Welcome to www.oakhillpark.com

Welcome to www.oakhillpark.com, a website for Oak Hill Park - the largest and best presented park in the Accrington area.

Since 1893, Oak Hill Park has provided a large, welcoming green space for the people of Accrington and surrounding areas. The park has many interesting features of historical, and natural interest, as well as providing leisure facilities such as bowling greens, tennis and basketball courts.

Please visit the Gallery pages for photos and old postcards of Oak Hill Park, past events in the park, and related photographs eg. Haworth Art Gallery, Accrington Pals etc.

Historically the name Oak Hill is (as are Broad Oak and Oak Fold) said to derive from a famously large hollow oak tree at Oak Fold, some nine yards in circumference, inside of which it was said it was so large that a cow could be milked. This tree was blown down in the great gale of 1817, and then as the story goes, an acorn from the old tree was raised into new oak standing in its place. Indeed, the name Accrington is quite commonly known to derive from "acorn town" or "town where acorns are found".
The park has for many years been host to musical events, carnivals and community festivals.. For forthcoming events in Oak Hill Park - see the events page for more details.