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The rise of football in Britain coincided with one of the great social innovations of the nineteenth century – the creation of public parks.

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The first football pitches of the 1800s were scythed or grazed but over time evolved into highly maintained landscapes incorporating drainage, heating and new technology such as Astroturf

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John takes us on a journey through football pitches of the 60s and 70s from both a spectator and a player’s perspective

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After her career as a World War II codebreaker, Mavis went on to be at the forefront of the movement to protect historic designed landscapes, helping to ensure the survival of many important gardens for the future.

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Horatio’s Garden supports the recovery and wellbeing of people with spinal injuries within NHS healthcare settings

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Gardens Trust Trustee Chris Blandford OBE takes us on a tour of those with historic designed landscapes in the UK and the benefit this status brings

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Designed to improve our health and community cohesion, playgrounds began as ‘gymnasia’ for all to use.

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Our heritage of gardens, parks, and other designed ornamental and recreational landscapes are captured in the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England.

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One of the greatest ‘inventions’ of the 19th century was the public park. Today, we all use them – and love them – but what do we actually know about them?