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Photo of Highfields Country Park, a country park in Greater Manchester, north west England.

© Bill Boaden / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Highfields Country Park

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Highfields Country Park is a country park in Greater Manchester, covering 0.29 km². It is one of 21 country parks the Albion Guide charts in the county. Only one is smaller.

Nearby country parks include Reddish Vale Country Park, Mersey Vale Country Park and Chadkirk Estate Country Park. The nearest railway station, Levenshulme, is under a kilometre away.

More places to visit near Highfields Country Park

Photo of the Bridgewater Canal, a 39-mile canal running from Runcorn to Leigh, north west England.

Bridgewater Canal

Canal

The Duke's canal of 1761 that began the Canal Age, crossing the Mersey flats between Manchester, Runcorn and Leigh.

6.7 km NW · Greater Manchester & Cheshire

Photo of Marple Locks, a landmark in Greater Manchester, north west England.Highlight

Marple Locks

Landmark near Marple

Flight of sixteen canal locks and a towering stone aqueduct where the Peak Forest Canal climbs out of the Goyt valley.

9.1 km SE

Photo of Marple, a village in Greater Manchester, north west England.

Marple

Village

Canal town where the Peak Forest and Macclesfield canals meet at a great flight of locks and an aqueduct.

9.1 km SE · Greater Manchester

Photo along the Pennine Bridleway, a 205-mile National Trail running from Middleton Top or Hartington to A683 at Cote Moor, England.Highlight

Pennine Bridleway

National Trail

The Pennines for horse and bike — old packhorse trails and drovers' roads.

11.6 km E · spans 6 counties

Photo of Barton Swing Aqueduct, a landmark near Worsley, Greater Manchester, north west England.Highlight

Barton Swing Aqueduct

Landmark near Worsley

The world's first swing aqueduct — a 235-foot iron trough that pivots aside, water and all, to let ships pass on the Manchester Ship Canal.

12.2 km W

Photo of the Peak District, a National Park in England.Iconic

Peak District

National Park near Castleton

Britain's first national park: gritstone edges in the Dark Peak, limestone dales in the White.

12.5 km SE