Allesley Park — Attraction in Coventry

Allesely Park was once a beautiful deer park. The original owner left Allesely Hall and the park to the city of Coventry. For many years the grounds-keeper lived there and did a great job at maintaining the park. However, in their greed, Coventry council decided to sell the Hall to a private care company. Now, the beautiful gardens are fenced off from the public and the park has been left to slowly deteriorate into an overgrown, poorly-maintained mess.

Huge areas of the once-impressive playing field, and other large parcels of the park have been left to grow wild, and there are countless broken tree limbs and broken branches in need of attention.

Despite the many areas that need attention, those charged with maintaining the park did elect to fell a stunning Redwood, citing that it presented a safety concern. My guess is that the company responsible falsely evaluated it so they could drum up business during lockdown.

The golf course is another sad story - the sand traps are always full of weeds and when the mow the fairways they never collect the cuttings.

The walled garden has been crudely carved up into 4 quarters and divvied up between four warring factions of the community in order to keep the peace. One group even cut down a 200 year old weeping willow so they could plant apple trees. Disgraceful!

At the same time, the fairy garden has become a depository of cast-off toys. It's more like a fairy fly-tip.

Many of the fences separating the park from the dual carriageway (Pickford Way) are broken or missing, meaning your dog or child could easily wander into fast moving traffic.

There are no covered seating areas and nowhere to buy refreshments or dog supplies, even though this is one of the most popular parks for dogs.

What could be a stunning park and a fantastic day out, barely scrapes past average now. Coventry council have a lot...

Lovely park, comprising of a good sized kids play area, a large pitch and putt which is generally in average condition, a mini golf course and large grassy areas with a concrete footpath around the outside which is a nice 20 - 30 mins walk

Small car parking facilities and not as nice (nor busy) as the memorial park but it's one of my favs in the city, generally quiet it's nice for an hour or two with the kids or a walk with the missus

There is a little fairy garden at the top which is ever growing and worth a visit and a walled garden which often has little events for the kids such as growing lessons or picking veg.

I heard it was once owned by the guy who started the Coventry Evening Telegraph and upon his death donated the park to the people of Coventry so it will never be built on, not sure if this is true but apparently he owned the large house there which was is now a residential home for the elderly.

On a side note the residential home has a fete a few times a year which is nice for the kids and the hedge is trimmed like a old locomotive which...

Its a beautiful walk, and got a wonderful fairy garden and plenty of space, and different things to do, there's mini golf and a golf course, a beautiful fairy garden, and a great walk, you've got space where you can sit in the sun with a picnic and beautiful gardens, I wouldn't take my dog off lead here, if not trained to stay right by your side, our little pup just wants to explore the whole park but I don't think ppl would like it...that's my only gripe, but its truly a beautiful place and plenty of beautiful old old HUGE trees for any other tree lovers or huggers, of which I am one, it just is a moment of peace n feels wonderful feeling a tree that's thousands of years old..beautiful all round..and yes, I hugged the trees, after lockdown it felt...