Towneley Park — Attraction in Burnley

I've lived near the park all my life. I learned to ride my bike here, played football here, and now I bring my one-year-old here.

Firstly, the park is still great and is clearly well-maintained and looked after. The local infrastructure however, has made it flood more, is busier and more dangerous for people and animals, dogs and their owners, and is making it worse. There's a school in the park, and the parents that pick their kids up have to go somewhere. Currently it's a narrow, pothole-filled road with a 20mph speed limit that is almost never enforced (i gather it technically can't be enforced). The road is genuinely falling to bits. And that's before you even consider who has to scrape the dead ducks off the road. It might seem trivial, but so many people feed the ducks in the park, yet every week there's one pancaked on the road.

No speed bumps, no traffic calming measures, no enforced speed limit, no lasting road improvements. I went to primary school at St Stephens and the traffic through the park now, compared to then, is incredible. But it's mainly people using it as a through road - even lorries, whose drivers i feel for because it isn't suitable. The area around the road stinks of fumes.

The path down to the park from the top of Brunshaw Road is a joke. I'm young and strong and I really struggle to keep the pram on the path. My mum has to walk in the road with the pram, and if I'm honest, everyone is safer walking in the road because the path will claim more victims than the cars will. It's a claim waiting to happen. When you look at what has been done for the football club a couple of miles down the road - a brand new, massive, path that has created crazy traffic for the last year and for what, 30 days a year? Whereas this is used by families from all over Lancashire every day, and it's being left to become a major trunk road instead of being made safe. Again, the word is safe. It's not currently safe.

I know there is very little funding to do anything of note, but it feels crazy to me that there are new housing developments going up all over the area, with no thought of how these new cars will move around. Where is the contribution to the local road infrastructure, from the housing developers?

It's probably only a matter of time before a speeding car hits a child, or there's a major accident because a car falls off the side of the road where's there's no longer any tarmac. It's not the most difficult thing in the world: Fix the path properly, take care of our green spaces by making a proper decision on what the road is meant to be, or take care of the people in the area by making it a proper road with an actual road surface. Just do one thing or the other.

I'm happy to be contacted by local council...

I live in the town so am probably a little biased but what a fantastic place to visit. Big Park with a fantastic playground for the children and nearby is the car park a cafe and toilets. There are also 2 garden centres to visit. A river with walks to see the wildlife including kingfishers. There are playing fields so you vould watch a bit of amateur football or cricket in summer. Then there is the hall museum and surrounding gardens which are absolutely worth a visit. Lots of history in the hall too. Then there is the cafe outside the hall overlooking the fountain in the pond which again is full of wildlife. Did I mention the woodland walks which are a must to do with your family and dog if you have one. There is also offshoots to visit too where you can buy plants actually grown in the park. I think they also have children's and adult activities throughout the year at offshoots too. During the summer months the park also hosts the annual car show. There are concerts held in the summer and open air cinema shows. How lucky are we to...

My old favourite! Scaffolding is up on the hall for essential repairs and will be for a while yet so check with the Visitor Centre if you want to go in, for full details. Toilets available inside but NO DOGS ALLOWED - my "pet" hate because of the still-rising amount of Dog Thefts in our country! I have to ask someone to watch my dog whilst I use the loo! Coffee stall is open for business & a welcome fresh brew & cakes outside The Stables Restaurant (also being done up). I go up walking most days around the grounds, woods, fields. There's the Riverside Rotunda for coffee & sandwiches & stuff - a walk down the bottom part past the Sports Fields on the Riverside Car Park. Very clean loo's for all & you don't have to tie your dog up outside! There's alsi a well-stocked Garden Centre a short walk away. A great place to go is...