War Memorial Park, Coventry
The War Memorial Park is a large park of about 48.5 hectares in southern Coventry, England. The park was opened in July 1921 as a tribute to the 2,587 Coventrians who died between 1914 and 1918 fighting in the First World War. The landscaped gardens and sports areas were created in the late-1920s and 1930s, and the most prominent structure in the park is the city's war memorial, built in 1927.
Coventry War Memorial, the city's war memorial at the centre of the park
Alternative proposal for the memorial, for the Corporation of the City of Coventry, by an anonymous hand, circa 1925
Autumnal photograph of the iconic avenue of Atlantic cedars in Coventry's War Memorial Park looking North.
Steps at the base of the war memorial
Coventry War Memorial stands at the centre of War Memorial Park, to the south of the city of Coventry in England. The memorial is a tapering tower 87 feet (27 m) high, completed in 1927. It was restored in 2011, and designated as a Grade II* listed building in January 2013. At the same time, the park was itself listed at Grade II, and the gates and gate posts at the park's main entrance were separately Grade II listed.
Image: Monument in War Memorial Park in Coventry 14g 06
Image: Memorial park monument and steps 11a 07
Image: Memorial Park Cenotaph geograph.org.uk 685650
Image: War Memorial Park gates Coventry 8f 08
