Prince's Park (Burntwood)
The Prince's Park is located in the town of Burntwood in the English county of Staffordshire and is in the Guinness Book of Records as the smallest park of the United Kingdom listed. The park, which is trapezoidal in plan and enclosed by an iron fence, measures 10 meters at the base line (the trapezoid), both sides are 11 meters long and the top is 3 meters long; so it is around 65 m².
It was originally created to commemorate the marriage of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales to Princess Alexandra of Denmark.
In the park area there are three trees called Faith, Hope and Charity, which translates into German as faith . Hope and mercy .
In May 2013 the park, or the path around the park, hosted the World's Shortest Fun Run . `
See also
- Mill Ends Park , the world's smallest park in Portland, Oregon
- St. John's Churchyard Park , a very small park in Cardiff, Wales
Individual evidence
- ↑ About Prince's Park - Lichfield District Council ( Memento of the original from July 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Data measured on Google Eartħ
- ↑ World's Shortest Fun Run - Express and Star
