Haughton Green Playing Fields
Haughton Green Playing Fields
Haughton Green Playing Fields is a multi purpose site that can be used by the whole community, by providing a sports cage, play area, full sized football pitches and a new bowling green. Other features include a wildlife area, a health walk, footpaths and landscaping, area’s that all members of the community can benefit from.
Regeneration of Haughton Green Playing Fields
The sports fields for many years was a rather bleak open space dogged with
vandalism and other anti social behaviour, surrounded by houses in the centre of a large estate it was nevertheless a valuable green site for the all the residents who were keen to see the site improved.
Haughton Green Community Forum in partnership with TMBC and Groundwork Tameside began to put together a plan for improving the playing fields based on the ideas and the needs of the local residents.
This area underwent major refurbishment in 2004, following consultation with users of the playground.
The site of approximately 1.2ha, together with the adjacent football fields has been transformed from a bland open area with few facilities into a much valued and well-used community green space.
Green Pennant
Haughton Green Playing Fields has received the Green Pennant Award from 2006. The Green Pennant is a national award that recognises high quality green spaces in England and Wales that are managed by voluntary and community groups. The Award has an impressive background - its part of the Green Flag Award scheme, the national standard for quality parks and green spaces.
Green Flag Award
The Green Flag Award is the national standard for parks and green spaces in England and Wales. The Green Flag Award scheme was launched in 1996 and gave its first awards in 1997. Eleven years later, the scheme continues to provide the benchmark against which our parks and green spaces are measured.
Haughton Green Playing Fields received it’s first Green Flag Award in 2008, being recognised and rewarded for its level of excellence. Popular with the local community the park boasts a wildlife area, bowling green, Green Park Centre, Changing rooms, Under eight’s play area, over eight’s play area, multi use games area and a healthy walk pathway.
Plan of Haughton Green Playing Fields
Events
Events are ongoing in the area, they have included bulb planting with local schools, community tree planting and celebration events. Haughton Green Playing Fields are also regularly visited by local football 
teams. There is also the following on the bowling greens:
- Saturday 11.00am-12.30pm– Under 16’s
- Tuesday 6.30pm-8.00pm– Open Age
Tuition by qualified coaches.
Why not come and support your local bowling teams?
- Men’s Team competitions– Thursdays
- Ladies Team competitions– Wednesdays
- Matches on Alternative weeks.
Some of the events at the Green Park Centre are:
- Mum’s and Tot’s
- Before & After School Club
- Zodiac Morris Dancing
- Irish Dancing
- Ballroom Dancing
Public Transport
For information on local bus and train services please contact GMPTIL on: 0161 228 7811
Please could dogs be kept on a lead.
Haughton Green Playing Fields is managed by Tameside MBC, Denton and Audenshaw District Assembly. If you would like any further information please contact the Town
Managers Office.
How to Find Haughton Green Playing Fields
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 Tameside MBC Council Offices Wellington Road Ashton under Lyne OL6 6DL |
 0161 342 2704
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 0161 342 2187
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