About Boultham Park

Boultham Park is a much-loved Grade II registered park in the historic city of Lincoln, UK. In 2018, the City of Lincoln Council and learning disability charity Linkage completed a five-year, £4 million project to restore Boultham Park, supported by grant funding of £2.7 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund and Big Lottery Fund 'Parks for People' intiative, raised thanks to players of The National Lottery. Boultham Park is a special place to many residents and this project has revitalised the park, restoring key features such the bandstand and developing new facilities such as the Boultham Park Café, plus encouraging community involvement and creating lasting memories for local people and park users.

Now in 2020 the next phase is underway to restore the lake and the surround to it's former glory. Again massive thanks to the National Lottery Heritage Fund, and every one of the lottery players who make it possible, for providing a large part of the funding in partnership with Lincoln City Council. Work on-site starts in early January 2021 with Ebsford Environmental carrying out the work after being successful in the works tender process.

The Boultham Park Digital Archive

This digital archive shares some of the history and heritage of the park through photographs and documents, some of which have been generously shared by local residents. All of the photos in this collection are under Copyright. If you wish to use one, please contact City of Lincoln Council in the first instance to find out further details. City of Lincoln Council may not be the Copyright holder. If you are the Copyright holder of any of these photographs, or are featured in any of these photographs, and wish to have one or more of them removed from this collection, please get in touch.

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A Brief History of Boultham Park

The land that now comprises Boultham Park was acquired by Richard Ellison III for his son, Colonel Ellison in 1830. A manor house already existed on the site. In 1857, a large ornamental lake was excavated and the hall rebuilt and enlarged in 1874. After the house was passed to Colonel Ellison's son in 1881 it subsequently became vacant after his death in 1909. During the First World War, the house served as a convalescence home for soldiers and in World War Two, areas of the park were planted with sugar beet as part of the Dig For Victory campaign. After the war, much of the land was sold for new housing. The remaining grounds were finally secured by the City of Lincoln Council in 1929. The grounds were laid out as a public park with the hall being demolished in 1959.