Park Hotel, Lowther Road/Gale Road, Prestwich

Set in the midst of estates of inter-war housing, the Park Hotel stood on Lowther Road on the corner with Gale Road facing towards Prestwich Clough and was built on the site of a huge 42-roomed house called 'The Cottages' which was demolished in the early 20th century.  Threlfalls Brewery eventually bought the land in 1936-37 and built the pub which opened in February 1938.  It originally had a bowling green which later became its car park, and the pub passed to Chesters in 1961, and finally Whitbread. It was demolished in 2005 supposedly to make way for new flats but these have never been built.  The site remains empty.