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Howard Park is a public park in

Glossop Glossop is a market town in the borough of High Peak (borough), High Peak, Derbyshire, England, east of Manchester, north-west of Sheffield and north of Matlock, Derbyshire, Matlock. Near Derbyshire's borders with Cheshire, Greater Mancheste ...

, in

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, England. It was opened in 1888, and it is listed Grade II in Historic England's

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History

The park was created to celebrate the

Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria The Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria was celebrated on 20 and 21 June 1887 to mark the Golden jubilee, 50th anniversary of Queen Victoria's accession on 20 June 1837. It was celebrated with a National service of thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Serv ...

, and to benefit the people of Glossop. Samuel Wood, of the

Wood family The Wood family was an English family of Staffordshire potters. Among its members were Ralph Wood I (1715–1772), the "miller of Burslem," his son Ralph Wood II (1748–1795), and his grandson Ralph Wood III (1774–1801). Ralph I was the bro ...

, owners of cotton mills and important employers in the town, paid for the enclosing and landscaping of the park, and for the building of baths, along with an endowment; his brother Daniel paid for the building of a hospital, with an endowment for its future. The site was given by

Baron Howard of Glossop Baron Howard of Glossop, in the County of Derby, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, since 1975 a subsidiary title of the dukedom of Norfolk. It was created in 1869 for the Liberal politician Lord Edward Howard, the second son o ...

."Woods Hospital (Reuben’s Retreat)"
''Glossop Heritage''. Retrieved 7 November 2024. The park was designed by Henry Ernest Milner, and the baths, hospital and entrance lodges were designed by James Murgatroyd (1830–1894) of Mills and Murgatroyd, Manchester. Samuel and Daniel Wood both died in 1888, before the official opening of the park in June of that year. Wood's Hospital was opened in January 1889, and Wood's Baths in February 1889. The hospital was owned by Glossop Borough Council to 1948, then by the NHS until 2014; it was afterwards renovated and became Reuben's Retreat, a charity where families of children with medical complexities can holiday.

Description

The park is north-west of the town centre and covers about . Park Crescent, created to provide a carriageway around the park, is an open boundary to the north and west. There are entrances from Dinting Road in the south, and at the north-east corner. The layout of paths has changed little from the original design. There is a lake in the south of the park, near to Dinting Road. The land rises from south to north, and a stream, running through the centre of the park, is made into a series of pools and cascades. There are shrubs and trees, both deciduous and non-deciduous. Wood's Baths, in the south-west corner, is in Italianate style with arched

clerestory A clerestory ( ; , also clearstory, clearstorey, or overstorey; from Old French ''cler estor'') is a high section of wall that contains windows above eye-level. Its purpose is to admit light, fresh air, or both. Historically, a ''clerestory' ...

windows and a tall chimney. Wood's Hospital is a focal point on high ground in the north-west, with paths leading towards the building; the park was partly conceived as an environment for convalescent patients. Near the baths is the Wood Memorial, erected in 1889. From the north of the park there are views to the south and west, towards the town centre and surrounding countryside. There are events and activities in the park, organised and run by the Friends of Howard Park."Howard Park, Glossop"
High Peak Borough Council. Retrieved 7 November 2024.

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Reuben's Retreat (Wood's Hospital)

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