Consultation in Worthington Park on Tuesday 24 March 2026 from 10am to 2pm.
The consultation will be held by student from Manchester School of Architecture.
Students will be building seating areas and planters in the newly developed orchard area.
We aim to make the Park more accessible and welcoming to all visitors.
Feel free to join us at the consultation. You will be very welcome!
Mark Burnett has written this wonderful poem about Worthington Park.
The poem will be featured in the BBC Radio 4 programme “North West Tonight” on Thursday 20th November 2025.
To celebrate the 125th anniversary of the opening of the Park by Mrs Mary Worthington, a Blue Plaque was today unveiled at the Cheltenham Drive entrance to the Park.
The Mayor of Trafford Cllr. Jane Brophy) was present and there were speeches from Helen McGlashan (Treasurer of the Friends of Worthington Park), Sarah Jones (Head of Worthington Primary School) and two students (Thomas Humfress and Annabelle Thompson) from the school read poems.
The blue plaque was then unveiled by Katy Wride (Chair of the Friends Group) and Helen McGlashan.
The Friends of Worthington Park Summer Picnic on 29 June 2025 was to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the opening of the Park by Mrs Mary Worthington.
Helen McGlashan a.k.a. Mrs Mary Worthington
There’s just so much happening at the summer picnic this year.
We have
Activities
Children’s arts and crafts activities,
Bowling Skills on the bowling greens
Circus skills
Performances/shows
Fun dog show run by UDTC
Urmston Dog Training Club Demonstration
Chorlton and Stretford Ukulele Band
Footsteps Dance
Stalls
B&V Trading
Willow Goat Crafts
NHS Retirement Fellowship
Trafford Waste Management
Sale Inner Wheel
Children’s clothes by Julie McGovern
Tombola
Food and Refreshments
Ice Cream
Extreme Coffee with hot dogs
Wiggles Pizza
Bibble Bakes
Hot Thai
Join us for our Christmas Celebrations in the Park at 12.30pm on Saturday 14th December 2024.
Sale Players will be singing at 1.00pm and Sale Community Band will play at 1.30pm.
Sandra Claus has promised to be there!
There will be drinks and free mince pies!
The Friends of Worthington Park are proud to have been awarded Level 5 – Outstanding by Britain in Bloom.
Carol Smith, Katy Wride (Chair) and Susan Craig are shown with the award certificate.
Friends of Worthington Park 