St. George's Park in the centre of Great Yarmouth is a fabulous green area connecting town with seafront and the perfect place to relax.
There are three entrances to the park, each marked with a different sculpture crafted by Norfolk Blacksmiths.
At the western end of the park, Great Yarmouth's war memorial is surrounded by lovely rose gardens and several park benches. A large green space, perfect for a kid's sunny day kick-about leads to the nautically themed children's play area at the eastern end, towards the seafront.
Plenty of park benches line the paved footpaths, with seasonal planting in flower all year round. The park is well lit at night and recycling bins and information boards with details about 'What’s On'’ locally can be found at the town centre and seafront entrances.
The park features some beautiful local craftsmanship. A wooden carved sculpture of St George slaying the dragon was mastered by Mark Goldsworthy, a woodcarver from Bungay which can be found near the play area.
Two Norfolk blacksmiths created the entrance features found at each of the gateways to the park.
The herring arch over the town centre entrance at the north-west end was crafted by Nigel Barnett and features ropes intertwined with herrings, seaweed and star fish. Nigel also created the entrance feature opposite St George's Chapel at the south-west end which depicts mooring chains with seagulls perched aloft. The seagulls are the work of acclaimed Norwich sculptor, Ros Newman.
Master Blacksmith Bill Cordaroy, from East Ruston created the third arch at the eastern seafront entrance of abstracted fishing nets and seaweed, reflecting styles from the nearby former Art School.
Well behaved dogs on leads are welcome, but please remember, there's no such thing as the dog-poo fairy!
Cache discription.
You are looking for a small screwtop container. Will log and pencil. Stealth is needed as this park is busy I placed this at dusk and still had to explain geocaching to one or two people. The difficulty of this cache reflects how hard I found placing it from getting the cache to its location to the stealth I think you require to get it back. Feed back on how difficult you found it is welcome. Well done kittywitches for F2F
Please note
The cache is held in place with ties so pleas do not try to remove the cashe. However it will move to make it easier to unscrew lid and retrieve cache if you do move it then please leave how you found.