Friends of Worthington Park, Sale
The Lion
A Brief Tour
News Items
Some Views of the Park
Photo Album
Message Board
Guestbook
Event Calendar
Mail Form
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Welcome to the Friends of Worthington Park
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A very warm welcome to the website of the Friends of Worthington Park in Sale.
We are a group established to work with Trafford Council, the local community and other partners to safeguard and improve the facilities in this local park.
We hope you find this site interesting. Many thanks to Pat Coulburn who supplied many of the photographs. More information will be added to this site later. Meanwhile, why not sign our guest book or, better still, join us to help improve the Park.
Our contact at Trafford Council is:-
Ruth Morgan
Community Parks Officer - Sale
Tel: (0161) 912 5579
Email: ruth.morgan@trafford.gov.uk
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......Some background about the Park
Worthington Park is located on Cheltenham Drive in the centre of Sale. It covers about 16.7 acres. The park has been redeveloped with the planting of 27,000 native trees. The main planting scheme originates from plants purchased from the Sale Botanical Gardens using late Victorian planting styles.
Facilities
Two Bowling Greens
Junior (under 5's) and Senior (under 14's) play areas.
Items of Interest
The park has many original features including the bandstand, a bronze bust of Dr J P Joule (1818 - 1889, the famous local physicist who lived nearby in Wardle Road) and attractive entrance feature gates. The stone lion known to generations of local children is currently in Sale Waterside.
History
Worthington Park has been a popular area for recreation since the late Mrs. Worthington donated the land in 1900. Until 1950 it was known as Sale Park, but was later re-named Worthington Park during the Golden Jubilee (when an oak was planted by Viscount Leverhulme) in memory of the benefactor, Mrs Worthington. |  |
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