Public Gardens 

Westbrooke House and the grounds were acquired by the then Alton Urban District Council (AUDC) in 1931. The plan was to convert the house and grounds to create council offices, fire station, public lavatories, a museum, a car park, and public gardens. The funding for the entire project was not available leading to some changes, luckily for us the public gardens were included in the amended plans.

The grounds were completed and opened to the public at 10am on Saturday the 19th of May 1934. The park has hosted many events over the years, one of the earliest would have been King George V’s Silver Jubilee Celebrations in May 1935, which included an open-air service in the morning for all denominations as well as community dancing in the evening. The original Bandstand was built to commemorate the Jubilee.

Kings Pond

Flood Meadows