Park Information
Details of just some of the parks in the borough. More information will be added here shortly.
ORRELL WATER PARK
Lodge Road,
Orrell,
WN5 7AT
01695 625338
- Excellent small coarse fishery
- Open all year for day ticket fishing and competitions
- Small "Nature Reserve," with ponds
- Children’s play area; Free parking
- Over 100 Bird species recorded
- A wide variety of Butterflies, Dragonflies and Damselflies
PENNINGTON FLASH COUNTRY PARK
Off St Helens Road
Leigh
Greater Manchester
WN7 3PA
Tel 01942 605253
How to get here
BY CAR : The Park lies close to the A580 East Lancashire Road and is well signposted from it
BY BUS : From Leigh Bus Station take the 600 to the outskirts of the Park, alight at the Robin Hood pub, for details Tel 01942 883501
ON FOOT : The Park is only a short walk away from Leigh town centre, there is a footpath entrance into the Eastside of the Park from St Helens Road, which will take you along the old Pennington Railway line
- 200 hectare Country Park, centred on a 70 hectare lake or "Flash"
- A variety of well maintained paths cater for walkers, cyclists and horse riders
- One of the premier bird watching sites in the North West with several hides overlooking the Nature Reserve
- Over 230 bird species recorded on site including such as Black-Faced Bunting, Nightingale, Marsh Harrier, Spoonbill and Leach’s Petrel
- A wide variety of Butterflies, Dragonflies and Damselflies
- Facilities include: small Information Centre, nine hole municipal golf course, children’s play area, picnic and recreation areas, fishing on certain shores, sailing, windsurfing and rowing through Leigh and Lowton Sailing Club - no public sailing
- Pay and display parking, all hides have wheelchair access
- For more information contact Pennington Flash Country Park Visitors Centre, or you can email pfcp@wlct.org
THREE SISTERS RECREATION AREA
Three Sisters Road,
Bryn,
Ashton-in-Makerfield
WN4 8DD
01942 720453
- Large Recreation Area reclaimed from three huge colliery spoil heaps - hence the name
- Motor sports in the Arena run by Aintree Racing Drivers School. For information and bookings telephone 01942 270230
- Coarse fishing by day ticket on the Lake from September to April
- Model boats on the lake by day ticket
- Extensive footpaths cater for walkers, cyclists and horse riders
- Woodland feeding station for close up views of birds
- Toilets and Free Parking