Editing Wavertree (section)

==Wavertree Playground (The Mystery)==
[[Wavertree Playground]], known locally as The Mystery, was one of the first purpose-built public playgrounds in the UK. Opened in 1895, it is based on land donated to Liverpool Corporation by an anonymous donor (hence its nickname) to be a venue for organised sports, and a place for children from the city's schools to run about in, not a park for "promenading" in the Victorian tradition.<ref name="Ref_b">{{citation|url=http://www.dhwav.btinternet.co.uk/page31.html|title=Wavertree Playground ('The Mystery')|publisher=Discovering Historic Wavertree|access-date=19 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814062218/http://www.dhwav.btinternet.co.uk/page31.html|archive-date=14 August 2007}}</ref> The donor expressed the hope that the City Council "might approve of giving it a fair trial for this purpose&nbsp;... before appropriating it for any other use".

The land is currently home to Wavertree Athletics Centre, which boasts many sports facilities including [[tennis court]]s, an all-weather pitch, a [[bowling green]], and an athletic track with grandstand. It also houses Liverpool Aquatics Centre, with two swimming pools, a sports hall, and a lifestyles fitness centre. The athletics centre has produced Olympic athletes such as [[Katarina Johnson-Thompson]], who trains with the Liverpool Harriers team that has made its headquarters at the centre since 1990.