The park is unmatched when it comes to beauty and activities
The park is unmatched when it comes to beauty and activities
A serene park surrounded by beauty is perfect for enjoying the better weather. To mark the arrival of spring, families can even enjoy a funfair with unlimited rides as part of its annual events programme.
Last year, Allerton’s Calderstones Park held a pop up beach and funfair, located at the children’s play area in front of the mansion, in its own secure environment.
Kids can enjoy the huge beach and decked space or have a go on the 11 rides including Hot Rod Dodgems, three-deck Fun House, the Runaway Train rollercoaster and inflatable castles and slides, to name a few.
Calderstones is gearing up to host this year’s funfair which offers guests the chance to ride as many times as they like for a small fee. From Saturday 5 – Monday 21 April, families can enjoy as many thrills as they can handle at the set price of £14.99
When you are eventually tired of the fun fair (which is unlikely) you can still wander the beautiful Calderstones grounds and see everything else the scenic park has to offer.
If you fancy exploring, you can find a hidden Japanese Garden where maple trees turn bright red during autumn. The peaceful setting can be reached through a gate next to a sign, which explains that the garden is open so the public can “enjoy the tranquillity of a Japanese scene”.
Narrow cobbled footpaths wind around the garden and there’s a small number of stepping stones in place to take you across a pond as you admire the native Japanese shrubs, trees and topiary.
To discover the garden, you need to first enter the old English garden, which is also filled with beautiful autumn colours, sensory flowers and plenty of inquisitive squirrels looking for food to store for winter.
Away from the walled gardens, Calderstones also features a large duck and geese pond, along with the ancient Allerton Oak, beneath which a court sat 1,000 years ago. The park is named after and home to ancient megaliths, said to be older than Stonehenge.
Its Mansion House has a cosy café where you can grab a bite to eat and there’s The Reader Ice Cream Parlour, which also serves hot drinks. In the park, you will also find the Storybarn, which runs book-themed activities for children aimed at sparking a love of reading.
The Mansion House is free entry, and features The Calderstones Story, a dedicated exhibition that tells the story of life in Liverpool, beginning in the late Stone Age.