Endcliffe Park opened in 1887 to commemorate the Jubilee of Queen Victoria. It is the first in a series of parks and green spaces, collectively know as the Porter Valley Parks, which head west from the city centre along the course of the Porter Brook.
The park has duck ponds, riverside walks and plenty of space for ball games. There's also a large children's playground, parkour facility and Endcliffe Park Cafe, serving locally sourced food.
Three monuments dedicated to Queen Victoria can be found in the park - near the entrance is a statue of the Queen, midway up the path towards Whiteley Woods is an obelisk (both originally stood at the top of Fargate in the city centre), and a pile of rocks arranged to form a dolmen. A tree planted by the Lord Mayor of Sheffield to commemorate Queen Victoria's Jubilee stands near her statue.
There is also a memorial stone and garden marking the crash site of the USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress "Mi-Amigo" with a description board, installed by the Parks Department ahead of the 75th anniversary. The craft crashed on 22 February 1944 as it was returning, heavily damaged by defending Me-109 fighters, from a bombing mission over Aalborg, Denmark. All 10 crew were lost.
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