St George's Park (est. 1859) is a multi-use park in

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. The park is the oldest park in Port Elizabeth and most commonly associated with the

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grounds located within the park.

Features

The Port Elizabeth Bowling Green Club, the oldest

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club in South Africa, has been located in the park since its founding in 1882. The collection of the

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, formerly the King George VI Art Gallery, is housed in two buildings that frame the entrance to the park. The St George's Park Swimming Baths complex comprises an Olympic sized swimming pool with a diving area. The complex also contains the Master Harold tearoom which was used as the setting for the apartheid era play '' "Master Harold"...and the Boys'' by

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. The Mannville Open Air Theatre, constructed in 1971, is used as part of the annual Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival. The

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facility, Sea Scouts Hall, is the former home of the 72nd Air School, a

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basic training school. The Port Elizabeth Lawn Tennis Club, Prince Alfred's Guard Memorial,

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and the Port Elizabeth Cenotaph are other prominent features of the park.

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Port Elizabeth Tourist attractions in the Eastern Cape Parks in South Africa {{EasternCape-geo-stub