Burrs Country Park — Local services in Bury

Such a beautiful place, plenty to look at and different types of routes/fileds and the opportunity to watch steam trains. However if your dog does not have the best recall KEEP IT ON IT'S LEAD...Just because your dog isn't nervous and you feel confident it's friendly, does not mean other dogs are. All dogs should be treated as scared/nervous unless their owner says otherwise. Especially in busy areas.

Myself & my mum took our two dogs here over the weekend. Whilst some respectful owners kept their dogs on the lead even though they knew their dogs are well behaved off their leads and then there were others that weren't bothered about their dog/dogs approaching others especially when on leads.

We have a shih tzu who is very well behaved, listens and loves other dogs and people and we also have a rescue dog who's 7 and he is a nervous wreck around people and dogs that coming running towards him- even though we constantly shouted at owners to get their dog because one of ours was nervous they just didn't listen nor bothered to call/control their dog, to the point I had to hold the roaming dogs harness. Our rescue dog is a boxer cross so he's not small but this does not mean he won't be scared. He was introduced to well behaved dogs on their leads and...

Firstly it's free! Ample parking, local bus service 10 minutes away. Now for the good bit great place to visit, you can walk to the river, the viaduct, lovely scenery, never overcrowded, good pub and a lovely cafe, all reasonably priced. Dogs welcome😊. The only thing i didn't like was the cheese and pickle sandwich as the cheese was mixed with mayo, I know for goodness sake stop complaining!. They have a fabulous caravan park, and good sites to pitch on. One of the best things is there is a railway station! Trains run by the East Lancs railway, so if you want the steam train experience nows your chance. Direct from the station in Bury. Great day out...

Only very locally signposted, and when arriving, looks unkempt and looks like it was last tended to in the 1990s (going by 1990s-style structures). No maps appear on the information boards of the country park, showing paths, cafe, pub, station, toilets etc. Also no public toilets, and when a woman asked the man running the Lamppost café about toilets, he said Yes you can use ours, I go to him immediately after, asked about toilets, he says, No sorry, no toilets here. Liar. Also, the Lamppost café was closing up half an hour before advertised closure, despite quite a few people about. Definitely won't visit this "country park" again. Drab...