It covers 9.7 hectares[1] and is Grade II listed with Historic England.

[2] On 22 November 1872, Colonel Edward Akroyd, a businessman, promised to construct a park in Halifax.

During a committee meeting at the House of Commonsto he explained the work he had undertaken to prevent the land from being used for the planned Midland Railway.

[3] The park has a pond, mature evergreen trees and bushes, informal footpaths, a gothic drinking fountain, and woodland paths.

The Halifax parkrun takes place each Saturday.