Platt Fields Park
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Platt Fields Park by Gerald England as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Gerald England Taken: 18 Oct 2010
The Platt Fields estate was purchased by Manchester Corporation for public use in 1907 following a local campaign. The park was landscaped and a lake created by unemployed labour during the hard winter of 1908-1909. In the background is Holy Trinity Church which was built in 1845-46, at the expense of Thomas Carrill Worsley of Platt Hall. http://rusholmearchive.org/holy-trinity-church-platt-lane