Longford Park Reviews Summary

Category: Park Manchester

Address: Ryebank Rd, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Stretford, Manchester M21 9TA, United Kingdom

Phone: +441619122000

Rating: 4.6
based on 197 reviews.

Park Facilities

Pros:

  • "Amazing large park, walled garden and community allotments."
  • "Superb place for people with dogs and families."
  • "The playgrounds are well looked after and plenty for children of all ages to do."
  • "Splendid Park, largest in Trafford, brilliant for kids of all ages with two play areas, tennis courts, disc golf, animal farm, athletics track and a superb Café to enjoy."
  • "Good playground for older kids with zip wire, climbing rocks, tyre swing."
  • "Plenty of picnic benches and all wheelchair friendly."
  • "There's an animal enclosure which is a fave of the kids with ducks, geese, rabbits ect."

Cons:

  • "A lovely green space but in absolutely desperate need of significant investment and improvement, especially better drainage."
  • "Mud & flooding everywhere, leaves unswept & slippery."
  • "The carpark is also in need of some work as it was extremely boggy."
  • "Parking on nearby streets causes issues for residents with cars that live nearby."
  • "Often very busy, car parking can be difficult."
  • "Personally I would avoid some of the grassed areas in winter unless you have suitable footwear."
  • "The playground isn't as good as most parks and all (and I mean all!) of the rubbish bins were overflowing leaving rubbish strewn all over the place."

Cafe and Refreshments

Pros:

  • "Lovely pets corner and the smell from the cafe was mouthwatering."
  • "Cafe has brilliant range of refreshments, including good free-from choices."
  • "The cafe was a nice treat to sit in an had social distancing implemented well, in a natural way."
  • "Lovely cafe selling great artisan food, and a cute little animal zoo to one side."
  • "We really enjoy the homemade cakes & bread from the cafe beautiful."
  • "The cafe is probably my favourite part, fantastic coffees and a selection of delicious cakes."
  • "Caffeine & Co as the café here, highly recommended."

Cons:

  • "Cafe is good but a little on the expensive side."
  • "The cafe was nice with good service but quite expensive at £6 for a fancy sandwich & only an outdoor seating area."
  • "The cafe seems expensive."
  • "The cafe is lovely again - seating area needs updating but products and service are great."
  • "Open space, squirrels galore History, expensive but nice cafe) lhe next size coffee cups pleeese or less charge."
  • "Only thing that let it down was rude Asian community, that would push past, run their prams into you to get through, even when there weren't room."
  • "The animal corner is... lacking!"

Park Maintenance

Pros:

  • "In the last year alone the area has improved leaps and bounds thanks to the hard work of the Friends of Longford Park, the Café and volunteers."
  • "It's been part of my whole life, a truly wonderful place."
  • "This park is incredible, you can tell it is so loved and cared for by a dedicated group of people."
  • "Love Longford Park! It has changed a lot over the last 30 years, but it's well kept and always feels safe in comparison to some other parks."
  • "Place is clean compared to other local parks."
  • "Pets Corner is loved very much, and looked after so well by volunteers."
  • "Fantastic volunteers at Pets Corner."

Cons:

  • "More investment from the local council is perhaps required to bring this gem back to life."
  • "Some areas are aging and in desperate need of investment."
  • "Large but unkempt & uncared for park/space."
  • "It's definitely not as clean and well kept as it was growing up also the pets corner was a mess very disappointing."
  • "It's definitely seen better days and shows the lack of money available for parks."
  • "The park itself is badly in need of care, paths unswept, flooding in places leading to muddy grassed areas where visitors have avoided the water."
  • "I still don't know why and how Trafford Council got away with demolishing Longford Hall. It was a listed building and a bit of money spent renovating it rather than destroying it would have been so much better."

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