Phra Nakhon Park

Phra Nakhon Park (สวนพระนคร, ) otherwise known as Lat Krabang Park (สวนลาดกระบัง, ) 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.

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.

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

Location
Phra Nakhon Park is on the Lat Krabang Road, 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.