Boggart Hole Clough

Boggart Hole Clough is a large woodland and urban country park in Blackley, a suburb of Manchester, England.

It occupies an area of approximately 76 hectares (190 acres), part of an ancient woodland, with picturesque cloughs varying from steep ravines to sloping gullies.

A women's suffrage demonstration of 15,000 was held at Boggart Hole Clough on 15 July 1906 where a group of men caused a disturbance that was reported in the Manchester Guardian.

The park stages a number of cross-country events and mountain bike rides, along with summer fundays and an annual bonfire and firework display.

Local folklore holds that the clough is haunted by a boggart, a mischievous spirit found mainly in Lancashire and Yorkshire, perhaps in an attempt to explain the unusual name.