Queen's Park, Rochdale

Queen's Park is a public park in Heywood, in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England.

History
The park is situated on land formerly owned by a local cotton manufacturer Charles Martin Newhouse. He died in 1873 without a will, so his estate reverted to Queen Victoria through the Duchy of Lancaster, who subsequently gifted the land to the Heywood Local Board. The park was laid out on the former grounds of Heywood House and opened on 2 August 1879.

In 1923, additional land was donated by alderman David Healey, which extended the park eastwards to include a boating lake.

The park was Grade II listed on 9 August 2001.

Features
Queen's Park Lodge and three-basin ornamental fountain were both designed by the Harrogate architectural practice H. E. and A. Bown in 1878.

The park contains a number of facilities, including a café, open-air theatre, children's play area, bowling greens and a tennis court.