Theme park · near Prestwich · Greater Manchester

Heaton Park Fair Ground

You reach Heaton Park Fair Ground, a theme park, by heading 300 m east of Prestwich. 82 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by English Football Hall of Fame (5.1 km).

Where

300 m

east of Prestwich

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–20°C

In brief

Theme park near Prestwich

Just outside Prestwich

Heaton Park Fair Ground is 300 m east of Prestwich. Towns near it ↓

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

When to go

Month by month in Prestwich

From June to September, Prestwich sees highs of 18–20°C.

Jan8° / 3°92 mm

Feb8° / 2°82 mm

Mar10° / 3°73 mm

Apr13° / 5°65 mm

May16° / 8°67 mm

Jun19° / 11°81 mm

Jul20° / 13°89 mm

Aug20° / 13°89 mm

Sep18° / 10°92 mm

Oct14° / 8°108 mm

Nov10° / 5°101 mm

Dec8° / 3°118 mm

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

About

Heaton Park Fair Ground

Theme park.

Type: Theme park
Town: 300 m east of Prestwich

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

The map

Where it sits

Orange shows Heaton Park Fair Ground; numbers mark the places near it.

Towns near it

Bases near Heaton Park Fair Ground

Manchester, with 470,395 people, is the largest of the 8. Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.

1 · 300 m west of it

Prestwich

31,509 people · 33 places to visit

2 · 600 m south of it

Manchester

470,395 people · 68 places to visit

3 · 1.3 km south of it

Salford

108,431 people · 55 places to visit

4 · 1.4 km northwest of it

Whitefield

22,193 people · 13 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Heaton Park Fair Ground is	People	Places to visit
Prestwich	300 m west of it	31,509	33
Manchester	600 m south of it	470,395	68
Salford	1.3 km south of it	108,431	55
Whitefield	1.4 km northwest of it	22,193	13
Rhodes	1.6 km northeast of it	2,970	11
Simister	1.7 km north of it	1,054	10
Bury	2.8 km northwest of it	81,115	13
Pendlebury	2.9 km southwest of it	1,768	41

Make a day of it

Also near Heaton Park Fair Ground

There are 82 within 15 km, 6 museums, a cathedral and an art gallery among them.

MuseumEnglish Football Hall of Fame5.1 km away 2

CathedralManchester Cathedral5.1 km away 3

Art galleryManchester Art Gallery5.8 km away 4

Big drawMuseumScience and Industry Museum5.9 km away · 830K visitors a year 5

MuseumChetham's Library5 km away 6

MuseumThe Manchester Museum7.3 km away 7

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

MuseumNational Football Museum5.1 km away

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

Questions before you go

Where is Heaton Park Fair Ground?

Heaton Park Fair Ground is 300 m east of Prestwich, Greater Manchester.

What is Heaton Park Fair Ground?

Theme park.

When is the best time to visit Heaton Park Fair Ground?

June to September are the warmest months in Prestwich, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Heaton Park Fair Ground?

Within 15 km: English Football Hall of Fame (5.1 km), Manchester Cathedral (5.1 km), Manchester Art Gallery (5.8 km) and Science and Industry Museum (5.9 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 (8)

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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