Mayfield Park, in Manchester city centre, is the first public park built in the city for more than a century. It occupies an area of 2.6 hectares (6.4 acres), and was officially opened on 22 September 2022.[1] It takes its name from the Manchester Mayfield railway station which formerly occupied the 5.7-hectare (14.1 acres) site, of which the park forms a part.[2]
The Manchester Mayfield railway station was opened by the London & North Western Railway in 1910, and following the station’s closure in 1960 the site remained derelict for more than fifty years.[3][4]
The park is part of a wider regeneration scheme for the site, which it is planned will include 1500 new homes, retail, leisure and office space.[2] It sits on the banks of the River Medlock, a section of which was revealed after more than fifty years when concrete culverts were removed during its construction. Three of the original steel beams have been retained to create the base of a new bridge over the river, forming part of extensive walkways.[5]
Mayfield Park was awarded a Green Flag in 2024; in the words of the judges “In our 20+ years of judging we have never seen such an outstanding urban park”.[4]