Kasur Garden | Steel Bagh Park in Kasur City

Kasur is a historical city of Pakistan. There is a park in Kasur city, adjacent to Main Ferozepur Road Kasur, called Kasur Garden. This park is located in the north-eastern corner of Kasur. The area of this park is 209 kanals 15 Marla (about 21 acres).

There is a track inside of this park where people walk. There are various beautiful flowers and thick trees in this park. It also has the status of a botanical park. It gets very crowded during important festivals like Eid etc. The main gate of this park is located along the Ferozepur Road.

Kasur Garden

Entertainment for Kids:

There are different kinds of swings for children to play in this park where children can play. In the swings there are also sky wheel swings (Ferris wheel), boat swings etc. There is also a big lake in which earlier boating was also done, but nowadays due to the lack of attention of the district administration, this lake has dried up and the boats here have fallen into disrepair.

Parking

There is no special parking stand for the park but there is a parking space right next to the park entrance but no one is there to take care of the parked vehicles etc. Often there are incidents of bike theft from this place. So if you want to park your bike or car here, park it with a very strong lock system.

Timing

This park is open from Fajr prayer to 10 pm. Hundreds of people come to this park early in the morning to exercise and walk.

History

An civil servant who lived in Kasur in 1871, named Henry William Steel, named Steel Bagh (سٹیل باغ قصور گارڈن) after him, which is now known as Kasur Garden, while its nearby chowk is called Steel Bagh Chowk. It is located on Main Ferozepur Road.

There is also a shrine of Baba Gulzar Shah whose Urs is celebrated every year.