Leverhulme Park
| Leverhulme Park | |
|---|---|
Bolton MBC | |
| Status | Open all year |
Leverhulme Park is the largest park in the town of
Tonge Fold. Since its earlier days as simply a park, Leverhulme Park has diversified. It is now home to a community centre,[2] an athletics stadium[3] and five-a-side football pitches.[4]
It was also the home to the Bolton Show which ran intermittently for more than fifty years.
Bolton Show
The Bolton Show grew out of an old agricultural show of the 1950s held to allow local
stunt performers, falconry, and dog handlers, a large amusement fair, car boot sales and a closing firework display. The Bolton show was planned to return in the summer of 2006, but was cancelled due to lack of local council funds.[5]
Bolton One Big Weekend
Bolton's One Big Weekend was a weekend of family fun days held on Leverhulme Park. Organisers estimated around 20,000 people turned out to the event.morris dancing, martial arts displays and a dog show.[6]
Sport
A parkrun takes place in the park every Saturday morning starting at 9 am.[7]
References
- ^ "Leverhulme Park".
- ^ "Bolton Leisure Website". Retrieved 22 January 2010.
- ^ Run Track Direct Website
- ^ Powerleague Website Archived 2010-01-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c "Bolton Show scrapped for good". The Bolton News. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
- ^ a b The Bolton News. "Wet weekend but still ONE big success". Retrieved 20 September 2010.
- ^ "Home | Bolton parkrun | Bolton parkrun".