Crowcroft Park

Crowcroft Park is a true community park, situated on the busy A6 Stockport Road three miles from Manchester City and Stockport centre.

The park is commonly used for dog walking, children's recreational play, sports, community events, educational activities, bowling and hosting live music. The park has a strong and active Friends of Group who support community events and actively campaign for improvements in the park. In 2008, Crowcroft Park was awarded a Green Flag Award for achieving the national standard for parks and green spaces.

Opened in 1900, Crowcroft Park was one of Manchester early parks and was the quintessential Victorian Park with well laid out flower beds, elaborate bandstand, pretty flower borders and abundance of cricket and football, pitches. The park was originally created for recreational purposes for the young residents of the neighbourhood, and in response to the growing need to preserve land for leisure and recreation.

Crowcroft Park sits in the Longsight ward, and prior to 2001 was a park in decline. The designation of a dedicated Park development officer and partnership working with the local community helped recover the park and transform it into what is today a multi-functional facility for all to enjoy.

The site is comprised mainly of amenity grassland divided by various access routes, some woodland areas and scattered mature trees throughout the site. Plantings include rose beds and summer and winter bedding.

 

Who to contact

Telephone
0161 223 8278 0161 223 8278
E-mail
centralareaccs@manchester.gov.uk

Where to go

Address
Stockport Road
Levenshulme
Manchester
Lancashire
Postcode
M13
View M13 on a map

Last Updated

Last updated:

Actions

Remove from Shortlist
Is the information on this page correct? If not, please let us know.