TG2209 : The viewing platform in Wensum Park
taken 4 years ago, near to Norwich, Norfolk, England
Wensum Park is one of five registered sites in the city of Norwich which form part of a set of public parks laid out in the 1920s and 1930s by the then Parks Superintendent, Captain Arnold Edward Sandys-Winsch (1888 – 1964), a protégé of Thomas Mawson.
The park encompasses an area of four hectares and started to develop during the first decade of the 20th century, following the purchase of land in 1907. It was given a swimming bath, bathing pool, wading pool, and a shelter, all of which were completed by 1910. By 1921, however, the area around the pools had become used as a unofficial tip and for this reason a scheme was put forward to develop the site as a formal public park to offer opportunities for passive recreation. The park was constructed over the next four years using unemployed labour, and opened in 1925. It is Grade 2 listed in the National Heritage List for England, Register of Parks and Gardens.
The other four registered parks which make up the Sandys-Winsch series are Eaton Park, Waterloo Park, Heigham Park and Mile Cross Gardens.