Pearson Park, located between Princes Avenue and Beverley Road, still has Victorian grandeur, and features an excellent play area, the cupola from the city’s old Town Hall and a conservatory greenhouse which houses a variety of plants.
Pearson Park was established in the early 1860s. Zachariah Pearson, then Mayor of Hull, gifted an area of land off Beverley Road to the local Board of Health. As the first public People’s Park in Hull, Pearson Park is a key part of the city's heritage and still has many of its iconic historic features such as-
- original perimeter carriage drive
- a serpentine lake
- 7 Grade II listed structures
Philip Larkin lived in a house overlooking Pearson Park from 1956 to 1974. Larkin was heavily influenced by the city and on an autumn afternoon in the park you can experience the atmosphere that inspired much of his work.
Conservation project
In July 2017, we, as the Pearson Park Trust, secured a £3 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. It has been used to fund a huge conservation project to restore many of its interesting and important historic artefacts and structures including -
- Grand Entrance Gateway
- East Lodge
- Victorian Conservatory
- Drinking Fountain
- Queen Victoria statue
- Prince Albert statue
- Monolith in memory of Zachariah Pearson
Pearson Park also boasts the bridge over the lake, the colourful, Victorian-style bandstand and two popular newly installed ‘lost’ features from the original park.
