Philips Park, Prestwich — Attraction in Bury

Quiet places for walking dogs. Unfortunately, the money spent on the bike trail, which is great. Left nothing for the rest of the park. The top of the gardens is overgrown, we have taken secateurs to clear the overhanging brambles on several occasions. The grass hill to the monument at the top, has disappeared in undergrowth. The Philips family must be spinning in their graves. Having said that the playground is well looked after and the formal gardens. Pity about the arboretum, I remember it being open with plants and statues in it. That was in the 50s and 60s. teenagers were better behaved then. After my moan, I still go there every day with my dogs, and...

A beautiful place to cycle or walk, easily accessible from Prestwich Village; through Drinkwater Park Agecroft where there's a small car park; from Swinton via Livia Silverdale from Bolton Road, and Broughton following the Irwell River from the Weir.

The parks all link together via bridges over the river and park boundaries.

The Barn in Phillips Park hosts a cycle maintenance hub and a volunteer group.

Lots of lovely spots to chill out and relax in or go for miles discovering new nooks and crannies by bike or foot.

There's also a great professional mountain bike trail (which I helped to build!) in the park with sweeping banked curves and high...

Went to Philips park on my bike for the first time last weekend, well I must say, I'm glad I did... I just wish I'd of found it sooner.

So I was riding around the park on my gravel bike, and came across a man on a MTB that informed me that I was going the wrong way on the trail I didn't even know I was on, I asked the gentleman where to go and promptly ended up blasting off the right way down a massive hill and into a load of jumps and chicanes... When I reached the bottom I had to make sure I hadn't filled my padded shorts with fudge, but nevertheless what a thrill, will be back again for more shorts...