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Whithy Grove Park has a new amazing mega slide for the kids. They redone the area and spent 110.000 just on the kids playground.

Lovely community cafe, good coffee & cake

Designed to fit in with the architecture of the station, Thrutch, Woolfold, Ogden, Grane are gates created by artist Noah Rose. The gates lead through to the Trackside Bar of the East Lancashire Railway, a heritage line that runs into Rossendale. They draw their inspiration from classic railway logos, Art Deco design and 1950s modernism and show four maps of the Irwell and Roch Valleys on stainless steel panels.

Glass Work is the creation of artist Martin Donlin. Unveiled in 2010, it has become a significant feature of the Police Headquarters in Bury. It features quotes from the public and from Robert Peel, the founder of the modern police service and former inhabitant of the town.

This is a neon text piece by poet Ron Silliman. It features a line from the American's Northern Soul poem, written after he visited Bury in 2009. It reads 'Poetry has been Bury, Bury good to me.' The poem will form part of a larger poem called Universe.

The large town of Bury is part of the Greater Manchester urban sprawl. Known for its busy market and black pudding, it is a vibrant place to visit. There's some great hiking to be found to the north in Rossendale, which you can access via a ride on the East Lancashire Railway heritage line. The town is home to a cluster of sculptures on the Irwell Sculpture Trail, which passes to the west. They are Glass Work by Martin Donlin, Thrutch, Woolford, Ogden, Grane by Noah Rose, Genus Trogon by Shaun Pickard, From Northern Soul by Ron Silliman and Metamorphic Lights by Jo Fairfax and Adam Spinos.

The River is a path of stainless steel that meanders through this lovely picnic site for 289 feet (88 m). It ends in a collection of 34 wooden posts, which were crafted from railway sleepers. They afford you a view from which to watch the passing trains. The artwork was created by Hetty Chapman and Karen Allerton, in conjunction with the local community and its school children.

Created by the artist Edward Allington and unveiled in 1998, Tilted Vase is inspired by the proud industrial heritage of the valley and the impact of the Industrial Revolution. The individual sections of the piece were bolted together to give it a machine-like appearance. Its classic vase shape reflects the local architecture.