 Avenham Park's Japanese garden Avenham Park is a public parkland located on the banks of the river Ribble in Preston, Lancashire in north west England. It was established in the Victorian era, and now has many fully grown trees, including horse chestnuts and oaks. The park is one of two city centre Victorian parklands in Preston, the other being its sister and neighbour the smaller Miller Park.
The land has been preserved as parkland because building work would be difficult as the embankment of the river floods from time to time. The park was designed by Edward Milner.
This park is more informal than its neighbour and includes long open lawn areas. On Easter Sunday children roll decorated eggs down its grassy slopes in a race. The park contains a large Japanese garden which is one of the best of its kind. However a lot of weathered limestone is used, which is considered to be environmentally unfriendly to the limestone pavements from which they are taken.
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