Visit to King's Park.

In the next year, I will be investigating what land or buildings could be considered "Common Good" and therefore, require to be added to the public register of the common good assets managed by Glasgow City Council.

The definition of Common Good is "the name given to the inherited property of the former burghs of Scotland and consists of a range of assets both moveable (furniture, paintings, regalia etc.) and heritable (land and buildings)."

There are various public parks which are potential common good assets and one of these parks which I am researching is King's Park. Today, I made a visit and explored its grounds including a walled garden, former golf course and sensory garden.

View of the sensory garden and Aitkenhead House.

Various website identify that King's Park was created from part of the privately owned estate including Aitkenhead House and its surrounding grounds. This land appears to have been gifted for recreational use by J A Mactaggart in May 1930 to Glasgow Corporation. During today's visit, I met with some residents and friends of the park who supported this view.

Further investigation will be carried out to locate the relevant documents which confirm this information is accurate.

Useful link:

Photos of Kings Park - http://www.flickr.com/photos/marthaglasgowgreens/?deleted=13176391235

Common Good Quick Guide and Background Information - http://www.scottishcommons.org/commongood.htm