Crowcroft Park, Longsight
Introduction
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Crowcroft Park, Longsight
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 14 Feb 2019
Opened in 1900, Crowcroft Park was one of the early Victorian parks of Manchester with well laid out flower beds, a bandstand, floral borders as well as cricket and football pitches. See Manchester History http://manchesterhistory.net/LONGSIGHT/PARKS/crowcroft.html for a detailed history of the park.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.452324
Longitude
-2.191653