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Queen's Park, Rochdale

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The park contains a number of facilities, including a café, open-air theatre, children's play area, bowling greens and a tennis court.
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The park is situated on land formerly owned by a local cotton manufacturer Charles Martin Newhouse. He died in 1873
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Queen's Park Lodge and three-basin ornamental fountain were both designed by the
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David Healey, which extended the park eastwards to include a boating lake.
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Tourist attractions in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale
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Parks and commons in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale
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Municipal park
Heywood
Greater Manchester
Coordinates
53°36′05″N 2°13′08″W / 53.60137°N 2.21880°W / 53.60137; -2.21880
Rochdale Borough Council
Listed Building
1001541
Queen's Park, Heywood
Heywood
Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale
Greater Manchester
without a will
Queen Victoria
Duchy of Lancaster
alderman
Grade II listed
Harrogate
H. E. and A. Bown
Queen's Park Lodge, Heywood, in 2020
Fountain at Queen's Park, Heywood, in 2007




"Queen's Park, Rochdale"


"Queen's Park (Green Flag Award), Heywood"
"Royal connection of delightful Greater Manchester park that nearly never was"

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