Hazlehead Park

Hazlehead Park is a public park in the Hazlehead area of Aberdeen, Scotland. 180 hectares in size, it was opened to the public in 1920, having formerly been the estate of Hazlehead House, home of William Rose, shipbuilder. It is heavily wooded and contains many walking tracks.

Hazlehead Park
Snow covering the woods of Hazlehead Park
TypePublic Park
LocationAberdeen, Scotland
Coordinates57°8′19″N 2°10′43″W
Area180 hectares (1,800,000 m²)
Created(bought by the city for the public) 1920
Operated byAberdeen City Council
StatusOpen all year

There are football pitches, two golf courses, a pitch and putt course and a horse-riding school. The park has a significant collection of sculpture by a range of artists, including the memorial to those who died in the Piper Alpha disaster. It also has heritage items which have been rescued from various places within the city, and it features Scotland's oldest maze, first planted in 1935.[1]

In September 2007, Hazlehead Park was host to the Northsound Radio concert, Free 2007. It took place on Sunday 2 September 2007, and claims to be the biggest free outdoor event in Scotland.[2]

The park is home to a Parkrun.[3]

Golf
The park's golf course overlooking Aberdeen city.

The park has two 18 hole and its pitch and putt golf courses. The courses are public owned and there are no handicap or other restrictions for those who play on them.

The "Number 1 course" was designed by Alistair MacKenzie, who also designed the Augusta National.

Cafe

The park has its own cafe which was refurbished and reopened in 2013. It is operated by the same company as the cafe at Duthie Park.[4] The cafe was severely damaged in a fire in the evening of 11 December 2020, which was subsequently determined to have been started deliberately.[5][6]

See also

References
  1. "Hazlehead maze opens for the summer". Aberdeen City Council News. 16 June 2006. Archived from the original on 24 February 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  2. "Hazlehead Park Concert". aboutaberdeen.com. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  3. "Hazlehead Academy puts on its running shoes to support local Parkrun". AGCC. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  4. "The Park Cafe | Hazlehead | Duthie Park | Aberdeen". The Park Cafe. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  5. Main, Callum. "Aberdeen park cafe shut for 'foreseeable future' after 'devastating' fire". Evening Express. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  6. "Popular Aberdeen cafe set alight in 'deliberate' fire". BBC News. 12 December 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

Further reading
  1. Information about William Rose is sourced from "The Gilcomston Story", an account of Gilcomston Church from its beginnings to 1945, written by Francis Lyall. The relevant section is the piece regarding Rev. Robert Forgan.
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