John Leigh Park

Sir John Leigh handed this land to the council as a public park in 1917 and it has stayed exactly what it was meant to be: fourteen acres of sloping ground above Broadheath, formal gardens at the top, sport at the bottom. It carries a Green Flag Award.

The two play areas are split by age, infant and junior, which is a small thing that changes a visit completely when your children are four years apart. There is also a Pets Corner with rabbits, guinea pigs and birds, a trim track, a bowling green, free tennis courts and, importantly, public toilets including accessible ones.

The one gap is parking. Trafford's own page lists facilities and does not include a car park, so you are on the street around Oldfield Road, in an area where the residents got there first. Aim for a weekday morning or the first hour of a Saturday.

What it costs: Free. Trafford publish no admission charge. They also do not list a car park here, so it is street parking on Oldfield Road and the roads around it. Toilets are on site.

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