Restoration Plans

The Council and the Friends of Clifton Park have successfully raised £4.5m from the Heritage Lottery fund to transform Clifton Park. The development will be a careful balance between new entertainment (amusements, play sports facilities and places to relax), and restoring the Georgian features of the park.

Large Plan showing the proposed improvements.

Clifton Park has changed many times, drawn together by the Walker family in 1783. The house and ground were sold to the Rotherham Corporation in 1891. Throughout the first half of the 20th century a range of features was added to the park:

Main Entrance                                                                                      1900

Cenotaph                                                                                             1922

Templeborough Roman remains re-sited behind the Museum area     1925

New Bandstand                                                                                    1928

Paddling Pool                                                                                       1939

Memorial Gardens                                                                                1948

Memorial Rock Garden                                                                         1951