District parks

Location and parking

Brampton Park
Newcastle-under-Lyme
ST5 0QP

Free parking available.

The Brampton Park and Museum is located near Newcastle-under-Lyme Town Centre and is a great visit with your family and friends. Whether you are looking to have a nice wellbeing walk surrounded by nature or learning more about the history of Newcastle-under-Lyme, the Brampton park and museum has it all.

Everything for a day out is available at the Brampton from nature walks, play areas, picnic space, the museum, aviary and even a miniature train ride with the North Staffs Model Engineering Society. Walk, bike, bus or drive to the Brampton today.

Park attractions

Amongst the park’s many attractions are:

• an aviary. Can you persuade the parrots to talk to you or imitate a telephone?

• a children's play area full of exciting equipment - run around, climb and jump!

• a sandpit - who needs the seaside? Nip to the museum shop to buy a bucket and spade for a real seaside experience!

• a rose garden and sensory garden. Somewhere to relax and stimulate your senses - sit among the lavendar and thyme. Watch the bees going from flower to flower. You can can purchase an eco-therapy nature trail from the museum for 50p

• a miniature railway. All aboard on Sundays from May to September 1pm-4pm, and during the summer holidays also on Wednesday 11am-3pm. Tickets are free but please give a donation. Volunteers of the North Staffordshire Model Engineering Society run this. Visit their Facebook page for more details

• open space and amazing trees - enjoy the outdoors! There is lots of space for ball games, running, rolling and having picnics under the trees. In autumn, it is a great place to collect conkers

There is also an additional cafe and soft play area in the park.

Sculptures and memorials

There are a growing number of sculptures and memorials in the park.

These include 'The Lady in the Park', seated on a bench under the trees. She is a memorial to all the women in Newcastle-under-Lyme who lost husbands, sons and friends in the First World War and subsequent conflicts.

Find out more about the Brampton Museum

Learn more about the Brampton Museum on their pages.

Map of the park and museum
  

Download the map

Health and safety

• Take extra care in adverse weather, underfoot conditions may deteriorate

• Keep children under close supervision around open water locations and when using play equipment

• Play and sports equipment is used at user's own risk

• Please clear rubbish to keep others and wildlife safe

• If emergency services are needed the post code is ST5 0QP and what three words is trees.ties.tiny

Historic Brampton park and museum

Historic photo of the Brampton Museum

The park was originally two gardens divided between the two Victorian villas on the park:

• The Firs (now the museum)

• Pitfield House (now a cafe and nursery)

Before, that, the land was part of the Brampton Field. This was common land, grazed and cultivated by the town burgesses.

The name Brampton means 'place where broom grew'. The town burgesses sold Brampton Field after the 1845 Inclosure Act. It became a residential area for the town's professional classes, such as shopkeepers and business owners. The houses on the park, date from the 1850s.

The land has been parkland since the 1950s for the enjoyment of the people of the borough.

Further information

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