Philips Park, Prestwich

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  • Course Status

  • Last checked October 2023.  Everything OK. 
  • NB. 9/9/2022 – LL has been moved out of the MTB downhill track area, so you should be able to get between LL and TT without being at risk.  Get yourself the latest map!! 
  • NB. 15/9/2022 – the path from post A down to QI has collapsed at the start and washed away, plus the foot bridge has gone.
  • NB. 13/6/2022 – new post L installed next to the metal fingerpost.
  • NB. 26/2/2021 – control B has been moved some distance, away from a dangerous stretch of MTB track, and is now on the fence at the viewpoint.
  • NB. somehow we have two control C’s – both fence ends, on opposite sides of the track, with identical symbols.
  • NB. Y has had a tree fall around it, and getting at T is probably best done from the South.

  • Orienteering map details

  • A4 landscape, Scale 1:8000. Last updated August 2022.

  • Start/Finish

  • The Start/Finish is a 350m walk from the main car park, so will add 700m to the distances covered.
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    Map detail showing the car park (you come in from the top right) and the Start/Finish

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    Philips Park Prestwich Start/Finish

  • How to get a map

  • Philips Park, Prestwich waterproof print£1.25

  • Philips Park, Prestwich PDF£1.25

  • Or buy any map from Get a Map

  • Park Facilities

  • K Car Park   z  Playground   X Picnic Areas

  • Directions

  • From junction 17 of the M60, follow the A56 north for a third of a mile. Turn left onto the A665 (Higher Lane) and after a further half mile turn left into Park Road. Continue along Park Road for just under a mile to the park entrance. Enter through the gate and along the drive, passing over the motorway to the car park.
  • OS Grid Reference: SD 797 042.  Postcode:  M45 7QJ.
  • Public transport options

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Winter mosses..

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High point

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Viaduct from the bike trails

  • Course Maintenance

  • Maintained by GMOA, supported by Bury Council.
  • Postwatchers, please click here to submit your report.

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