More than £64,000 is being put towards making improvements to an Oldham playground, the council has announced.

The playground at Woodhouses Park in Failsworth is set to be taken "to the next level", with an expansion and new features set to be installed.

Oldham Council said there will be more space for children to play, while landscaping work will see more trees planted as part of the effort to make the borough "cleaner and greener".

Works have already began at the park, although it is not known when they are expected to be completed.

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A post shared on the council's Facebook page read: "We’ve got some brilliant news for families in Oldham who spend time at Woodhouses Park.

"We're investing more than £64,000 to take the playground to the next level.

"We're making the play area larger and adding some new features. We're talking about improvements that will make your visits even more fun - more space for running, jumping, and letting imaginations go wild!

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"Landscaping work will also be carried out to encourage exploration and planting trees as part of our drive to be a cleaner and greener borough.

"It's all hands-on deck to make sure the new playground will be ready as soon as possible."

Woodhouses Park is not the only park in Oldham to have seen a refurbishment to its play area recently.

In August, works were completed at Daisy Nook Country Park, roughly a year after the play area was closed off.

At the time of the play area's reopening, Oldham Council leader Arooj Shah said: "One of my top priorities is to improve our neighbourhoods and parks across the borough, creating cleaner, greener and more enjoyable places for people to live."