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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.
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.
1933 Incorporation of Stretford
Borough Council and Fireworks!
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.
Longford Park Matters:
Longford Park Community Cafe - A potential business opportunity
Trafford Council is looking, in the near future, to offer for tender the use of the Bungalow building, adjacent to the small animal area, in Longford Park as a Cafe.
To this end the council is refurbishing the building but is keen to gauge local interest and views regarding suitability and business potential from other similar local businesses.
Longford Park is Trafford’s largest urban park with a wide range of facilities drawing in visitors from across Trafford and Greater Manchester. Trafford is working with the local community to draw in additional funding and resources making great strides in improving the facilities available and the standards available in the Park.
We expect to see in 2010;
• New and improved footpaths through the park with the existing park lighting being replaced with new lamps with a period feel.
• New Play facilities for the over 5’s will be installed in place of the existing equipment and further bids are being developed to extend the area.
• Trafford working with Stretford Grammar School and the Friends of Longford Park won £50,000 from the Lottery Peoples millions to recreate the park Rose gardens.
These and numerous additional programs will see the Park Transformed in the next few years and we will be looking for a partner with vision to supply refreshments to our park users.
If interested in finding out more then please Contact Dave Sykes by email at david.sykes@trafford.gov.uk
Images of Longford Park:
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.
