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Park Crescent West, WIGAN, WN1 1SA

Mesnes Park occupies a 12 hectare site immediately to the north-west of Wigan town centre. The land had been meadow and pasture, but by 1847 supported two collieries. Wigan Corporation purchased the site after 1871 and it was opened as a public park in 1878. The park features number of Victorian park features including a bandstand, a pavilion and a Pulhamite rock feature. Mesnes Park is currently undergoing a multi million pound restoration scheme supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The park remains open to the general public whilst its facilities are being upgraded.

Mesnes Park occupies a 12 hectare site immediately to the north-west of Wigan town centre. The land had been meadow and pasture, but by 1847 supported two collieries. Wigan Corporation purchased the site after 1871 and it was opened as a public park in 1878. The park features number of Victorian park features including a bandstand, a pavilion and this lake. Mesnes Park is currently undergoing a multi million pound restoration scheme supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The park remains open to the general public whilst its facilities are being upgraded.

Mesnes Park occupies a 12 hectare site immediately to the north-west of Wigan town centre. The land had been meadow and pasture, but by 1847 supported two collieries. Wigan Corporation purchased the site after 1871 and it was opened as a public park in 1878. The park features number of Victorian park features including a bandstand, a pavilion and a Pulhamite rock feature. Mesnes Park is currently undergoing a multi million pound restoration scheme supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The park remains open to the general public whilst its facilities are being upgraded.

One World Multicultural festival in Mesnes Park, Wigan.

The procession through Mesnes Park in Wigan.

An ex-MP presides over the Park and Wigan legend has it that if you polish his shoe and walk three times around him, your wish will be granted. As you can see from the inset photo below, the superstition is proving a little wearing.

Pronounced "Mains" Park (the word derives from desmesnes, the ancient term for the land of the lord of the manor), the park provides attractively cultivated breathing-space and quaint Victorian architecture, such as the cafe building featured here, close to the town centre of Wigan.

Mesnes Park occupies a 12 hectare site immediately to the north-west of Wigan town centre. The land had been meadow and pasture, but by 1847 supported two collieries. Wigan Corporation purchased the site after 1871 and it was opened as a public park in 1878. The park features a number of Victorian park features including this bandstand and the pavilion (Image]) which is in the background.

Mesnes Park occupies a 12 hectare site immediately to the north-west of Wigan town centre. The land had been meadow and pasture, but by 1847 supported two collieries. Wigan Corporation purchased the site after 1871 and it was opened as a public park in 1878. The park features number of Victorian park features including a bandstand, a pavilion and a Pulhamite rock feature. Mesnes Park is currently undergoing a multi million pound restoration scheme supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The park remains open to the general public whilst its facilities are being upgraded.