Hamilton Road Park is an approximately 1.3 hectares urban community park in Whitefield. The park is located 4 minutes from Whitefield town centre, by foot, 0.2 miles by road.
- Bury New Road, Whitefield, M45 8QN
- Grid Reference: (E) 380508, (N) 405952
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The park is level in most places with well-maintained footways and accessible to people in wheelchairs and families with push chairs. You can access the park via a ramp from the Bury New Road entrance and down steps from the Hamilton Road entrance.
Facilities and attractions
- Children's play area
- Three tennis courts
- Outdoor gym
- Run Together route
- Decorative memorial railings
- Two memorial trees (one to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and one to honour the Association of Jewish Refugees)
Green Flag Award
Hamilton Road Park received its first Green Flag Award in 2023. The national Green Flag Award scheme recognises excellence in greenspace management and measures criteria such as cleanliness, maintenance, sustainability, community involvement, heritage, nature conservation, health, safety, security and overall management.
History
Hamilton Road Park was originally part of Whitefield Urban District Council. There is a memorial in the park which states “The land on which these courts and gardens were laid out together with the cricket ground adjoining, were presented as a memorial to those brave lads from Whitefield who laid down their live in the Great War 1914 – 1918”.
Development occurred along the majority of Bury New Road during the late nineteenth century but a section on the west side remained undeveloped. By 1893 the Cricket Ground had been laid out and the Hamilton Road Park boundaries were established.