A park is a bounded area of land, usually in its natural or semi-natural (landscaped) state and set aside for some purpose, usually to do with recreation. History The first parks were deer parks, land set aside for hunting by the aristocracy in medieval times. They would have walls or thick hedges around them to keep game in and other people out. These game preserves evolved into the landscaped parks set around aristocratic houses from the sixteenth century onwards. These may have served as hu… (More on Park)