Cubbon Park is a park in Bangalore, India. Together with Lal Bagh, it is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the city.
For Bangalore, Cubbon Park serves as the lungs in-addition as a tourist destination. Spread over 250 acres, the green park has various attractions such as the rose garden, children's play ground with toy train and several play equipments, the recently opened doll museum and an aquarium. The roads that cut across the lush green land offers an ideal place for joggers and walkers. One can find people playing games like badminton, cricket and soccer at the open lands of the park and also children enjoying the climb on the natural rocks. The central garden inside the park has an open stage where free concerts by amateur/professional artists occur at times.
The then Chief Engineer of Mysore, Sir Richard Sankey laid the foundation for the park in 1864 and was named after Sir Mark Cubbon, the longest serving commissioner of Bangalore.
The park is surrounded by other attractions such as the Visveswaraya Industrial and Technological Museum, The High court and the Vidhana Soudha (Karnataka Secretariat).
The park has entrances from Mahatma Gandhi Road (MG Road) and the High Court side for vehicles. The park is open for public at all times. The vehicle traffic is closed from 5 AM to 8 AM all days. While visiting the park, one can park their vehicles on the border road inside the park for a nominal parking fee.
There is a light refreshment restaurant inside the children's park and several fruit vendors have their mobile shops along the border of the park, many concentrated near the High court entrance.
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