Reviews of Heaton Park Tramway. (Other) in Manchester (Greater Manchester).

Heaton Park Tramway

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Tourist attraction

Middleton Rd, Manchester M25 0DN, United Kingdom

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Information of Heaton Park Tramway, Other in Manchester (Greater Manchester)

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Reviews of Heaton Park Tramway

D. T.

It was fantastic. My husband absolutely loved getting to test drive a tram as it was dream of him. Also getting to visit the engine shed was cool. Dave was full of interesting information. Its definitely worth a visit

P. H.

Excellent tramtastic day out yesterday. Lots of trams to ride throughout the day at a very reasonable price - just £5 allowing you to hop on and off as often as you like. Friendly, knowledgeable staff who are happy to tell you the history of the individual tramcars. Great little shop and museum as well.

D. A.

A small museum near the Middleton Road entrance to the park. During the summer months, you can ride the beautiful old trams from the museum to the boating lake and back. Great experience and really friendly staff

F. L.

Very friendly volunteers, some interesting historical trams on display/running, & a quaint gift shop

A. W.

Great set of information about old original tramways including tickets and how they work and electricity powers the tramway. Has some up to date information about modern trams used such as the Manchester Metrolink. You can ride on an older tram from the museum to the lakeside and back for £2. The trams they use rotate but only 1 is ever in service per day. The rides operate Sundays from 12 with occasional Saturdays

A. S.

A superb tramway running between the park's Middleton Road gates and Boating Lake at weekends during the spring, summer and early autumn, Sundays only in October. It's, operated by a small group of friendly, dedicated volunteers using beautifully preserved vintage trams. It runs along a variety of scenic sections with handy stops/pick ups along the way. The Boating Lake has a cafe area with good toilet facilities. The tramway also has a museum and shop. I was treated to a 5 hour tram driving experience for my birthday... it was excellent, I was made very welcome.

S. 2.

Brilliant visit to the Heaton Park Tramway and Transport Museum this afternoon. Had an excellent ride on the tram to finish the season. The volunteers are really knowledgable and were brilliant with our children. Will definitely visit again.

L. W.

Amazing! Totally loved our little ride on the trams, the incredible work all the volunteers have done to restore and maintain the arrive is wonderful. A great opportunity to step back in time and teach kids about yester'year. Highly recommended.

A. A.

Park is too awesome to spend your day you will get refreshed and kids can enjoy a lot with the Playground area. You should see the Tram museum and there is fair from 09th Feb 2019 and you should attend this for rides and attractions....😘😘😘😘😘🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗😍😍😍😍😍😍😍☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😉😉😉😉😉😉😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️😀😀😀😀😀😀😘😘😘😘😘😘😍😍😍😍😍

N. R.

Really good visit. Very friendly and helpful volunteers. Extremely interesting. Good value £5 to ride on the tram all afternoon. Buy your ticket on the tram.

R. M.

A excellent day out! The Ribble 100 & X60 exibets were at the Mnchester Trandport Museum, the Museum is a good place to see lot of old buses & coach's.

A. M.

We enjoyed a trip on the tram,. Driver and conductor very friendly. We were a little disappointed that the museum was closex

A. W.

All in all a reasonable day, if your into trams and transport, mostly outside so be aware of what the weather could be like in the UK.

A.

Spend good time in this park lovely place 😍

R. G.

If you have a soft spot for trams in a rural setting it's a wonderful hidden gem x

A. M.

Enjoyable short ride in a vintage restored tram. Choice of tram on busy days. Interesting little museum which is free to visit. Good for nostalgia, those interested in old transport and fun for children.

S. “. T.

lots of old trains very interesting. worth a visit if you like trains

M. E.

Lots to do clean place to go

L. S.

Amazing place loved the tram ride, lovely experience.

D. P. C.

An ambition achieved! Have wanted to visit this tramway for decades. Used to believe that it was only open on Sundays, but it is open on Saturdays and Bank Holidays too. A good run and the volunteers are lovely. Complete bonus too - you can get there by tram!!!

p. s.

The Heaton Park Tramway is a heritage tramway that operates within Heaton Park, a large municipal park in the English city of Manchester. It is operated by the Manchester Transport Museum Society, a registered charity. In normal times, the tramway operates on Sunday afternoons between March and mid-November and on Saturday afternoons between May and mid-September. Operation may be suspended whilst major events are being held in the park, and is currently suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Heaton Park was originally the private landscape park surrounding Heaton Hall, but was sold to Manchester City Council in 1902 for use as a municipal park. Shortly after the park was bought by the council, a branch of Manchester Corporation Tramways was built 280 yards (260 m) into the park from the existing tramway on Middleton Road. A large waiting shelter was constructed at the end of this branch, and the first tram arrived on 31 May 1903. By 1934 buses were taking over from trams and the stub tramway into the park was disconnected from the main system and covered in tarmac for use by buses. The Manchester Transport Museum Society (MTMS) was founded as a registered charity in the early 1960s, with the aim of the preservation of documents and artifacts relating to public transport in the Manchester region. An early project of the society was the restoration of Manchester Corporation Tramways 765, which had been found on a farm near Huddersfield. The restoration was carried out partly at the National Tramway Museum at Crich in Derbyshire, and partly at various borrowed workshops around Manchester, and once completed the car ran for a couple of seasons at Crich. However the MTMS had aspirations to operate the car in Manchester, and identified Heaton Park as a possible site. In the 1970s the society approached the city council with this idea. The initial plan, to construct a tramway from Grand Lodge to Heaton Hall, was considered too expensive, as it would require remedial works to carry it across the railway tunnel. A new scheme was proposed to open up the old Manchester Corporation Tramways spur from Middleton Road to the old tram shelter. The original track was buried under a layer of tarmac which was cleared and the tram shelter restored and modified to form a depot and museum. Work was completed in 1979 and the Heaton Park Tramway was officially opened on 28 March 1980. Since 1980, the museum tramway has been extended further into the park on three occasions, using track salvaged from elsewhere, and is now some 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) long. The most recent extension was in 2011 and reaches the boathouse and lake. A new tram depot has been constructed at this terminus. Additionally, major restoration of the original depot and museum complex was completed in 2007. Overhauls to Stockport 5 are now complete, Vanguard 619 is now the main focus of priority for the tramway. A funding appeal will soon start for extension of the Lakeside depot in order to provide space for the T68 being preserved to move to the tramway. Future projects include the restoration of Manchester Corporation Tramways open top tram 173 built in 1901, Blackpool Balloon 702, Oldham 43 built in 1902 and the Blackpool railgrinder No. 752. Plans exist for a further extension of the tramway towards Heaton Park Metrolink stop.

P. H.

The Heaton park tramway team were great hosts for a group of our Scouts setting a new world record #railwayrecord to raise funds to go to the 2019 world Scout jamboree. Thank you so much for your help. Loads of history, some superbly restored trams and a good length of line to experience it. Good little shop, friendly, helpful staff and well worth a visit.

M. R.

A great place to visit and to take a ride on a lovely old tram. The trams are restored and operated by volunteers.

J. H.

I always receive a very warm welcome when I visit Heaton Park. The volunteers are one amazing and dedicated group of the nicest people you'd ever wish to meet.

B. P.

Brilliant day out here & the tramway makes it extra special. The operators are friendly and helpful and we love going on the tram..... we’ll never tire of travelling around the park on it.

C. M.

Bit biased being a volunteer here. These lads do amazing things in the heritage tram world. Super friendly staff, a great place to work in, an even better place to visit!!

R. L.

Great to see these old trams restored and running.

J. G.

Lovely friendly place to visit (when Covid19 restrictions allow) great for the kids cruising up and down the tramway - a real time capsule

A. J.

The kids enjoyed exploring the tramway, and the volunteers there are friendly. Hit and miss with opening times though - it's never clear if and when the tramway is going to be open.

N. N.

Lovely little tram way that is steeped in history. There is a small museum and gift shop that has information about the history of the tram in Heaton park

V. P.

Good tramways for kids

C. H.

The tram isn't available in this current time, but the park is still very much worth a visit, I love it here

J. W.

I am biased as I volunteer here! We love our heritage trams, and Heaton 0ark is a lovely setting for our tramway.

J. L.

It's a part of our history,with volunteers young and old whose enthusiasm is infectious areal treasure in the heart of one of Manchester's great treasures Heaton park

D. J.

Love this place, friendly staff, and amazing old Manchester trams,

D. G.

I have been to visit this wonderful Tramway in Heaton Park whilst attending the Heaton Park Bus Rally. The Volunteers work very hard.

m. w.

Wasn’t open yet but will go back

J. S.

It's a step back in time and allows you to gently travel from Heaton Park gates to the boating lake in Victorian style.

G. K.

Excellent visit, I came with work and as I drive for a living, it was a treat and great experience to drive the tram thankyou to Derek x

M. H.

Great place to visit, we were invited to go along and take some photographs of the teams and team sheds.

F. C.

Great little museum, not very big but certainly has plenty of info

J. S.

Great place and really nice people who happily tell you about the trams

I. S.

Heaton park is good to go to if you want a day out with family or if you have dogs take them there

J. H.

Great attraction in great surroundings.

B. E.

I had the pleasure of getting some bogies back from Portugal.

A. C.

Amazing

S. t.

A great place to visit when the weather is nice

b. g.

The staff are very friendly and approachable and have lots of good information

a. m.

Fab people that work/help out all money raised helps keep the tram going.

B. W.

Very nice frendly staff display a little below average.

S. N. (.

Yeah I didn't know their were one

J. R.

Great for the little ones.

T. T.

Lovely examples of old victorian trams. Friendly staff

L. L.

If you have not already been to Heaton Park, go it's a good place to visit.

D. H.

Good to see the dedication to the history of the trams running.

M. O.

Great place to visit at the weekend or in the holidays.

R. B.

Small but informative people who run it are lovely

R. D.

Trams, old cars, buses and trucks. All with nice weather.

P. W.

Use most days. Normally clean and tidy.

M. A. D.

Good thing to go on on but shuts down for October to March.

B.

Interesting did not fully explore.

s. w.

I even met Paul Scholes there!!

B. R.

Great place. Full of nostalgia.

J. K.

Excellent. Brings back fond memories

M. A. H. w.

It would be good if where up and running

N. P.

Lovely romantic ride or with children

d. k.

Small tram museum and vintage tram rides.

S. S.

Awesome ride experience.

S. S.

Lovely, visit to see for yourself

m. m.

Great fun for the children

P. C.

Well worth a visit

M. B.

His place is awesome

A. K.

Nic option for day out

N. B.

Lovely walk.

T. Q.

A must go to place in Manchester

P. Y.

Great day out

C. D.

Amazing place!

R. L.

Liked!

F. B.

Good day out

A. H.

Wasn't open

M. B.

Fantastic

A. B.

Enjoyable. 😊

E. 1.

Brilliant tramway

ب. ا.

(Translated) The most beautiful parks in Manchester undisputedly.. the best Teton Park in stages.. there are various games for children.. and a train that roams inside the park... its large area, I think 3 kilos by 3 kilos.. beautiful urban spaces.. rivers.. and very beautiful forests.. and it is available Toilets .. and a café .. and there are also many ice cream cars .. and what distinguishes it is that it is in the center of Manchester .. and there is a mini zoo .. the bottom line is that it is God's paradise in his land (Original) اجمل الحدائق في مانشستر بدون منازع .. افضل تيتون بارك بمراحل .. يوجد العاب للأطفال متنوعة .. وقطار يتجول داخل الحديقة ... مساحتها كبيرة اعتقد 3كيلو في 3 كيلو.. ومساحات حضراء جميلة .. وانهار .. وغابات جميلة جدا .. ويتوفر دورات مياه .. ومقهى ..ويتوفرايضا سيارات ايسكريم كثيرة .. ويميزها انها وسط مانشستر .. ويوجد بها حديقة حيوان مصغرة .. الخلاصة انها جنة الله في ارضة

M. Y. O. B. !.

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