[3] The town centre entrance gateposts date from that year; the gates, like so much municipal ironwork, were requisitioned for scrap during the Second World War and were never replaced.

This powerful statue was sculpted in 1874 by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm (1834–90) is one of his three large important animal works of the early to mid 1870s.

These two sculptures show that the splendidly rustic groom dressed in corduroys was replaced by a more scantily clad figure strongly reminiscent of Cousteau's leaders of the Marly Horses located on the Champs Elysees, Paris.

In contrast, the Brueton Park side is more devoted to wildlife, with a Local Nature Reserve, the lake and a grove of mature trees.

The Centre offers children's and family programs, workshops, talks and demonstrations as well as providing for the parks toilet and café facilities.

The Park contains the River Blythe Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Woodland, designated in 1989 by English Nature.