We are proud to confirm that Heyhead Park was awarded the prestigious Green Flag award in 2012 which is a respected national standard for parks and green spaces. We have managed to maintain the Green Flag status each year since Heyhead Park was first awarded it in 2009.
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Heyhead Park is a local park and is a valuable recreation site for this urban area. The park is of a very open aspect though on a small scale with almost all of the park lawned with mature trees flanking the narrow paths. Heyhead is bordered by houses at almost every boundary giving the park an extremely urban feel.
The park is used by residents as a shortcut for accessing various parts of the town as well as for events and recreational pursuits including the Local Spring Gala. The main attractions of the park apart from being a retreat for local people are the three tennis courts, the children's playground a prestigious bowling green and a five a side football pitch.
Heyhead Park was first created as a recreation ground by Brierfield Local Board in 1892 on a field called the Great Meadow, which had been part of Heyhead Farm. North View cottage which overlooks the Park on the east is the remains of the altered 17th Century Farmhouse. Heyhead means "High Hill" from the Old English "heah heafod". The Farm is in a high place and overlooks the scenery that the rest of the east portion of the Park views. Spectacular scenes of Pendle Hill and the surrounding countryside can be seen from this area.
Specific features of the Park were formed after the First World War; the Bowling Green was constructed around this time with the Bowling club formed in the early 1920's. March 1933 saw the construction of the three hard surface Tennis Courts and the following year the Putting Green was opened.
From 1928 to 1936, Brierfield Ambulance Brigade held spectacular galas in Heyhead Park.
Heyhead Park has an active friends group who are involved in the development of the park and take the lead role in organising the annual Heyhead Park Funday.
The Park Keeper Service has worked with local schools on a number of environmental activities such as bulb plantings and making bird feeders. The park has also been used by Walter Street School as part of their "Wise Up" week to look at environmental issues.
The bowling club at Heyhead is one of the leading clubs within the borough of Pendle having recently completed an introduction to bowls with local schools resulting in the inclusion of the sport into the School's Curriculum for the Spring Term.
Hope you enjoy your visit to this park