Nuttall Park is nearly eleven hectares of riverside parkland on the edge of Ramsbottom, opened in 1928 and holding a Green Flag every year since 2005. It is mostly level with good paths, so the pushchair is no trouble, and it has a children's play area, tennis courts, an outdoor gym, a football pitch and fishing in the River Irwell.
It is also on the Irwell Sculpture Trail, with an orienteering course and a National Cycle Route running through. The Friends of Nuttall Park run a tea room at weekends when volunteers allow. It is about 600 metres from the town centre on foot, which makes it the natural place to let everyone run about before or after the steam train.
What it costs: Free. Car park at the Nuttall Hall Road entrance.
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