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  Bolton Council

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  Malcolm Russell

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Information about this open space

Moss Bank Park is one of Bolton’s most popular family visitor attractions, with over 500,000 visits per year. With its 34.25 hectares of open space, woodland walks, quiet gardens and a range of family facilities Moss Bank Park has something for everyone.  The park has a long history. Built as a private house for the Ainsworth family in 1786, the mossland grounds were used for bleaching cloth. After falling derelict the land was acquired and opened as a public park in 1928 with some of the features of the historic house and gardens still visible today.  The park offers a wide range of facilities and events throughout the year. Animal World hosts a range of small animals from across the world as well as older british breeds and the Butterfly House has a reputation for breeding butterflies that other collections cannot.  The recently model railway (extended for the 2008 season) runs on Sundays throughout the summer and provides a unique way to visit Santa in his grotto in the run up to Xmas.  No visit to the park is complete without a sampling the truly wonderful range of home baking and Italian ice creams from the café.