Introduction
Morfa Common Park is a 19th-century public park designed around an artificial lake. The park has retained much of its original layout. There are well-designed walks around the lake and carefully thought-out tree and shrub planting.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Telephone
01443 336000Website
http://www.cadw.wales.gov.uk/Access contact details
Morfa Common is a park for general public use.
Directions
Morfa Common Park lies to the south-east of the centre of Caernarfon.
- Features & Designations
Designations
CADW Register of Landscapes Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales
- Reference: PGW(Gd)38(GWY)
- Grade: II
Features
- Ornamental Lake
- Description: The lake is fed from the River Seiont and has three artificial islands.
- Fountain
- Description: A small canopied drinking fountain fed by a spring. It is set in a dry stone wall and surrounded by white quartz stones.
- Walk
- Description: There are well-designed walks around the lake.
- Key Information
Type
Park
Purpose
Recreational/sport
Principal Building
Parks, Gardens And Urban Spaces
Survival
Extant
Open to the public
Yes
Civil Parish
Caernarfon
- References
References
- Cadw and ICOMOS UK, 'Caernarfon: Morfa Common Park' in {Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Conwy, Gwynedd & The Isle of Anglesey} (Cardiff: Cadw, 1998), pp. 170-2 Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Conwy, Gwynedd & The Isle of Anglesey
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Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, 'Caernarvon Morfa Common Park, Caernarfon',