Friends of Longford Park (FOLP)

Latest News: Longford Park wins £50,000 Lottery award!

Longford Park has won £50,000 to start bringing the historic site back to life! Thanks very much to everyone that voted in the People’s Millions to vote Longford Park.

The scheme won a public vote in The Big Lottery Fund’s The People’s Millions competition to secure the cash.

The project will:

• Transform the deteriorating rose garden into a beautiful garden.

• Use the latest sustainable technology to restore running water to the ornamental rock gardens.

• Provide the opportunity for young people from local schools to be involved in all aspects of transforming the gardens.

• Develop an education pack for local schools.

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Aims of the Friends of Longford Park:

Friends of Longford Park (Stretford, Manchester) are a group of local people who work with Trafford Council to improve and promote the park as a vibrant local facility for the whole community.

The Friends have held many successful events ranging from social nights, health walks, festivals, picnics, conservation days, carol singing, tree planting, music events, youth activity days and have helped in the creation of a wildlife garden. To host more of these events we do need more volunteers. Please contact us if you can help out. Find out more about our activities and how the community can develop and shape the future of Longford Park.

Longford Park is the largest park in the borough of Trafford and is in need of significant investment. The Friends of Longford Park believe that the park remains an attractive place to visit, a vital community resource with a rich heritage that has the potential to be an excellent asset for Stretford and the whole of Trafford. The North West Film Archive have kindly provided a 1933 film that illustrates the important role Longford Park has played in the heritage of Stretford.

The Friends of Longford Park are keen to help develop a first class park with great historical significance and exciting green credentials. If you care about Longford Park or would just like to get involved with a worthwhile enjoyable community group then please contact us. If you have comments, suggestions or ideas regarding the future of Longford Park then please add your comments here.
When visiting Longford Park, please remember that the park is in a residential area. Please consider local residents when using the park’s facilities.

Longford Park Matters:

The Friends of Longford Park are grateful for the efforts of Trafford Council in preparing the 2008 Heritage Lottery bid to restore Longford Park. The rejection of this lottery bid though in April 2009 was extremely disappointing. A successful lottery bid would have brought many improvements to Longford Park.

In the absence of the heritage lottery funding we are now particularly concerned about the condition of the Edwardian Bungalow which would have become a community cafe as well as providing much needed centrally located toilets. We will continue to work with Trafford Council and other organisations to resolve these issues.

Images of Longford Park:

Image Courtesy of Imran Rashid

 

Image Courtesy of Hannah Roberts

Image Courtesy of Jean Thompson

Please view our Longford Park Image Gallery .

If you have any pictures or film of Longford Park you would like to share with us then please contact us.

Posted by rylands on January 24th, 2010 in What's On

Posted by rylands on January 15th, 2010 in What's On

Our popular Quiz Night will include a fully licensed Bar, Raffle and excellent food available (including vegetarian option)

The Quiz night commences at 8pm 12th March at the Longfords Suite (adjacent to the Longford Park Athletics stadium).
The address is Ryebank Road, Chorlton Cum Hardy, MANCHESTER, M21 9TA

Tickets £7 each including supper (£2.50 admission only).

Advance tickets from Bob 286 6979

All proceeds raised will go towards hosting community events and making improvements to Longford Park

Posted by rylands on January 2nd, 2010 in Social Nights/Meetings, What's On

The Cutback Ceilidh band will be back to play the Chorlton Irish Club on the 23rd April 8pm-11.30pm.
The Cutback Ceilidh band features the highly accomplished fiddler Tom Kitching.

Refreshments by way of a Jacobs Table - Bring buffet type food you like to put on the communal table and share. Friends of Longford Park will provide cutlery and napkins.

The Chorlton Irish Club address is 17 High Lane, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester M21 9DJ

Tickets are £6 and are available from Bob on 286 6979.

Event Update: A big thank you to all those that helped make the Ceilidh Night such a success. Thanks to the excellent Cutback Ceilidh Band and also thanks to Bob and Amanda for organizing this very enjoyable event.

Posted by rylands on January 1st, 2010 in What's On

The Friends of Longford Park are planning a celebration event to coincide with the opening of the Play Builder funded Play Facility at Longford Park.

All Play Builder funded improvements are due to be completed between now and May 2010. The new play area will offer much appreciated improvements for children and young people aged 8-13 in the local area.

Click on Image to see detailed play area layout

More details coming soon …

Posted by rylands on August 29th, 2009 in Health Walks, What's On

The Friends of Longford Park Health Walks will continue to take place at 10.30am on the last Sunday of every month (more details here). Tea, Coffee and biscuits will be available at the end of the walk. Thanks to Jean and Janice for continuing to organize this popular event.
The October walk took place shortly after heavy rains had flooded parts of Longford Park. The Autumnal colours and the sudden appearance of a lake in the south of the park made for an interesting experience!
Opportunities now exist for free training in being a Health Walk leader. Please contact us for more details.

Posted by rylands on August 10th, 2009 in Stretford Pageant/Carnival, What's On

Stretford Pageant is an annual Rose Queen Carnival and takes place on the last weekend in June.

At this year’s Stretford Pageant there will be a procession of decorated floats through the streets of Stretford, collecting money for local charities and ending at Longford Park, where the Rose Queen is crowned. Various other entertainments are provided in the park on the day of the Stretford Pageant, such as a fun fair, many stalls and a car boot sale.

If you need more information on Stretford Pageant or can help out then please contact Victoria Mcleod on 0161 748 2300

Find out more about 100 years of Stretford Pageant

More details coming soon …