Throughout Greater Manchester are green spaces in all shapes and sizes. There’s huge country parks which feel a world away from their urban surroundings and tiny but well-tended gardens hidden behind main roads.
Last year Manchester even saw the opening of its first public park in 100 years, Mayfield Park, located right by Piccadilly Station. But some parks in Greater Manchester have been welcoming visitors for generations.
Only a stone’s throw away from Stockport town centre is Vernon Park. It opened in 1858 which makes it the borough’s oldest public park and it even has a Grade II status in the English Heritage Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.
