New Manchester park to use Victorian wells to water greenery

Mayfield Park will be watered using wells discovered while archaeologists were on site

Manchester's first public park for more than a century will use recently uncovered wells from the Victorian era to provide a sustainable source of water.

The 2.6-hectare (6.5-acre) Mayfield Park will sit behind Piccadilly station and provide play areas and floodable meadows. The 1.4bn development's greenery will be watered using three Victorian wells that were discovered while archaeologists were on site to catalogue historical features of the site.