Truffet Park (Green Flag Award), Middleton

Park name
Truffet Park
Address
Bowness Road, Middleton, Manchester M24 4EW
Description

Truffet Park is the local park for the people of Langley, which is located 1 mile north west of Middleton.

Opening times

Open every day

Facilities

There's a range of facilities at Truffet Park, including:

  • Herbaceous and shrub beds 
  • Sensory garden and mini arboretum
  • Wooded, grassland, wetland and wildlife areas
  • Play area and multi use events area
  • Tennis courts 
  • Car park and toilets
  • Wildlife walk and circular footpath around the site
  • Floodlit crown green bowling greens and pavilion 
  • Site based maintenance staff and secure fully fenced site
  • Guide dogs allowed

Council-run bowling greens close each year from 30 September until 1 April while we complete winter maintenance work.

Parking

There is free onsite parking at Truffet Park.

Events and activities

Buggy Walks at Truffet Park

Every Tuesday morning 11am–12 noon

Calling all new parents. Get in shape and socialise with other new parents on this pram, baby and tots group walk.

History

Truffet Park was officially opened on 9 July 1966 by the Mayor of Middleton, Councillor Alan Donner.

The park was named after Councillor Jim Truffet, a resident of the Langley estate who had held the position of Vice Chair of the parks committee and who had been a great advocate for a park in Langley.

As Alderman Chisholm, Chair of the Parks Committee, said: "Councillor Truffet always had the desire to provide this type of facility pleasantly situated on the edge of the estate where he lived."

It achieved Green Flag status for the first time in 2009 after investment paved the way for extensive improvements and ongoing maintenance.

Gallery
Bowling green at Truffet Park.