Weston Park, Sheffield

New terra cotta pillared entrances were established at Winter Street and Western Bank using designs by Godfrey Sykes.

[2] The park was opened to the public on Monday 6 September 1875 with the following day's Sheffield Daily Telegraph reporting: "The weather was fine.

In 1882 the Weston Park Weather Station was erected privately by the curator of the adjacent museum Elijah Howarth.

[4] In 1895 the South West gates were erected on Western Bank close to the newly constructed Mappin Art Gallery.

In the 1950s, Sheffield Corporation agreed to the demolition of the Winter Street Gate, along with its lodge and outbuildings to allow for the construction of the University Library (now the Western Bank Library)[6] In July 2016, to mark the 100th anniversary of the battle of the Somme, Weston Park was dedicated as a Fields in Trust Centenary Field[7] by Sheffield City Council because of its local heritage and significance.

The York & Lancaster Memorial within the park commemorates the loss of more than 8,800 soldiers during the First World War, including the Sheffield Pals brigade.