Manchester Parks and gardens

Hollingworth Lake Country Park and Visitor Centre

Nature ReserveIn Victorian times Hollingworth Lake was known as the "The Weighvers' Seaport". The Visitor Centre houses permanent interactive displays, temporary exhibitions, slide shows, information and a sales counter.

Tatton Park

Family Friendly GardenOne of England’s most complete historic estates. Encompasses neo-classical mansion, 50 acres of award winning gardens including one of the best Japanese gardens in Europe.

Heaton Park

Family Friendly GardenHeaton Hall and Gallery, farm centre, pets corner, livery stables & horse riding, donkey hire, horticultural centre, woodland area, boating lake, angling, golf course, pitch & putt, tennis courts, football pitches, tram museum.

Haigh Hall and Country Park

Family Friendly GardenExplore and enjoy the stunning parkland, woodland and plantations at Haigh Hall at Country Park.

Clifton Country Park

Family Friendly Garden

Clifton Country Park Local Nature Reserve is approximately 48 hectares of scenic urban fringe countryside in Salford, with woods, meadows, ponds and a lake to explore and remnants of the city's industrial past to discover.

Broadfield Park

Family Friendly GardenRochdale's town centre park, the oldest in the Borough, is of great historic interest and contains the statue of John Bright MP. Of considerable landscape beauty and charm with significant views of the area.

Dunham Massey Hall - Gardens

Family Friendly GardenGreat plantsman's garden with interesting historic features like an Orangery, Pump House, Victorian Bank House. A winter garden containing almost 700 different plant species and a further 1,600 shrubs opened in 2009 .

Green Flag Parks

Family Friendly GardenRochdale borough boasts eight Green Flag parks, each one different in style, but similar in being well kept and providing a safe place to relax.