Chadderton Park

Chadderton Park
Chadderton Park Location within Greater Manchester
OS grid reference	SD 89615 06137
Metropolitan borough	Oldham
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	OLDHAM
Postcode district	OL9
Dialling code	0161
Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Oldham West and Royton
List of places UK England Greater Manchester 53°33′06″N2°09′30″W / 53.551757°N 2.1582139°W / 53.551757; -2.1582139

Chadderton Park is a suburban area of Chadderton in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester.

It is located a little under one mile to the west of Chadderton's commercial centre on Middleton Road and is contiguous with the Mills Hill and Firwood Park areas of the town.

Semi-rural Chadderton Fold lies to the north.

History

Now a suburban area of Chadderton, Chadderton Park was an area of extensive parkland lying to the south of the now demolished Chadderton Hall manor house and was an area that stretched south as far as Middleton Road. Archery contests were a frequent event on the parkland in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The parkland also drew large crowds of spectators for cavalry reviews during this period. ^{[1] [2]}

In 1912 the land was used by the now defunct Chadderton Golf Club, a nine-hole course. The course lay opposite what later became Chadderton Hall Park. After the First World War the club moved to a new course at Acres near Mills Hill. The club's affairs were wound up in 1942. ^[3]

At the outbreak of the First World War the land was taken over by the military authorities for an army camp — the Chadderton Army Camp. ^{[3] [4]}

Transport

Bee Network provide the following bus services in the area:

59 to Manchester city centre via Middleton and Cheetham Hill and to Oldham,

396 to Middleton and to Ashton-under-Lyne via Chadderton town centre, Werneth and Bardsley.

References

1. "Chadderton Hall". Chadderton-hs.freeuk.com. 16 April 2010. Archived from the original on 28 January 2001. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
2. P16 - Lawson, Michael; Johnson, Mark (1990), Looking Back at Chadderton, Oldham Leisure Services, ISBN   0-902809-23-7
3. Golf Club
4. "24th Battalion". Themanchesters.org. Retrieved 29 June 2013.