17/06/2026
Looking for an excuse to get outdoors? Good news: it's National Picnic Week!🧺🌳
Grab a blanket and some snacks and head to your nearest park to enjoy the great outdoors (Pom-Bears not required)!
This is the official page for Heaton Park, Manchester. Construction started on Heaton Hall in 1772 and finished mid 1790’s with the Orangery added in 1823.
With over 600 acres of parkland, Grade I listed Heaton Hall, the Animal Centre, a boating lake plus much more, we are proud to be the biggest and best park in the North West. Welcome to Heaton Park
Heaton Park is the largest municipal park in Europe boasting over 640 acres of heritage landscape, grazing land and landscaped gardens. The park is home to the Neo-Classical Grade 1 listed Heaton Hall
17/06/2026
Looking for an excuse to get outdoors? Good news: it's National Picnic Week!🧺🌳
Grab a blanket and some snacks and head to your nearest park to enjoy the great outdoors (Pom-Bears not required)!
16/06/2026
🚋On the 6th and 7th of June, Heaton Park Tramway hosted an open day to celebrate the 125th Anniversary of Manchester's Electric Trams, which began running on Saturday the 6th of June 1901!
Visitors enjoyed displays detailing Manchester's tramway history, exploring vintage trams and, on the Sunday, riding the free heritage bus services between Heaton Park and the Museum of Transport.
Interested in exploring this unique collection of Manchester history for free? Be sure to check out one of their next open days on the 5th July and 6th August!
We are delighted to announce the arrival of four special new faces to the Heaton Park Animal Centre family! 🫏🦚
These four lovely boys are new to the Animal Centre, so please give them space and be calm and gentle during your visit whilst they are getting settled in to the park.
Over the next four Animal Fridays we'll be doing a deep dive on the donkeys, getting to know each one in turn. Get ready for fun facts, cute photos and exclusive interviews with each donkey - what DO donkeys like to eat? Which donkey is the most fashion-conscious? What's their favourite colour? And MORE... tune in this Friday and keep your eyes peeled for their name reveals... 👀
15/06/2026
Take a look at this week at Heaton Park 🍃
12/06/2026
Happy Animal Friday from Heaton Park!
This week we're up close and personal with the honkiest crew in Manchester - we've translated the geese's honking and realised they're all clamouring for a spot on Animal Friday!
Have you heard our noisy friends on your visit to Heaton Park?🦢💬
08/06/2026
Good news in the park: we have a new accessible bench at the Heaton Park Cafés Lakeside Café!
This improvement helps make the park more accessible to everyone 🌳♿
08/06/2026
Take a look at this week at Heaton Park 🍃
06/06/2026
06/06/2026
We're getting set up for open weekend! Manchester 765 and Hull 96 will be outside our Museum and on display for both days this weekend. Our FREE Model Tramway Exhibition takes place today 11-4, and a our museum is also open tomorrow, with a vintage bus display and FREE vintage bus rides - as well as full size trams!