Rosherville Gardens: Cliff Top Entrance

The pleasure gardens started life in 1837 being built in an excavated chalk pit.

This Victorian stairway was excavated and completed in 1869 to enable another way of access into the pleasure gardens below that.

The gardens comprised of a lookout tower which sat on an outcropping of rock, a terrace, a bear pit (which is still intact to this day albeit covered over), an archery ground, a lake, a maze, ornate flower beds, statues and a winding path.

The gardens closed in 1913 and all that remains is the cliff top entrance with its viewing platform, bear pit, quay and draw dock.