Like Pearson Park Pickering Park, on the north side of Hessle High Road, was a product of private benevolence. The land on which the Corporation mapped-out the facilities planned for the Park was donated by Christopher Pickering early in the 20th century, at which point, like the other Parks discussed, it was then on the very edge of the spreading built-up area of Hull and with farmland between it and Hessle village.
Like Pearson and West Park Pickering Park included a fine detached park-keeper’s house (in fact two at Pickering Park), the one at Pearson Park stands beside the triumphal arch entrance, both structures being in a sad state of neglect.
More detail on the original Pickering Park may be read on page 27 of my study in the Publications section History of Hessle Common (now south-west Hull).
The picture above shows the ornate main gates at Pickering Park, Hessle High Road, Hull. Either side of this main gate are a crescent of single-storey alms-houses designed in an ‘Arts and Crafts’ style and funded by C. Pickering.