Calderstones
Park
(Linda
McCartney
Children's Play Area)
Located within Calderstones Park, just a
few yards from Calderstones mansion, is the Linda McCartney
Children's Play Area, which was officially opened by Paul on 19th July
1998. Paul also unveiled a plaque at the entrance, and planted a Cypress
Oak tree (Quercus fastigiata) nearby overlooking the play area.
Linda McCartney Centre
The Play Area is one of several memorials
to Linda. The Linda McCartney Centre, a pioneering cancer treatment centre
that is part of the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Prescot Street,
was opened by the Prime Ministers wife, Cherie Blair, on 24th November
2000.*
Memorial statue, Mull of Kintyre
On the 1st November, 2002, a bronze statue,
commissioned and donated by Paul, was unveiled as the centrepiece of a
memorial garden in Campbeltown, the main town on the Mull of Kintyre
peninsula.
* www.linda-mccartney-centre.org.uk