{"id":4360,"date":"2026-08-04T22:41:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T21:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liverpoolname.com\/sefton-park-liverpool"},"modified":"2026-08-06T06:37:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T05:37:01","slug":"sefton-park-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/liverpoolname.com\/en\/sefton-park-liverpool","title":{"rendered":"Sefton Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"padrino-inject-root\">\n<div class=\"padrino-inject-inner\">\n<div data-padrino-shell=\"1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><a href=\"\/en\/top-parks\">\u2190 Where to go in Liverpool: ranking of 10 parks<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Park<\/strong> \u00b7 <span>Liverpool<\/span> \u00b7 \u2b50 9.5\/10 \u00b7 9876 reviews  \u00b7 <em>updated: 2026-08-04 20:22:00<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Address:<\/strong> <span>Liverpool L17, United Kingdom<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex is-nowrap wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/?api=1&amp;destination=53.382932,-2.9370353\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get directions<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ab3699662203\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ab3699662203\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/liverpoolname.com\/en\/sefton-park-liverpool\/#Sefton_Park_%E2%80%94_Liverpools_grand_Victorian_pleasure_ground\" >Sefton Park \u2014 Liverpool&#8217;s grand Victorian pleasure ground<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/liverpoolname.com\/en\/sefton-park-liverpool\/#Highlights\" >Highlights<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/liverpoolname.com\/en\/sefton-park-liverpool\/#What_youll_find\" >What you&#8217;ll find<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/liverpoolname.com\/en\/sefton-park-liverpool\/#Things_to_do_%E2%80%94_and_who_its_for\" >Things to do \u2014 and who it&#8217;s for<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/liverpoolname.com\/en\/sefton-park-liverpool\/#Getting_there_practical\" >Getting there &amp; practical<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/liverpoolname.com\/en\/sefton-park-liverpool\/#When_to_visit\" >When to visit<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/liverpoolname.com\/en\/sefton-park-liverpool\/#Good_to_know\" >Good to know<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/liverpoolname.com\/en\/sefton-park-liverpool\/#Visitor_tips\" >Visitor tips<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/liverpoolname.com\/en\/sefton-park-liverpool\/#Questions_answers\" >Questions &amp; answers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/liverpoolname.com\/en\/sefton-park-liverpool\/#Photos\" >Photos<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/liverpoolname.com\/en\/sefton-park-liverpool\/#Visitor_reviews\" >Visitor reviews<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sefton_Park_%E2%80%94_Liverpools_grand_Victorian_pleasure_ground\"><\/span>Sefton Park \u2014 Liverpool&#8217;s grand Victorian pleasure ground<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Two hundred and thirty-five acres of lawn, water and mature timber, laid out by a French landscape architect and opened by a prince: Sefton Park is the largest and the most ambitious of Liverpool&#8217;s Victorian parks. It holds a Grade I entry on the national Register of Historic Parks and Gardens \u2014 the highest grade there is, shared with only a handful of public parks in England \u2014 and it carries that status lightly. On any bright weekend the circular carriage drive fills with runners and prams, the lake with waterfowl and rowers, and the glass dome of the Palm House with concerts, craft fairs and wedding parties. This is the green room of south Liverpool: the place where the city goes to walk off a Sunday lunch, and where, every June, a free African music festival turns a quiet meadow into a crowd of tens of thousands.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Highlights\"><\/span>Highlights<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sefton Park Palm House<\/strong> \u2014 an octagonal, three-tier glass dome built by Mackenzie &amp; Moncur of Edinburgh and opened to the public in 1896, paid for by a \u00a310,000 gift from the banker Henry Yates Thompson. It is Grade II* listed and ringed by marble figures of explorers and naturalists carved by the French sculptor L\u00e9on-Joseph Chavalliaud.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The boating lake<\/strong> \u2014 a seven-acre artificial sheet of water fed by two natural watercourses, the visual anchor of Andr\u00e9&#8217;s whole design. It was drained for repair in 2007 and refilled in 2010, and its margins are now the park&#8217;s best bird-watching.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fairy Glen<\/strong> \u2014 a rock-cut ravine of small waterfalls immediately behind the lake, spanned by a cast-iron footbridge opened in 1873 and still one of the most photographed spots in the park.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Old Nick&#8217;s Cave<\/strong> \u2014 the larger of the park&#8217;s two grottoes, built around 1870 by the French rockwork specialist M. Combaz and originally fed by a waterfall that spilled into a mirror pond in front of it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Peter Pan statue<\/strong> \u2014 a bronze cast by Sir George Frampton, commissioned and given by George Audley and unveiled at a children&#8217;s pageant on 16 June 1928. J. M. Barrie marked the day with a telegram addressed simply to &#8220;Peter Pan, Sefton Park, Liverpool&#8221;, telling Peter to behave and not to grow any bigger.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Eros fountain<\/strong> \u2014 a full-size replica of Alfred Gilbert&#8217;s Shaftesbury Memorial from Piccadilly Circus, cast in 1929 and unveiled in 1932, another Audley gift. The winged archer on top is properly Anteros, god of requited love; the current figure replaced the weathered original in 2008.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_youll_find\"><\/span>What you&#8217;ll find<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u00c9douard Andr\u00e9 built the park on a system of circular, oval and marginal walks that frame open green rooms, so the ground never reads as one flat field. Slopes fall towards the water, planting screens one view from the next, and the whole thing is stitched together by a perimeter carriage drive almost exactly two miles round \u2014 which is why it is the default measured lap for half the runners in south Liverpool.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An octagonal Victorian bandstand with a pagoda roof and domed lantern, long cited as one of the inspirations behind Sgt. Pepper&#8217;s Lonely Hearts Club Band \u2014 brass in the park was part of Paul McCartney&#8217;s childhood soundscape.<\/li>\n<li>A caf\u00e9 near the centre of the park, close to the fountain and the open lawns, plus toilets and seasonal kiosks in the busy months.<\/li>\n<li>A pirate-themed children&#8217;s play area opened in 2009, on the lake side of the park.<\/li>\n<li>Monuments scattered through the grounds: the Samuel Smith obelisk at the principal entrance, and the memorial to the merchant and reformer William Rathbone V by Thomas Brock, unveiled in 1887.<\/li>\n<li>Sports ground \u2014 tennis courts, a bowling green and a cricket field; Sefton Park Cricket Club settled here in 1876 and W. G. Grace played on the square in 1877.<\/li>\n<li>Big open turf: the Review Field and the broad meadow used for festivals, kite-flying, dog-walking and summer football that never troubles anybody.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Things_to_do_%E2%80%94_and_who_its_for\"><\/span>Things to do \u2014 and who it&#8217;s for<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Runners and cyclists<\/strong> \u2014 the perimeter drive gives a continuous, largely traffic-free circuit of roughly two miles, with enough gradient to make repeats honest work.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Families with small children<\/strong> \u2014 the pirate play area, the ducks and swans on the lake and the short walk to the Peter Pan statue make a complete morning without anyone needing a car park twice.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Plant people and photographers<\/strong> \u2014 the Palm House collection under glass, the specimen trees along the drives and the cascades of Fairy Glen reward a slow lap with a camera in almost any light.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Music and festival crowds<\/strong> \u2014 Africa Oy\u00e9 every June and a rolling programme of concerts, markets and community events in and around the Palm House.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Newcomers and diaspora families<\/strong> \u2014 free, open, easy to reach by train, and one of the few places in the city where a large group can spend a whole day without spending anything.<\/li>\n<li><strong>History walkers<\/strong> \u2014 a compact Victorian set-piece of grotto, glasshouse, obelisk, bandstand and statuary that can be read as a single argument about what a nineteenth-century city thought a park was for.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Getting_there_practical\"><\/span>Getting there &amp; practical<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The park sits in south Liverpool, between the Aigburth and Mossley Hill districts, about three miles from the city centre. On Merseyrail the Northern Line&#8217;s Hunts Cross branch is the useful one: St Michaels, Aigburth and Mossley Hill stations all sit within a comfortable walk of a park gate, with St Michaels and Aigburth closest to the western and southern edges. From the centre, city bus routes such as the 75, 80A, 82 and 86 run out along the south Liverpool corridors and stop within a few minutes&#8217; walk. Entry to the park is free and it is open every day; the grounds are effectively open from early morning until dusk, and there are multiple gates on every side, so there is no single entrance you have to find. The Palm House is also free to enter during normal opening, but it is a working venue \u2014 concerts, fairs, weddings and private hire mean it closes to casual visitors at times, so check before you build a trip around it. Ticketed events on the meadow, Africa Oy\u00e9 aside, are the exception rather than the rule. Allow ninety minutes for a lap with a stop; allow half a day if you want the Palm House, the glen and the lake properly.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_to_visit\"><\/span>When to visit<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Spring is the park at its most generous: the ornamental trees along the drives come out from late March, the daffodil banks run through April, and the Palm House is warm on a day when the rest of Liverpool is not. Summer is loud in the best way \u2014 Africa Oy\u00e9 takes over a June weekend, the lake fills with boats and birds, and the long northern evenings keep the lawns busy until nine or later. Autumn is the connoisseur&#8217;s season: the mature limes, planes and beeches turn over several weeks, the light through Fairy Glen goes low and gold, and the crowds thin to dog-walkers and runners. Winter has its own case \u2014 frost on the lake edge, the bare structure of Andr\u00e9&#8217;s planting suddenly legible, and the glasshouse as a genuinely useful destination when the weather is doing its worst. The park never closes for the season; only the intensity changes.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Good_to_know\"><\/span>Good to know<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Liverpool Corporation bought 375 acres from the Earl of Sefton in 1867 for \u00a3250,000, an enormous sum, and recouped part of it by selling building plots around the perimeter \u2014 the villas that still frame the park are, in effect, how the park paid for itself. A European design competition followed, won by the French landscape architect \u00c9douard Andr\u00e9, working with the Liverpool architect Lewis Hornblower. The park was opened on 20 May 1872 by Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, who dedicated it &#8220;for the health and enjoyment of the townspeople&#8221;. Its scale and its gallops earned it the nickname &#8220;the Hyde Park of the North&#8221;, and the sandy riding ground was known locally as the Jockey Sands \u2014 a name Ringo Starr reached for decades later in his song &#8220;In Liverpool&#8221;. The Palm House came later and by accident: the Parks Committee had planned a band pavilion until Henry Yates Thompson&#8217;s donation let them aim far higher, and the winter garden opened in 1896. It nearly did not survive the twentieth century. A bomb falling nearby during the Liverpool Blitz in May 1941 blew out the glass; it was reglazed in 1950, closed as unsafe in the 1980s, partly reopened in 1993, and only fully restored in 2001 after a public campaign and a \u00a33.5 million programme that saw the structure dismantled piece by piece and rebuilt. A further National Lottery Heritage Fund award in 2020 paid for interpretation and improvement. The wider park was tidied and improved in 1983 ahead of the 1984 International Garden Festival, and it received a Green Flag Award in 2013. An aviary stood here from 1901 until it was removed during restoration works. Africa Oy\u00e9, which began in 1992 as a series of small city-centre gigs, moved to Sefton Park in 2002 simply because nowhere smaller could hold the audience, and it is now the largest free celebration of African music in the UK. In May 2025 the park hosted BBC Radio 1&#8217;s Big Weekend.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Visitor_tips\"><\/span>Visitor tips<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Check the Palm House schedule before you go. It is free to walk into on an ordinary day, but private hire and event build-ups close it without much warning, and a wasted trip across the city is avoidable.<\/li>\n<li>Enter from the St Michaels or Aigburth side if you want the lake and Fairy Glen first; the northern gates put you on the open lawns and you will walk twenty minutes before you see water.<\/li>\n<li>Wear something with grip in autumn and winter. The glen and grotto paths are rock-cut, shaded and genuinely slippery after rain, and they are the part of the park most worth seeing in bad weather.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Questions_answers\"><\/span>Questions &amp; answers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Is Sefton Park free to enter?<\/strong> Yes. The park is open to everyone at no charge, and the Palm House is also free during ordinary public opening. Only ticketed concerts and private hires inside the glasshouse are an exception.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is it, and how long is a full lap?<\/strong> The park covers 235 acres. The perimeter carriage drive is close to two miles, so an unhurried circuit with a stop at the lake takes about an hour to ninety minutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who designed the park and when did it open?<\/strong> The French landscape architect \u00c9douard Andr\u00e9 won the design competition and worked with the Liverpool architect Lewis Hornblower. Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, opened the park on 20 May 1872.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What exactly is the Palm House?<\/strong> A Grade II* listed Victorian winter garden, built by Mackenzie &amp; Moncur of Edinburgh and opened in 1896, funded by a \u00a310,000 donation from Henry Yates Thompson. It was bombed out in 1941, closed in the 1980s and fully restored and reopened in 2001.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can you take a boat out on the lake?<\/strong> The lake was the park&#8217;s boating water into the 1970s; it was drained in 2007 and refilled in 2010, and boating has not been a permanent fixture since. Treat it as a lake to walk round and watch birds on rather than one to hire a rowing boat on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the connection with The Beatles?<\/strong> The octagonal Victorian bandstand is widely cited as one of the inspirations behind Sgt. Pepper&#8217;s Lonely Hearts Club Band, and park brass bands were part of Paul McCartney&#8217;s Liverpool childhood. Ringo Starr also name-checks the park&#8217;s old nickname, the Jockey Sands, in his song &#8220;In Liverpool&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is it suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs?<\/strong> The main drives and most of the lakeside paths are surfaced and broadly level, which makes a large part of the park accessible. Fairy Glen and the grotto are the exception \u2014 steps, rock and slopes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When is Africa Oy\u00e9, and does it cost anything?<\/strong> It runs over a weekend in June and is free to attend. It moved to Sefton Park in 2002 after outgrowing its city-centre origins in 1992, and it is now the biggest free African music festival in the UK.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"entity-gallery\" class=\"padrino-entity-gallery\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photos\"><\/span>Photos<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.liverpoolname.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2026\/08\/sefton-park-liverpool-1.jpg\" alt=\"Sefton Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.liverpoolname.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2026\/08\/sefton-park-liverpool-2.jpg\" alt=\"Sefton Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.liverpoolname.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2026\/08\/sefton-park-liverpool-3.jpg\" alt=\"Sefton Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.liverpoolname.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2026\/08\/sefton-park-liverpool-4.jpg\" alt=\"Sefton Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.liverpoolname.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2026\/08\/sefton-park-liverpool-5.jpg\" alt=\"Sefton Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.liverpoolname.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2026\/08\/sefton-park-liverpool-6.jpg\" alt=\"Sefton Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<details>\n<summary>Show 1 more photos<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.liverpoolname.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2026\/08\/sefton-park-liverpool-7.jpg\" alt=\"Sefton Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/details>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments-area wp-block-group\">\n<h2 class=\"comments-title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Visitor_reviews\"><\/span>Visitor reviews<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol class=\"comment-list\">\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-0\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-0\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Luckisha York<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n22 June 2026<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Nice clean park, no dog mess, people were walking barefoot, it was lovely, I was at the Oye 2026 festival, I was very disappointed. The first time I expected more, not enough people. \u00a311, isn&#039;t it? If it&#039;s a festival for\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-1\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-1\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Bethany Davis<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n15 June 2026<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Such a big park. I only managed to walk around a small part of it. This place is mesmerising. I couldn&#039;t stop myself taking photographs. I visited this place in winter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-2\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-2\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Ahmad Altamimi<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n25 May 2026<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>This is one of the best parks I have ever visited. The park is beautiful, clean and very well looked after. The green planting, the flowers and the footpaths make it a wonderful place. It&#039;s an ideal spot for relaxing, ex\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-3\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-3\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Pattanathu Rahman<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n2 January 2026<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Sefton Park is a wonderful place to visit. It&#039;s ideal for morning walks and runs, and it also offers beautiful spots to enjoy stunning autumn scenery. The squirrels and pigeons are friendly too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-4\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-4\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Oleksii Lyulyov<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n6 August 2023<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Good place for an early run and an evening stroll<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><small>Reviews last updated: 2026-08-04 20:22:00<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><small>Data is refreshed monthly. Sources: liverpoolname.com and editorial picks based on reviews.<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2190 Where to go in Liverpool: ranking of 10 parks Park \u00b7 Liverpool \u00b7 \u2b50 9.5\/10 \u00b7 9876 reviews \u00b7 updated: 2026-08-04 20:22:00 Address: Liverpool L17, United Kingdom Get directions Sefton Park \u2014 Liverpool&#8217;s grand Victorian pleasure ground Two hundred and thirty-five acres of lawn, water and mature timber, laid out by a French landscape [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":599,"featured_media":4421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3260],"tags":[],"moimportance":[],"motype":[],"moformat":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4360","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-parks"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/liverpoolname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/liverpoolname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/liverpoolname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liverpoolname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liverpoolname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4360"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/liverpoolname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5016,"href":"https:\/\/liverpoolname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4360\/revisions\/5016"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liverpoolname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/liverpoolname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liverpoolname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liverpoolname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4360"},{"taxonomy":"moimportance","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liverpoolname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/moimportance?post=4360"},{"taxonomy":"motype","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liverpoolname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/motype?post=4360"},{"taxonomy":"moformat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liverpoolname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/moformat?post=4360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}