| Central Park | |
| Photo Width: | 200 |
| Type: | Urban Park |
| Location: | Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England |
| Coords: | 53.5829°N -0.6682°W |
| Open: | All year |
| Website: | North Lincolnshire Council |
Central Park is the premier urban park in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England.[1]
The park was opened as part of the Festival of Britain to celebrate the end of World War II.[2] The children's play areas used to feature a steam locomotive and there was a paddling pool.[3]
North Lincolnshire Council, the owner, is based in the Civic Centre at the park and North Lindsey College is adjacent.[1]
There are formal gardens in front of the Civic Centre and a boulevard that is used by pedestrians and cyclists to cross the park between a leisure centre and North Lindsey College. There is a children's play area, cafe and a splashpad wet play area. The pods leisure centre is based at the park offering indoor sports and swimming pools.[1] Scunthorpe Parkrun takes place in the park every Saturday morning at 9am, the run is 5km in length and mostly on the park's tarmac footpaths.[4] The park won a Green Flag Award in 2017.[5]
The centre piece of the park is the fountain garden which is in the middle of a large green open space with footpaths and a variety of specimen trees and flowers.[2]