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Hesketh Park Observatory

Sun 14 Sep 25
Sun 14 Sep:1100-16:00; Sun 21 Sep:1100-16:00; Free Entry. Hesketh Park, Albert Road, Southport PR9 9LJ Heritage Open Day: Visit a genuine mid-Victorian wooden observatory containing a 6-inch aperture Cooke telescope manufactured in 1869, together with its original clockwork drive. The Observatory was installed in historic Hesketh Park in 1901. The Grade 2 listed observatory and its 1869 6-inch Cooke telescope belonged to the skilled and well-respected amateur astronomer Joseph Baxendell, who was also the former Southport Corporation’s official meteorologist. Both Baxendell and his son were meteorologists, who utilised the now little-known Fernley observatory that once stood in Hesketh Park. In 1901 the younger Baxendell donated his father’s observatory and telescope to Southport Corporation's Education department... READ MORE>

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