Walkden Gardens is an area of lawns, footpaths, flower beds and wooded areas arranged around an ornamental grass walkway. It is known as 'The Maze' because it is divided by hedges into sections, each one with a character of its own. There is a fuchsia garden, a wisteria arch and pictured here, an open-air theatre lawn. The dovecote from the M60 construction site has been resited in Walkden Gardens.

More info, including contact details for the Friends of Walkden Gardens on the Trafford Borough Council website.

Please note this is not an actual or proposed book, it is just a mock-up of how a a book cover might look using this particular photograph, which is available as a print or high resolution file without the book cover style text.

Walkden Gardens is an enchanting place worthy of any stately home in the countryside, and yet it is situated just 5 miles (8km) south west of Manchester city centre, just 10 minutes walk from Brooklands Metrolink Station. I visited on Sunday 18 July 2004 to view and photograph the Dovecote, which is featured in the M60 book.

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