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Northern Roots Urban Farm and Eco-Park

Ian Jones, Food and Drink Editor

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Northern Roots Urban Farm and Eco-Park

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Northern Roots finally has an opening date. The Big Welcome, a free family launch event, runs Saturday 19 September, 12-4pm, marking the first public opening of the Welcome Building, café, shop and the four-acre Snipe Clough Urban Farm.

The afternoon includes a new outdoor Play Area with water play, sand and climbing frames, plus roaming performers, live music, face painting and creative activities. Visitors can meet the on-site growers and volunteers, drop into Hive5 Manchester’s on-site business, and take part in free mindfulness sessions run by the Natural Health Service. Food comes from the new café – led by chef Mary-Ellen McTague – serving mezze plates and seasonal salads built from urban farm produce, alongside an outdoor BBQ, cakes and ice cream from Grandpa Greene’s. The event is free with no ticket required.

Northern Roots then opens for regular business from Thursday 24 September, with standing hours of Thursday to Sunday, 9am-4pm.

The 160-acre site – a former landfill off Kings Road, Oldham – has been open to visitors throughout construction, and this marks the completion of its first phase: the Welcome Building and the working farm, delivered as part of the wider £12.9m Town Deal-funded masterplan that also includes a forestry skills centre, amphitheatre and, longer term, a solar array and swimming pond.

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