A charitable trust run by our dedicated volunteers for the benefit and health of our community. Enjoy your visit around our beautiful natural two hectare park, a little slice of countryside in the city.
A Few Suggested Highlights:
- The south facing viewing platform. The sunset is magnificent.
- The Orchard includes heritage apple trees.
- The herb garden. Benches are available for you can sit and watch the bees, butterflies and bugs feed on the plants. A relaxing place for a picnic on a warm day.
- The lower meadow: the wild flowers in early summer are a delight. Try the throne seat out for size which was made for the opening of the park over 25 years ago.
- The herbaceous garden and Miss Roses Garden which features a mixture of plants to attract pollinators.
- The Topiary. The imposing manicured cat, dog, peacock and chubby mouse watch over the Performance Area near Alexandra Terrace.
Please take care on the steps and paths and respect our park by taking your litter home and observing the notices.
Brief History
By the 1990s, the once-thriving, 4-acre allotment site was largely abandoned and had become a neglected eyesore. Residents were fed up looking at it. A public meeting was called to agree on a better use for the land. Working with the Halfway Up the Hill Festival (a poetry and music event which, sadly, no longer takes place) local residents formulated a plan for improving the site for the community to enjoy. Around this time, the Countryside Agency was offering grants to local groups to establish Millennium Greens, so a Trust was formed to put in a bid. With the support of the City of Lincoln Council, which leased the land to the Trust for 999 years, Liquorice Park was created. The performance area at the end of Alexandra Terrace is ready and waiting if the Halfway Up the Hill Festival returns.
The Original Aims of the Trust
- Make a substantial contribution to the life of the whole community
- Be able to be enjoyed by people of all ages and physical abilities
- Be open and evident to visitors to the locality as well as inhabitants
- Be an attractive place for people to exercise, meet others and pursue leisure activities and pastimes consistent with shared enjoyment of the whole land
- Include an area suitable for community events and celebrations
- Include significant “natural” areas where people can enjoy nature and wildlife at first hand
- Make a positive contribution to the local environment and respect the established character of the area
- Remain safely and conveniently accessible from inhabitants’ homes.