Introduction
Rochdale Road Recreation Ground has a recreation ground bounded by Rochdale Road to the north, Pimhole Road to the west and River Roch to the east. The site is surrounded by a wrought iron fence with a main entrance gate and caretaker's house in half-timbered style. Facilities include a cricket pitch, bowling green and tennis courts as well as swings and sand pits. Planting around the edges of the park was described in 1888 as 'shrubberies, thickly planted, the borders being artistically set out with rows first, of golden feathers, and then violet, with a fringe of a grass plat abutting on the outer red gravelled paths inside the enclosure.' The site remains extant, and is now known as Openshaw Park.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Access contact details
This is a municipal site for general public use. Please see: http://www.bury.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/ParksAndRecreation/UrbanParks/OpenshawPark/default.htm
Owners
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
Town Hall, Knowsley Street, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 0SW
- Features & Designations
Features
- Ironwork
- Description: The site is surrounded by a wrought iron fence.
- Earliest Date:
- Garden Building
- Description: There is a caretaker?s house in half-timbered style.
- Bowling Green
- Key Information
Type
Park
Purpose
Recreational/sport
Principal Building
Parks, Gardens And Urban Spaces
Survival
Extant
Hectares
5
Open to the public
Yes
- References
References
- University of Manchester and University of York, {A Survey of Historic Parks and Gardens in Greater Manchester}, York, 1994 A Survey of Historic Parks and Gardens in Greater Manchester
Contributors
Lancashire Gardens Trust
Greater Manchester Archaeological Unit