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Markeaton Park in Derby
Markeaton park is probably the best known of all the parks in the city. It is a large park offering a wide range of leisure facilities and activities for all ages. It hosts various fairs and shows throughout the year.
Facilities for the disabled include special parking bays at the Markeaton Lane entrance, an integrated play area and a Parks Mobility scheme.
For children there is the Mundy Play Centre, a children's wonderland. This playground is well equipped and has seasonal attractions for most of the summer - a bouncing castle, canoes, rowing boats, children electric cars, crazy golf and donkey rides. A large paddling pool is also open from Easter to the end of September.
There is a miniture steam engine which runs at weekends, bank holidays and school holidays and a Mundy Train which tours around the park.
Housed in the old stables of the former Markeaton Hall, a craft village contains a range of individual units selling a variety of crafts and services from pottery to photography. Though the Craft Village is open throughout the year, the opening times of each unit varies.
Refreshments can be had at the Orangery Cafe on the park's terrace or from the kiosk in the Mundy Play Centre.
There are many floral features in the park including a rose garden, herbaceous border, seasonal bedding displays and trees and shrubs.
The park's main entranc and car park are at the junction of A38 and A52. There is a smaller car park, which serves the Mundy Play Centre on Markeaton Lane.
There are a variety of sports facilities at the park
More photographs of Markeaton Park at Derby Photographs
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