What’s happening in the park

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!!! Litter Pick Saturday 14th Feb 2026 !!!

10:00am - 12noon. Meet at the park café

Everyone welcome

!!! Half-Term Crafts Monday 16th Feb 2026 !!!

1pm - 3pm. Meet at the park café. See details below

Everyone welcome

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  • A fun tree-based activity designed by the Friends of Fog Lane Park

  • Whilst everyone is waiting for spring and for the tree to regrow leaves, why not see if you can recognize the different trees in the park from just their bark

  • Use the image of the activity sheet here or download the PDF of the activity sheet from here.

Winter Bark Hunt

Half-Term February Flowers Trail

  • A half-term flower trail run by Manchester City Council Park Department.

  • 14th - 22nd February 2026.

  • Answer sheets available from

    • The park café

    • Scanning the QR code on the flyer

    • Going to link at here

  • It’s free!

Half-Term Crafts on Monday 16th February 2026

  • A half-term crafts session run by Manchester City Council Park Department.

  • 1pm - 3pm on Monday 16th February 2026.

  • Held in the park café.

  • Join the park Ranger to make some valentine’s themed crafts.

  • It’s free!

Litter Pick on Saturday 14th February 2026

  • Litter pick from 10:00am - 12noon

  • Meet at the park café.

  • Litter picking equipment provided

  • Everyone welcome. Come and help us keep the park looking clean and tidy.

After a break for Christmas, the gardening group will be restarting on Wednesday 14th January at 10:00am. Meet at the park café.

Gardening group to restart on 14th Jan 2026

Gas works in park (5th Jan 2026 - end of March 2026)

Cadent (which operates the local gas network) will be carrying out £400,000 upgrade and relocation of essential gas network equipment, including replacing one of its ageing ‘governor’ units which is currently situated underground, near the junction of Parrs Wood Road and Fog Lane.

  • The new governor will be constructed in Fog Lane Park between 5 January 2026 and the end of March.

  • During this time, to ensure safety of park users, the footpath which runs from Parrs Wood Road, close to the junction with Fog Lane, will be closed. All other footpaths in the park will remain open.

  • At the same time, Cadent will dismantle and remove an old disused building which is nearby, beside the same footpath.

  • More details can be found at https://cadentgas.com/news-latest/december-2025/burnage-upgrade

Park wins ‘Gold’ award again!

In June 2025 judges from the RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) came to look at Fog Lane Park for the RHS It’s Your Neighbour judging. This was the culmination of all the hard work of the park Gardening Group and other volunteers. In November we got the results of the judging and the park achieved a grade of Outstanding (equivalent to Gold award) in the RHS Britain in Bloom It’s Your Neighbourhood awards with a mark of 92 out of 100. This was fifth consecutive year of achieving an Outstanding award. If you want to know more about the park Gardening Group and volunteering in the park, then you can read more here.