Whitehall Park — Attraction in Darwen

My husband is in a wheelchair. Today being fine and sunny we decided to visit the park at Whitehall. There wasn’t any parking available at the Bolton rd entrance so we drove up the side road and couldn’t find a suitable entrance. There wasn’t any first two had steps the third we couldn’t access on the pavement as there is a huge tree trunk and no dropped pavement so get around. Eventually we went into the park along the road to the farm which was horrendous as the surface is all broken up. We had a smooth road up to the white fountain and decided to get back to the car. Himself not wanting to risk the bumpy road asked me to drive the car in. What a very disappointing trip out. We will not go to Whitehall park again. So if you are in a wheelchair forget about visiting this park. Sunnyhurst woods are not much better and Boldventure Park is similar. So our next outing will be to Witton park which...

A lovely little park most of the time. Reasonably clean, plenty of diversity in the pathways that you can take to get around. There is a play park at the bottom entrance. The woodland and park to the rear contains rivers and ponds to explore, a wildflower garden for various small daisies, scabious, buttercups etc… as well as a couple of memorials and seating areas near cultivated plants and flowers… what partially let’s the park down is its lack of maintenance for the pathways, which are quite eroded in places, and often have fallen trees blocking them. This is a common problem in some Darwen parks, however.

Overall, a good little walk for all ages and abilities, and worth a...

A very well kept park with some interesting features. Some community herb, fruit and veg patches, couple of waterfalls and atone bridges....it's obviously well valued by the local community and deservedly so judging by the dog walkers, horse riders and families I came across. I did go a bit astray and came across a couple of (wild?) deer off the beaten path which was a sight to behold. This place is a...