Here’s a selection of pictures from our archives showing the park and events from its early days during the Victorian period and much more recently in the 1990s and early noughties.
1. Dean Heaton, seven, who attended Borsdane Brook School, and his sister Leanne, five, who attended Abram CE Primary School enjoy an ice cream at Mesnes Park in 1997
. Photo: NICK FAIRHURST
2. Fountain, Mesnes Park.
The original Coalbrookdale founatin at Mesnes Park in Victorian times Photo: Send in
3. Skateboarders from Wigan Action Group held a display and fun day at Mesnes Park in 1996
. Photo: John Callon
4. Joanne Seddon enjoys a Patak's lime pickle-flavoured ice cream at Mesnes Park in 1998
. Photo: PAUL SIMPSON