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Princes Park (other)
Princes Park or Prince's Park may refer to: * Princes Park (Auburn), a sports ground in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia * Princes Park (Dartford), a football stadium in Kent, England * Princes Park (Liverpool ward), a Liverpool City Council Ward * Prince's Park, Burntwood, a park in Staffordshire, England * Princes Park, Carlton, a park in Carlton North, Melbourne, Australia ** Princes Park (stadium), an Australian rules football ground in the park * Princes Park, Eastbourne, a park in East Sussex, England * Prince's Park, Liverpool, a park in Toxteth, Liverpool, England * Princes Park, Retie, a park in Antwerp Province, Flanders, Belgium * Princes Park, Temple Fortune, a park in the London Borough of Barnet, North London, England See also * Parc des Princes Parc des Princes () is an all-seater stadium, all-seater Association football, football stadium in Paris, France, in the south-west of the French capital, inside the 16th arrondissement of Paris, 16th arrondissement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princes Park (Auburn)
Princes Park is a sports ground in Auburn, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was the home of the New South Wales Gaelic football and hurling teams. The ground has an undefined capacity with four temporary stands acting as makeshift seating with plenty of standing room available around the pitches four sides. Gaelic football, hurling and camogie were played in league and championship format there between the months of March and September. On Sunday 2 November 2008 an Australasian gaelic football Select IX played the Irish International Rules football squad in a game of gaelic football at Princes Park. The game finished in a draw. It has since 2011 been used as an amateur football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ... pitch. See also * List of GAA Stadiums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princes Park (Dartford)
Princes Park is a Association Football, football stadium in Dartford, Kent, England. It is the home of Dartford F.C. and London City Lionesses. Thamesmead Town F.C., Thamesmead Town were also sharing the ground with Dartford since 2017 until going out of business in October 2018. The stadium's postcode is DA postcode area, DA1 1RT, the closest possible representation of the word "Dart". DA1 1FC was unobtainable, as the letter C is not allocated for use at the end of British postcodes. The stadium is owned by Dartford (borough), Dartford Borough Council. Construction Construction work began on 14 November 2005. Designed by Alexander Sedgley architects, the stadium has a capacity of 4,100 (642 seated), and has been described as one of the most ecologically sound ever built. The pitch level is sunk two meters below the external ground level to reduce Noise pollution, noise and light pollution. It is estimated to have cost around £7 million. The stadium was opened on 11 November 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princes Park (Liverpool Ward)
Princes Park is a Liverpool City Council Ward in the Liverpool Riverside Parliamentary constituency. The population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 17,104. The ward is ethnically diverse, with a 53% white, 16% black, 9% asian and 10% mixed ethnicity population. The ward was formed for the 2004 Municipal elections taking the whole of the former Granby ward with part of the former Abercromby ward. It contains the Canning area and parts of Dingle and Toxteth areas as well as Princes Park itself. The Liverpool Women's Hospital is also within its bounds. Councillors The ward returned eight Councillors. Following the resignation of Tim Moore a by-election was held on 17 October 2019; the winner Joanne Anderson was elected as the Mayor of Liverpool in May 2021. Former Lord Mayor of Liverpool Anna Rothery was shortlisted and subsequently removed from contention to be the Labour Party candidate for City Mayor and later resigned from the Labour Party to sit as an inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince's Park, Burntwood
Prince's Park is located in the Staffordshire town of Burntwood and is featured in the Guinness Book of Records for being the smallest park in the United Kingdom. It was created to commemorate the marriage of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, and Princess Alexandra of Denmark. There are three trees within its grounds named Faith, Hope and Charity. In May 2013, the park was the venue for the World's Shortest Fun Run. See also *Mill Ends Park Mill Ends Park (sometimes mistakenly called Mill's End Park) is a tiny urban park, consisting of one tree, located in the median strip of Naito Parkway, SW Naito Parkway next to Tom McCall Waterfront Park along the Willamette River near SW Taylor ..., Portland, Oregon References Burntwood Parks and open spaces in Staffordshire {{Staffordshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princes Park, Carlton
Princes Park is a 38.6 hectare (95.4 acre) park in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Carlton North, Victoria. It is located directly north of the University of Melbourne and bounded on its eastern and western sides by Melbourne General Cemetery and Royal Parade respectively Although the park consists of a number of Australian rules football ovals, the bowling green of the Prince’s Park Carlton Bowls Club Bowls, and a small stretch of parkland, it is best known as the location of Ikon Park, the old Prince’s Park Football Ground, the home of the Carlton Football Club. The park also contains a children's playground; the Within Three Worlds sculpture; a barbecue and picnic facilities. The park's site was originally proclaimed as "Prince's Park" on 9 June 1873 under ''The Land Act 1869'' by the Minister for Lands and Agriculture, J. J. Casey, and its size was expressed at 97 acres. It was named for Albert, Prince Consort. It was established at the same time as other existing and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princes Park (stadium)
Princes Park (or Carlton Recreation Ground, currently known by its sponsored name Ikon Park) is an Australian rules football ground located inside the wider Princes Park, Carlton, Princes Park in the inner Melbourne suburb of Carlton North, Victoria, Carlton North. It is a historic venue, having been the home ground of the Carlton Football Club since early in its history. Prior to a partial redevelopment the ground had a nominal capacity of 35,000, making it the third largest Australian rules football venue in Melbourne after the Melbourne Cricket Ground and Docklands Stadium. Princes Park hosted three VFL Grand Final, grand finals during World War II, with a record attendance of 62,986 at the 1945 VFL Grand Final between Carlton and . After 2005, when the ground hosted its last Australian Football League (AFL) game, two stands were removed and replaced with an indoor training facility and administration building, reducing the capacity. Austadiums lists the current capacity of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princes Park, Eastbourne
Princes Park in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, is a public park east of Eastbourne Town Centre and the Victorian seafront. The park consists of an 18 hole putting green, a bowling green, a boating lake (known as Crumbles Pond) and 2 small children's play areas, one of which has a paddling pool. There is also a football ground within the park, known as The Oval, which is the home of Eastbourne United A.F.C., and a playing field which hosts travelling funfairs and circuses several times per year. The park was originally called Gilbert's Recreation Ground, named after the land owner, and was leased to Eastbourne Borough Council in 1907. On 30 June 1931, King Edward VIII, at that time the Prince of Wales, visited the park and planted an Evergreen Oak; the park was shortly after renamed Prince's Park in his honour. In the mid 1940s the local council was looking to develop part of the park into a sports arena with an athletics track and grass cycle track, and in 1946 Eastbou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince's Park, Liverpool
Prince's Park in Toxteth, Liverpool, England, is a municipal park, south east of Liverpool city centre. In 2009, its status was upgraded to a Grade II* Historic Park by English Heritage. History The park was originally a private development (though open to the public) by Richard Vaughan Yates, the cost of which was expected to be met through the development of grand Georgian-style housing around the park. Prince's Park was designed by Joseph Paxton and James Pennethorne, opened in 1842 and named for the newborn Edward, Prince of Wales. The plan was drawn by John Robertson and Edward Milner supervised the work. Construction was completed in 1843. The original gates can still be seen. With its serpentine lake and a circular carriage drive, the park set a style which was to be widely emulated in Victorian urban development, most notably by Paxton himself on a larger scale at Birkenhead Park. Prince's Park also influenced its near neighbour, Sefton Park. Richard Yates ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princes Park, Retie
The Princes Park in Retie ( nl, Prinsenpark) is located in the Campine region of the Antwerp province in Flanders, Belgium. It is a popular park for walking, jogging, cycling and sightseeing. History The poor soil of the Campine region was called an ''Aart'' and was used by local farmers. In 1854, King Leopold I of Belgium acquired about 398 hectares of the Aart of Retie (Dutch: ''Retiese Aart'') with the intention of creating a park and building a castle. However, the castle was never built. In 1950 the coal mines of Beringen acquired the park and used it to grow pines for the mines to support the tunnels. In 1972, the Province of Antwerp acquired the domain and turned it into a public park. The park became well known for scenes of the tv series A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, or cable, excluding breaking news, advertisements, or trailers that are typically ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princes Park, Temple Fortune
Princes Park is a small public park and Site of Nature Conservation Interest, Site of Local Importance for Nature Conservation in Temple Fortune in the London Borough of Barnet. History Princes Park was laid out as a public park in 1923. The area was shown as wooded on a 1796 map, and it has mature oak trees that predate local housing. A Sorbus torminalis, wild service-tree and Malus sylvestris, crab apple also show a long history, while hawthorn hedges are probably remnants of farm hedgerows. Amenities It has two tennis courts and a children's playground. There is access from Oakfields Road and Park Way. In February 2018 a memorial for Sir Nicholas Winton was installed. See also * Nature reserves in Barnet * Barnet parks and open spaces External links Princes Park, London Gardens Online References Further reading * {{Nature reserves in Barnet Nature reserves in the London Borough of Barnet Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Barnet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
