 Since that time there has been a programme of tree planting carried out as part of the Red Rose Forest Scheme.Most of the park, apart from the football playing fields, is now thickly wooded with a diverse selection of broadleaved trees.The area to the northeast owned by Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority, was used as a landfill area from 1946 to 1983 but has since been planted with trees as part of the "Green Tips Project" for landfill areas in Greater Manchester.