Heaton Park is Manchester's first official country park

[celeste]

Heaton Park is Manchester's first official country park Manchester's Heaton Park has been awarded official country park status.
Heaton park is the first Manchester park to be accredited with country park status and is one of only nine sites recognised by Natural England's accreditation scheme in North West England.
To be eligible for country park status parks must meet a series of criteria set out by Natural England including the promotion of biodiversity, have easily to follow footpaths, cycle paths and bridleways, provide opportunities for the local community to be involved in the management and development of the park, and be at least 10 hectares in size.
Councillor Rosa Battle, executive member for culture and leisure said: "Achieving country park status is a real accolade for Heaton Park.  We are committed to providing the highest quality facilities and services in the park so to receive this national recognition is a real coup. Our staff work tirelessly to make this green space suitable for the community, families, one off visitors and everyone that comes into the park.  I would hope that our new found status may also lead to more people visiting the park and continuing to visit as they can be confident of the facilities they can expect to find."
Heaton Park can now display their country park accreditation and the park will appear on Natural England's website  list of accredited country parks.
Country Parks were established as a result of the 1968 Countryside Act and there are currently more than 400 sites that call themselves country parks in England.
The application to Natural England was made by the Heaton Park team and Manchester City Council's Environmental Strategy team.  They will be working with Regeneration teams across the city to identify other potential Country Parks in Manchester.

[Corrupt council]

High field country park in levenshulme?




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Is this not the first

[julie]

we used to go sledging in heaton park heaton hall is loveley too who were the heatons?

[Manchester Man]

Hi Julie,
Bit of history for you.

http://www.manchestergalleries.org/our-other-venues/heaton-hall/the-hall/

ATB
Ray. 

[celeste]

https://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&sugexp=les%3B&gs_rn=2&gs_ri=hp&cp=5&gs_id=n&xhr=t&q=heaton+park&es_nrs=true&pf=p&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&oq=Heato&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.42080656,d.d2k&fp=6348424fbb5b8e3b&biw=1093&bih=497

[Johnny P]

The pictures on the link sent in by Manchester Man are magnificent but, unfortunately, they are also very deceiving. The building is in need of a fair bit of TLC. It is a pity Manchester council can spend a load of cash to chop down trees in one park but not give Heaton Hall a lick of paint. Buildings of this nature deteriorate very quickly and when they are gone........... they are GONE!!

[julie]

thanks mm. Just found out the Heatons knew the Wyatts which are from Kent and were rich industrialists I think they were into paper
There are lots of pubs called the Tommy Wyatt Its funny kent and Lancashire sometimes seem to have the same history never fails to surprise me although two rural     old counties would I suppose. rich industrialists possibly had meetups. Theres a big cor blimey prison at the top of thetown
U think the Krays were in there the prison has barbed wire and a humoungous brick wall
many thanks for postingxxxx

[Corrupt council]

I think highfield on the Levenshulme ,reddish ,gorton ,heaton chapel border was the first official country park

[Manchester Man]

I think highfield on the Levenshulme ,reddish ,gorton ,heaton chapel border was the first official country park

Someone else said that.

ATB
Ray.

[StooGol]

Heaton Park is Manchester's first official country park Manchester's Heaton Park has been awarded official country park status. [...] To be eligible for country park status parks must meet a series of criteria set out by Natural England including [...] provide opportunities for the local community to be involved in the management and development of the park

I wonder how that latter criterion is being satisfied.

[Corrupt council]

I wonder how that latter criterion is being satisfied.

It strikes me that Heaton park is a more kept urban park , where as Highfield would be more country park as its a lot more wild and more natural.

[puggy]

Anyone know when the 'Pavillion'/Bandstand disappeared ?

[migky]

Anyone know when the 'Pavillion'/Bandstand disappeared ?

Sometime between the late 1980's early 1990's. 
Couple of photos courtesy of Manchester image website

[puggy]

Sometime between the late 1980's early 1990's. 
Couple of photos courtesy of Manchester image website

The "Concert Party" photo, which I have viewed previously on the Manchester Image website, prompted a "WOW!" from me. I attended the concert as a child along with my family; the backdrop/painted scenery, I recognised immediately. I 'hear' the singer : "My mother said to me, would you like a cup of tea, I said no, no, only cocoa..."etc. It was early evening and most families sat on the grass beyond the provided seating. I must have wondered off, because when I decided to re-join my parents and couldn't
spot them, I panicked, and became a lost child! Eventually following an announcement from the stage, my father collected me from the side of the Pavillion, much to the amusement of several families including mine