| Hazlehead Park | |
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 Snow covering the woods of Hazlehead Park | |
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| Type | Public Park |
| Location | Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 57°8′19″N 2°10′43″W / 57.13861°N 2.17861°W |
| Area | 180 hectares (1,800,000 m2) |
| Created | (bought by the city for the public) 1920 |
| Operated by | Aberdeen City Council |
| Status | Open all year |
Hazlehead Park is a public park in the Hazlehead area of Aberdeen, Scotland. 180 hectares in size, it was opened to the public in 1920, having formerly been the estate of Hazlehead House, home of William Rose, shipbuilder. It is heavily wooded and contains many walking tracks.
There are football pitches, two golf courses, a pitch and putt course and a horse-riding school. The park has a significant collection of sculpture by a range of artists, including the memorial to those who died in the Piper Alpha disaster.[1] It also has heritage items which have been rescued from various places within the city, and it features Scotland's oldest maze, first planted in 1935.[2]
In 2022, Hazlehead Park was one of nine parks in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire to be commended with a Green Flag award for sustainability and maintenance. [3]
In September 2007, Hazlehead Park was host to the Northsound Radio concert, Free 2007. It took place on Sunday 2 September 2007, and claims to be the biggest free outdoor event in Scotland.[4]
The park is home to a Parkrun.[5]
- ^ "Piper Alpha memorial garden in Aberdeen set for transformation". BBC News. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ "Hazlehead maze opens for the summer". Aberdeen City Council News. 16 June 2006. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
- ^ Saunderson, Jamie (26 July 2022). "Nine north-east parks awarded for sustainability and management". aberdeenlive. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ "Hazlehead Park Concert". aboutaberdeen.com. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Hazlehead Academy puts on its running shoes to support local Parkrun". AGCC. Retrieved 3 February 2021.