Dry stone walling in the park

Dry stone walling in the park

by | May 7, 2023 | Projects

Thanks to a grant from the Rural Skills Hub, the Friends had a very different type of day in the park – learning the skills of dry stone walling. Although the Heaton Moor Park has no free-standing dry stone walls as you find gracing the hills of the Peak...
The return of the urns in the park

The return of the urns in the park

by | Feb 2, 2023 | Projects

For some time the Friends have been interested in bringing back some of the earlier features of the park. When the cloverleaf field was developed in the 1920’s, stairs were built to ascend some of the newly raised areas, urns were installed on the upper plinths...
Ribbon in the park

Ribbon in the park

by | Jan 1, 2023 | Projects

Starting 2023 with another whole week at home with the kids? Cara Kliman proposes a hilarious antidote to the usual holiday music and activities. Just gather a few props from left-over gift wrapping, look up something on YouTube and you will be all set to play: TIE A...
A moving experience in the park

A moving experience in the park

by | Nov 24, 2022 | Projects

This autumn, a bench that had been loosened from its moorings, so to speak, found a new home. Formerly near the bowling green the bench now is on the path leading from the Peel Moat entrance to the centre isle. It now enjoys early morning sunshine, has a great view...
What rhymes with leaf?

What rhymes with leaf?

by | Nov 12, 2022 | Projects

Clara Kilman sends in this report of kids in search of poetic inspiration in the park My daughter Anna has been given the homework of writing a poem about autumn. Sitting at the kitchen table, chewing her pen, she calls out: ‘How about this? ‘I gave a leaf To my...