Phra Nakhon Park
Walking and jogging trail
TypePublic park
Location1 Lat Krabang Rd, Lat Krabang, Lat Krabang, Bangkok 10520
Coordinates13°43′11.4″N 100°46′46.7″E / 13.719833°N 100.779639°E / 13.719833; 100.779639
Area19.76 acres (8.00 ha)
Created1974
Operated byBangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)
StatusOpen year round
Public transit accessBMTA buses no. 143, 151, 517
Websitehttp://office.bangkok.go.th/publicpark/park13.asp

Phra Nakhon Park (Thai: สวนพระนคร, pronounced [sǔa̯n pʰráʔ ná(ʔ).kʰɔ̄ːn]) otherwise known as Lat Krabang Park (สวนลาดกระบัง, pronounced [sǔa̯n lâːt krā.bāŋ]) is a public park in Lat Krabang District, Bangkok, Thailand.

History

In the beginning, the park had been in the responsibility of Lat Krabang District Office. In the year 1974, then Bangkok Governor Chamnan Yaovabun assigned the Department of Environment to administer the park instead. The area is originally lowland leading to flooding problem in raining seasons' every year. It brought the difficulties in maintenance; therefore, there was land revitalization to eliminate flooding issue and land development to be complete public park as an outskirts residents recreational place.[1]

The lake and Lat Krabang Public Library

Park components

The art of garden decoration and tree training on toothbrush trees (Streblus asper) and Fukien tea trees (Ehretia microphylla). To be various animal shapes is spectacular. The decorated and trained trees look like the garden zoo with plenty of animals, which is dazzling and beautiful in combination with the green and freshness of other plants. Inside the park, there are multi-purpose grounds, pavilions, artificial lake, swimming pool, Lat Krabang Public Library and Lat Krabang Young Centre.[1][2][3]

The park has a total area of 50 rai (about 19.76 acres).[1]

Location

Phra Nakhon Park is on the Lat Krabang Road,[lower-alpha 1] Lat Krabang Subdistrict, Lat Krabang District, Bangkok. The opposite side is Chalong Krung Road, that leads to King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL) and Phra Chom Klao Railway Halt.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ Continuation route of On Nut Road.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "สวนพระนคร". Yourhealthyguide.com (in Thai).
  2. ↑ ศกุนตลา. "สวนพระนคร สร้างจากภาษีประชาชน แต่คนไม่ค่อยจะมี". OkNation (in Thai).
  3. ↑ "ห้องสมุดเพื่อการเรียนรู้ ลาดกระบัง". Bangkok Library (in Thai).
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