{"id":83024,"date":"2023-09-07T11:47:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T11:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mylifestylemax.com\/?p=83024"},"modified":"2023-09-07T11:47:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T11:47:48","slug":"the-smallest-park-in-the-uk-that-cant-fit-more-than-six-people-at-a-time-and-only-has-one-tree-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mylifestylemax.com\/travel\/the-smallest-park-in-the-uk-that-cant-fit-more-than-six-people-at-a-time-and-only-has-one-tree-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"The smallest park in the UK – that can't fit more than six people at a time and only has one tree | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
A SMALL town in the north east is home to the smallest park in the country and, some locals believe, the world.<\/p>\n
With just one tree and no room for a picnic, Mafeking Park is not exactly the type of place where you'd meet your friends for a game of football.<\/p>\n
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However, it is a well-known landmark to the people of Morpeth in Northumberland, where it has existed since at least the 1850s.<\/p>\n
Some have tried to have it recognised officially as the smallest in the world with the Guinness book of records, but so far their attempts have been unsuccessful.<\/p>\n
In 1852, the park was known as Shields Road End Plot and was a triangle with more trees and even a bench for people to sit on.<\/p>\n
Road development has changed it over the years and made it even smaller, creating the tiny park that exists in the middle of a roundabout today.<\/p>\n
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The park gets its name from a siege in the Second Boer War, and the celebrations in the town when it was finally broken after 217 days, in 1900. <\/p>\n
Three more seats were added to the plot, which was lit by a gas lamp, following its renaming.<\/p>\n
Thirty soldiers from Morpeth had served in the Boer War and the park became their memorial.<\/p>\n
Since then, it has shrunk in size and was changed from a triangle to a circle shape in 1971 when it was turned into a roundabout.<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Village Guides wrote on Facebook: "This roundabout was once claimed to be the smallest park in the world. <\/p>\n "Unfortunately the Guinness Book of Records were unable to validate the claim, but the people of Morpeth are still proud of this unusual little landmark."<\/p>\n Morpeth has something of a eye for small attractions, with one of the UK's smallest museums in the town as well.<\/p>\n The bagpipe museum has been described as "a major part of the county\u2019s musical landscape"with its two small rooms dedicated to the musical instrument.<\/p>\n The museum specialises in Northumbrian Pipes, although it also has items from across Europe, including decorative sets from Scotland, Spain, Italy, France, Estonia and beyond.<\/p>\n Visitors are able to listen to examples of music from the collection.<\/p>\n There are also regular live musical performances, as well as \u2018Learn to Play in a Day\u2019 and \u2018Meet the Piper' sessions.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, this UK seaside town isn't far from Morpeth – it's near Hogwarts and you can see dolphins in the sea.<\/p>\n And there's another seaside town nearby with puffins and whales and alcoholic honey.<\/p>\n<\/picture>WET A DAY <\/span><\/p>\n
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