Improvements being made to parks in Farnworth and Kearsley

Kearsley Park is set to undergo resurfacing works today, Saturday, completing renovations which began several months ago after being damaged due to ‘despicable’ acts of vandalism.

Ellesmere Park, Farnworth, is about to receive a much-needed upgrade to fix the damaged roundabout, which has sustained ‘damage, repeat-repair and wear for sometime,’ according to Cllr Paul Sanders.

Kearsley Park (Image: Tracey Wilkinson)

Kearsley councillor Tracey Wilkinson said: “The resurfacing of the flooring is after the vandalism at the back end of last year – the play area has been closed since the two incidents of bin fires.

“Once this work is completed ward councillors have already agreed for pressuring washing the whole area painting the goal plots, new picnic benches, as well as gym equipment from the central budget.

“The works have all been on hold until the insurance work has completed but hopefully we can move forward with these improvements to the park.

“One of our priorities has been improving our parks in Kearsley and following last years improvements on Moss Lane Park and Hulme Road park we will continue to invest in our local Green spaces and play areas.”

Kearsley Park has been out of action for some time following severe vandalism in November 2025.

Melted lumps of bin in Kearsley Park (Image: Tracey Wilkinson)

Bins were stolen from nearby homes and burned on the playing field, melting into the playing surface and rendering it unusable.

Council officers attempted to fence off the area but the fences were tampered with and the damage continued.

Kearsley Park has not been in use since this date, as delays to the insurance claim meant the reparations could not be completed as quickly as local councillors would have liked.

But these issues have now been solved, and a contractor will make repairs to the surface this Saturday.

Roundabout in Ellesmere Park which will be replaced (Image: Paul Sanders)

Following this, the council will conduct a routine inspection of all equipment next week before the play area is reopened to the public.

Similarly, the roundabout in Ellesmere Park was damaged through the actions of vandals.

This vandalism was repeated over a lengthy period of time, and was repaired on several instances.

But damage to the roundabout eventually became so bad that it will now be removed and replaced with a new one.