Highfield Country Park — Attraction in Manchester

Woodland wins out over Victorian industrialisation. Nature has truly taken back the land. A peaceful tranquil haven bounded by Levenshulme, Reddish and Heaton Chapel. Full of wildlife, wildflowers and mixed deciduous trees. Mostly woodland with some open space, ponds and a brook. Birds throughout the day; foxes and bats at night. The main pathways are suitable for wheelchairs, prams and cycles, although there are some slopes and not all entrances are as easy to get through as would be ideal. Wellies needed for the more minor paths. Nice picnic areas. You can see a lot more stars that you'd expect once you're properly in, with neighbouring allotments and a golf course helping reduce light pollution. Much more peaceful and cleaner air than you'd expect, given the roads and population density of the areas surrounding it. Definitely...

Highfield is, quite simply, the best park in Manchester, and the reason for that is quite simple: the park is wild. Unlike most of the other parks in the area, this vast expanse of forest and shrubbery is truly untamed, unspoiled, and unknowable. There are the few well trodden paths through the heart of the park, but the real beauty of any walk in Highfield is that, even after months of exploring, there will still be a new path that springs up every now and again, and you may find that a trail you walked just a shy week ago has already dissapeared, overgrown by frenzied thorns and thistles. The unpredictability, and the constant opportunity for exploration and discovery is fantastic. I used to say that I knew Highfield like the back of my hand but, to be honest, I don't think anybody does, and that is what makes it...

A beautiful space, I grew up nearby and always came here to play with my friends as a kid, we used to go chop all the knotweed with sticks and call ourselves samurais. It's very much a mini get away from the car filled streets and it's so close by, a real mini forest. Me and my beautiful wife frequent Highfield to get away from the noise and the hustle and bustle. Funnily enough my beautiful wife gave birth to our third beautiful daughter at the picnic area, we were very worried as it was a fast labor and we thought we couldn't get to the road in time to get an ambulance. Luckily enough people emerged from the surrounding forest and helped deliver our third beautiful daughter calmly, efficiently and with the up most sanitation that only a team of the most experienced midwife's could muster. Would go...