Historical background
Once a pastoral village set up on a Brow, a distance from the increasingly prosperous Port of Liverpool, 18th century Everton was a desirable place to live with unsurpassable views across the River Mersey to the Welsh hills and over the town to the as yet unspoilt rolling countryside.

With the onset of the Great Irish Famine and the Industrial and commercial growth of Liverpool, rural migration and immigration from Ireland and Wales brought a rapid increase in the local population, changing the Everton landscape dramatically. To accommodate this influx, densely packed rows of back to back houses were built on the hills surrounding the village which was quickly subsumed into the industrial conglomerate.

Following the 2nd World War, which left many derelict bomb sites, the advent of ‘Prefab’ housing, enabled many people to move away from the area. With the arrival of the 60’s came the demolition of terraced streets, which had become such a landmark, visible as they were from the River, to be replaced by high rise blocks of flats.

Although the 1980’s brought a return to a more sociable style of housing development, perhaps more significantly it also reinstated extensive open space to the area with the creation of Everton Park.

The park today
The view over a much changed cityscape to Wirral and Wales beyond remains an impressive attraction of the area and a key quality of the Park, along with children’s play area. Another notable to the area is the award winning Nature Garden, an oasis of wetland, woodland and meadow habitat and a major educational and community resource for inner city Liverpool.