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Heaton Park

Heaton Park is a municipal park in Manchester. Its status is a Grade II listed park and garden. Nearby, English Football Hall of Fame (5.5 km) heads a list of 78 within 15 km.

Photo: Heaton Park, Pimlico Badger (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

500 m

north of Manchester

Run by

Manchester City Council

the operator on record

How well known

Top 18%

#1,466 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Historic house near Manchester

Just outside Manchester

Heaton Park is 500 m north of Manchester. Towns near it ↓

Grade II listed park and garden

On the official list of protected heritage; Manchester has 797 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Month by month in Manchester

In Manchester, June to September bring the warmest days: highs of 18–21°C.

Jan8° / 3°80 mm

Feb9° / 3°69 mm

Mar11° / 4°63 mm

Apr14° / 6°56 mm

May17° / 9°59 mm

Jun19° / 11°73 mm

Jul21° / 13°82 mm

Aug21° / 13°82 mm

Sep18° / 11°79 mm

Oct14° / 8°95 mm

Nov11° / 5°87 mm

Dec8° / 3°99 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Manchester, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Manchester. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Manchester’s full climate →

About

Heaton Park

It comes under Manchester City Council. 6 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Manchester’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Run by: Manchester City Council
Listed: Grade II listed park and garden
Wikipedias: Covered in 6 languages
Town: 500 m north of Manchester

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Mapping Heaton Park

Orange is Heaton Park; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

Towns around Heaton Park, by distance

Manchester, with 470,395 people, is the largest of the 8. From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.

1 · 500 m south of it

Manchester

470,395 people · 68 places to visit

2 · 500 m southwest of it

Prestwich

31,509 people · 33 places to visit

3 · 1 km northwest of it

Whitefield

22,193 people · 13 places to visit

4 · 1.2 km northeast of it

Rhodes

2,970 people · 11 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Heaton Park is	People	Places to visit
Manchester	500 m south of it	470,395	68
Prestwich	500 m southwest of it	31,509	33
Whitefield	1 km northwest of it	22,193	13
Rhodes	1.2 km northeast of it	2,970	11
Simister	1.2 km north of it	1,054	10
Salford	1.8 km south of it	108,431	55
Bury	2.5 km northwest of it	81,115	13
Middleton	2.7 km northeast of it	46,617	14

Make a day of it

Close to Heaton Park

The 78 places within 15 km include 6 museums, a cathedral and an art gallery.

MuseumEnglish Football Hall of Fame5.5 km away 2

CathedralManchester Cathedral5.5 km away 3

Art galleryManchester Art Gallery6.3 km away 4

Big drawMuseumScience and Industry Museum6.4 km away · 830K visitors a year 5

MuseumChetham's Library5.5 km away 6

MuseumThe Manchester Museum7.7 km away 7

MuseumImperial War Museum North7.7 km away · 2K visitors a year 8

MuseumNational Football Museum5.5 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Heaton Park: what to know

Where is Heaton Park?

Heaton Park is 500 m north of Manchester, Greater Manchester.

What is Heaton Park?

Municipal park in Manchester, England.

Who runs Heaton Park?

Manchester City Council.

When is the best time to visit Heaton Park?

June to September are the warmest months in Manchester, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Heaton Park a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed park and garden.

What else is there to see near Heaton Park?

Within 15 km: English Football Hall of Fame (5.5 km), Manchester Cathedral (5.5 km), Manchester Art Gallery (6.3 km) and Science and Industry Museum (6.4 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Heaton Park: Pimlico Badger, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
English Football Hall of Fame: Marnanel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Manchester Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Manchester Art Gallery: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Science and Industry Museum: Science Museum Group, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Chetham's Library: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Manchester Museum: DrPhoenix, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Imperial War Museum North: Imperial_War_Museum_2008.jpg: pit-yacker from UK derivative work: IxK85, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Football Museum: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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