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Residents whose homes back onto the park, as well as parents, children, dog walkers and general users, are being asked to attend the meeting at Crumpsall Labour Club on Wilton Road.

The meeting will offer people a chance to express their concerns about the popular park, suggest improvements and tell councillors, police and town hall officials what they think.

Manchester City Council leader Richard Leese will attend the meeting on Thursday, September 21 with fellow councillors Alan Spinks and Tom Lister.

Cllr Lister explained the meeting had been called in response to comments from people living in the area who are concerned about problems including noise, vandalism, motorcycling and litter.

He said: "Concerns have been expressed by residents overlooking the park, particularly about the facilities provided and the general condition of the park.

"A lot of work has been done at Crumpsall Park with the help of the 'friends' group and we'd like to see something similar happen at Herristone Park.

"The public meeting will enable us to have a discussion about what people want. One of the problems we need to resolve is the conflicting needs of different user groups.

"We've had youth workers go in and ask the kids what they want. Basically, they've told us they want to be left alone but that doesn't help local residents who complain about noise and so on."

The meeting will be attended by Crumpsall's new community bobby Lee Hughes as well as Manchester City Council's local parks manager Phil Henstock.