Attractions include an artificial boating lake, where mock naval battles are staged, a putting green and a champion tree walk.

The park suffered a decline in use from the 1970s as the number of holidaymakers visiting Scarborough decreased but it has been restored using Heritage Lottery Funding.

In 1911 Scarborough Corporation bought some land called Tuckers Field from the Duchy of Lancaster to create a public park.

Japanese style statues in the park were purchased from Killerby Hall and exotic shrubs and flowers were imported from the home of a local retired banker who was living in the French Riviera.

Japanese themed gardens[7] and lake with a pagoda said to be based on the Willow Pattern pottery design,[8] are a central feature of the park.

The lake has a central island which is accessible from a Japanese-style bridge, during school holidays and tourist seasons in the daytime when the gate is unlocked.

The Naval Warfare event, Battle of Peasholm,[9] has been played out for half an hour three times a week during the summer season for over 80 years.

[10] A grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund has enabled the Scarborough Borough Council to rebuild the Pagoda in its original form using fire retardant wood.