Formerly part of the ancient manorial estate of Eccleston. Samuel Taylor VII offered 47 acres of the estate to the town council for use as a public park in 1892. The land includes 3 areas of water Eccleston bottom dam now Leg o' Mutton dam, Big Dam and Little Dam. The park was officially opened in 1893.

In1926 Little Dam was converted into a paddling pool, now resurfaced as a skateboard area, and the quarry and rockery garden established. In 1930 the boat house was built.

Two adjoining areas of land were donated by the Pilkington family in 1920 and 1950, now the mount and children's play area. The park is used for angling, canoeing, sledging, abseiling and rock climbing as well as feeding the ducks and  woodland walks!( mainly deciduous woodland and Rhododendron)

The Park is currently going through a £1.6 million restoration programme, the main funder being the Heritage Lottery Fund

The main access into the park is at the Grosvenor Road entrance, which is just off Prescot Road. This is also the only access to the sites car park. There are also 4 other pedestrian access points into the park and numerous, scenic footpaths around it.

The parks large lake attracts large numbers of gulls, numerous water birds, which include breeding Great Crested Grebe, as well as Mallard, Coot, Tufted Duck, Pochard, Goldeneye and Cormorant in winter. Up to 16 Mute Swans have been present, the ubiquitous Canadian Geese, and more the unusual visitors have included Black-throated Diver, Gadwall, Goosander, Redshank and Arctic Tern. The woodlands contain good numbers of birds; Nuthatch, Thrushes, Chaffinch, Dunnock and Robin, Goldcrest, Gt spotted woodpecker, Jays, Long tailed tits and their relatives, Pied Wagtails and the Blackbirds including a family with an albino trait.

For the local anglers there are a number of pegs around the lake, their main quarry are Bream, Roach,  Tench, Pike and Carp.

Grey Squirrels live and breed in the park and are popular with the strollers, who provide the peanuts!

Oh, one last thing Taylor 's park is supposedly haunted by a semi-transparent female phantom, wearing what looks like a pale, long Victorian gown, The Grey Lady. (Seen winter of 1986)

http://www.sthelenswildlife.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk