There couldn't have been a more classic Manchester day for the National Trust to open their newest urban park. As grey clouds covered the city's skyline, the steely structure of Castlefield's gothic viaduct could once have been passed over, assumed derelict and beyond repair.
But not anymore. Now, specks of colour coming from plants and flowers are visible through the latticed beams, and the once-abandoned land is being given a new lease of life.
The elevated park, which runs across the Grade II listed Victorian viaduct, will open to the public on Saturday 30 July - but today, the Manchester Evening News was given a first look at the space.
