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

If you have any issues regarding the day to day management of the Park please contact: 01942 486 999. Alternatively, if you would like to hold an event or find out about event and activities in the park please contact: 01942 486 900.

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

If you have any issues regarding the day to day management of the Park please contact: 01942 486 999. Alternatively, if you would like to hold an event or find out about event and activities in the park please contact: 01942 486 900.

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

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

MESNES PARK
Mesnes Park Terrace
Wigan
WN1 1TU

• Mesnes Park occupies a 12 hectare site immediately to the North-West of Wigan town centre.
• Mesnes Park offers a range of facilities that all the family can get involved in. From the fantastic play area to the brilliant newly restored pavilion which house Fredericks café.
• Offers a wide range of activities offered by the rangers including craft activities and interesting talks, plus much much more.
• The park has an active friends of group 'friends of mesnes park' who work along side Wigan Leisure and culture Trust (WLCT) and Wigan council to improve the park for the community and its visitors.

Directions

On Foot
From Wigan Town Centre:
Mesnes Park is within walking distance of the town centre, bus station and train stations.

From the main shopping street you can either:
head down Market Street crossing New Market Street, towards the Big Wheel of Wigan College. Continue down Parsons Walk passing the big wheel on your left and the Thomas Linacre Outpatients Department on your right.. Mesnes Park is on your right.

Head down Mesnes Street, crossing New Market Street, continue along Mesnes Street, crossing Mesnes Park Terrace and through the main gates of the park on the corner of Mesnes Park Terrace and Bridgeman Terrace.

By Car
From Motorway:
From Junction 25 of the M6 motorway, the park is accessible via Warrington Road (A49), taking the third exit at the roundabout onto Poolstock Lane. Continue to follow B5238, straight through one roundabout, onto Chapel Lane. Continue onto River Way (A49), turn left at Powell Street and turn right at Bridgeman Terrace. The park is on the left. Junction 25 is north bound exit only, Junction 24 is south bound exit only.

Please visit the Mesnes Park restoration Webpage www.wlct.org/mesnes park for information on the restoration project and to find contact details.