Hare Hill Park, Littleborough
Hare Hill Road
Littleborough
24 hours – 7 days a week
Park warden: 07976059534
Hare Hill Park is a traditional Victorian Park housing the
town’s library with many of its original features offering a wide
range of leisure facilities.
It is located at the gateway to the Pennines
serving the community of Littleborough, and is regarded as the
“Jewel in the Pennines crown.”
The friends group have been instrumental in
returning the park to its former glory and have attracted over
£250,000 for its restoration.
Many original heritage features have been
restored, it is well maintained and clean, offering recreational
opportunities to a wide range of groups and individuals making it
once again a safe and inviting place which is used and valued by
the local community.
Facilities
The main features include
- Formal gardens,
- Fixed play areas,
- Skateboard park,
- Toddlers play area,
- Sports pitch area,
- 2 bowling greens,
- Historical features including a listed water
wheel and the bandstand
- Town library and information centre (formerly
Hare Hill House), where people can make general enquiries and
access councilservices.
History
The park was created in the Victorian era
along with the building of Hare Hill house by a prominent local
family, and sits snugly in the very heart of the Littleborough
community.
The family beneficiaries sold the park and
house to the Littleborough UDC in 1900. Hare Hill Park is now owned
and managed by the council.
Features
The park benefits from a LEAP standard play
area, two bowling greens and heritage features.
There are ambitious plans restore the water
wheel and new facilities for young people, such as a skateboard
park and new toddlers play area have now been created.
Friends of Hare Hill Park
The park has a well-established Friends Group
with a track record of attracting external funding and promoting
the park as a venue for social interaction and a passion for the
park to be an excellent and well-utilized community resource.
If you would like to become a volunteer member
of Friends of Hare Hill Park or for further information, please
call the park warden on 07976 059550.