A "hidden oasis" with a ballroom built for Queen Victoria is still governed by a document dating back almost 200 years.
Only the odd siren cuts through the trees separating Fulwood Park from the hubbub of Aigburth Road, Jericho Lane and Riverside Drive. In an area of mostly Victorian terraced houses just south of Sefton Park, the half-mile stretch of private road starts at the Fulwood Arms pub, passing between two pillars by a gatehouse, and down the cul de sac home to some of the biggest houses in Liverpool, many hidden behind walls, gates and hedges.
With Otterspool Prom just across the road from a gate at the far end, Karen Amoudry, who grew up in Norfolk, described it as "the closest [she'll] get to living in the country while living in the city". The 45-year-old told the ECHO: "When you come around the corner at the top, it just feels like peace. You can't hear the traffic or anything. All you can hear is the trees and the birds."
