial plaque at the base of the tree with the fallen names on them.


The park's features include football pitches, bowling greens, a small golf course, tennis courts, a paddling pool, an aviary for small birds, and a skate board area, but it mainly comprises large open green areas with many trees and shrubberies. A perimeter path lies just inside the park's boundaries, and now encircles the entire park following completion of groundwork on the south-western segment in the Summer of 2006.

The most prominent part of the park is the war memorial which is in this photo. It stands approx 90ft tall. It was built in 1927 and dedicated by Field Marshal Douglas Haig on 8 October 1927.
Inside the Memorial is a room called the Chamber of Silence which contains the "Roll of the Fallen", a list of all Coventry men killed in the two World Wars and the Gulf War, and is open to the public every year on Remembrance Sunday

Every year this park has an annual event called the Godiva Festival and falls in the month of July.

This place as fond memories for me has I would go there with my ex partner / mum for a walk.