Victoria Park

Victoria Park is extremely popular with the public being one of the most visited parks in Glasgow. It contains extensive formal and informal Gardens, an Arboretum, a boating pond, bowling greens and tennis courts. The floral displays are among the finest in the country and considerable attention to detail is evident by the quality and diversity of the planting which boasts formal flower displays, carpet bedding and hollies. The park also contains; a museum housing pre-historic fossils known as lycopods or giant clubmosses, a recreation ground, a children’s play area with equipment suitable for children with disabilities, and the park features a hidden maze, cycle route and orienteering course. No matter what time of year the park has proved a source of attraction to many thousands of visitors to the metropolis of the west. Victoria Park is listed on Historic Scotland’s Gardens and Designed Landscapes Inventory. The Inventory is a growing and evolving record of nationally important gardens and designed landscapes across Scotland.