| Arrowe Country Park | |
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 Arrowe Country Park | |
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| Type | Country park |
| Location | Arrowe Park |
| Coordinates | 53°22′03″N 3°06′03″W / 53.3674°N 3.1009°W |
| Area | 250 acres (1.0 km2) |
| Created | 1926 |
| Operated by | Metropolitan Borough of Wirral |
| Open | All year |
Arrowe Country Park is a country park in Arrowe Park, Wirral, England, adjacent to the Woodchurch housing estate.[1] The estate upon which the park lies was founded and shaped by John Shaw, a former Mayor of Liverpool who made his wealth from the slave trade.[2] When he died the estate passed to his great nephew John "Ralph" Shaw, who built Arrowe Hall, an Elizabethan-style mansion, and laid out the grounds and gardens. Ralph Shaw was a magistrate who dissuaded people from trespassing on his land with traps including spring-loaded shotguns.
In 1926 the estate was bought by the Birkenhead Corporation who turned it over to public recreation. The park's facilities include nature walks, meadows, a lake, an eighteen hole golf course and it is a Site of Biological Interest.
- ^ Wirral Council. "Arrowe Country Park".
- ^ Wirral Council, Parks and Countryside Service. "Arrowe Country Park: Management Plan & Security Audit" (PDF). p. 5.