Palmer Park
Palmer Park is a public park in Reading, England. The land for the park was given to the town by the proprietors of the Huntley & Palmers biscuit firm and it contains a statue of George Palmer.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: Public park in Reading, UK
- Also known as: “Palmer Park, Reading”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Palmer Park Stadium and Statue of George Palmer.
Palmer Park Stadium
Stadium
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Palmer Park Stadium is located in Palmer Park, Reading. It contains an outdoor velodrome and an athletics stadium. Set in acres of parkland, the stadium provides a focal point for a variety of indoor and outdoor leisure activities.
Statue of George Palmer
Monument
The statue of George Palmer stands in Palmer Park, in Reading, Berkshire. The statue, by George Blackall Simonds, was unveiled on 4 November 1891, though it was originally in Broad Street and only later moved to Palmer Park.
Palmer Park Library
Library
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Palmer Park Library is situated 800 feet west of Palmer Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cemetery Junction and Newtown.
Cemetery Junction
Locality
Photo: Walton Adams, Public domain.
Cemetery Junction is a road junction in East Reading, bordering on Newtown, in the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. It is a notorious bottleneck for traffic during rush hour, with the main A4 road meeting the A329 road from Wokingham.
Newtown
Suburb
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Newtown is a residential area in the town of Reading in Berkshire, England. It is situated in East Reading between the Cemetery Junction and the River Kennet.
Earley
Suburb
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Earley is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Wokingham, Berkshire, England. Along with the neighbouring town of Woodley, the Office for National Statistics places Earley within the Reading/Wokingham Urban Area; for the purposes of local government it falls within the Borough of Wokingham, outside the area of Reading Borough Council.
Palmer Park
- Categories: urban park and recreation area
- Location: Henley-on-Thames, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.45242° or 51° 27′ 9″ northLongitude
-0.93829° or 0° 56′ 18″ westOpen location code
9C3XF326+XMOpenStreetMap ID
way 3058510OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q7128255
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In Other Languages
“Palmer Park” goes by many names.
- Italian: “Palmer Park (Reading)”
- Italian: “Palmer Park”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Palmer Park Velodrome and Palmer Park Leisure Centre & Stadium.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Palmer Park”. Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.