Shroggs Park — Attraction in Calderdale

A HIDDEN GEM!

I use the park regularly for walking the dogs or taking the kids to play football and use the playground equipment.

The park is home to a lovely woodland walk that provides great opportunities for nature photography.

For the runners out there, the Parkrun is an absolutely fantastic event which takes place every Saturday morning attracting runners from far and wide.

Enjoy orienteering? Well thanks to the East Pennine Orienteering Club, the park now has 3 virtual orienteering courses which can be accessed using the MapRun app on your mobile device.

Various events held throughout the year such as the recent Halloween Trail which my family thoroughly enjoyed.

The park has an active Friends of Group and a number of improvement works have already taken place following public consultation events and the formation of a development group made up of local services in Calderdale and North Halifax.

These improvements include the restoration of the monument/fountain feature, resurfacing of the main paths within the park, a number of robust picnic benches being put in, larger waste bins, a volunteer bin with a code locked compartment which holds litter picking equipment for community volunteers to access.

Overall I'd highly recommend a visit. It doesn't have the reputation of some of the better known parks in Calderdale but Shroggs really is a lovely little place, steeped in history and the perfect outdoor location to enjoy time with the family, or even some wind down time on your own with a stroll as I often do myself.

My one real issue is down to a minority of irresponsible dog owners resulting in a ridiculous amount of dog muck which either myself or another parent has to remove from the main football pitch on a Sunday morning so the kids can enjoy their matches without the risk of sliding in it. Usually enough to fill a...

The park was opened in 1881. The land was bought and cultivated into Parkland as a gift to the people of Halifax by Colonel Ackroyd. As part of the deed and subsequent hand over the council agreed to an annual maintenance budget of £100. Calderdale Council might need reminding about inflation. This park is a dilapidated, irregularly maintained wasteland. Rotting benches. No public information posters. Clumps of weed ravaged flower beds and cracked pathways. The old serpentine lake is a dried out jungle of weeds and wild grasses. A real shame for the people of Halifax as Shibden and Manor Heath seem to get all the funding. The ornate, gothic drinking fountain is in reasonable condition with evidence of broken off stone masonry. The playing fields and bowling green need a visit from the Lawnmower man and the entrances need a real good face-lift. People need to go outside and fight for their...

Shroggs Park is situated in Lee-Mount, Halifax and offers plenty of open green space for children to play, a full size grass football pitch, all weather football pitch, basket ball court, swings and slides, skateboard ramps, a maze and a lovely walk with clear pathways. There are benches located throughout the park and picnic tables near the children's play park. I can envisage this park was once stunning with its gardens, water fountain, and large pond now empty and overgrown with weeds. I was surprised there was nowhere to buy refreshments in the park, no tearoom, no ice-cream van..... set in the midst of a friendly community with young families and close to Halifax Town centre it seems a shame this park is not utilised to it's best potential.

Free street parking surrounds the park with various entrances located around the perimeter. Wheelchair friendly. Dog...