Entrepreneurial Prestwich residents are now renting out their back gardens as ‘luxury camping’ ahead of next year’s Oasis gigs.
The suburb is home to Heaton Park, which is set to host five of the band’s massive reunion gigs as well as the annual Parklife festival.
But the beautiful park is a strictly no-camping zone, with thousands of music fans having to make the trek back into Manchester after each gig.
There are often long queues for shuttle buses and trams between Heaton Park and the city centre, and many just brave the three-plus-mile walk instead.
Accommodation options around Prestwich are pretty limited, too.
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Enter this smart cookie, who’s cashing in on the music events and offering up their own land as a ‘luxury campsite’.
You can pitch up your own tent in their walled garden, which is right by the side of Heaton Park itself.
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And although you’re basically kipping in someone’s back garden, they do add in a fair few lovely trimmings.
You’ll have access to ‘posh loos’ with hot water, which are cleaned three times a day.
There are charging points, free bottled water, and a communal tent with seating so you can relax with any other Oasis fans who are camping out.
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The hosts will even chuck in a hot breakfast with tea, coffee and juice to set you back up the next day.
The Airbnb listing says: “Luxury Secure Campsite in a walled garden by the side of HEATON PARK.
“The campsite is within the grounds of an 18th century Old Vicarage accessed through an electric gate.”
And now for the bit you’re actually interested in – the price.
The Oasis camping Airbnb listing comes with posh loos! Credit: AirbnbThis patch of ground could be yours as people start renting out their gardens as Oasis camping. Credit: Airbnb
This clever sausage is charging a whopping £450 per night, for the privilege of lying on the ground just metres away from the Oasis gig.
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It’s a bit cheaper to stay over Parklife weekend, at £300 a night.
And when there isn’t a big gig like Oasis on, you can go camping here for just £250 a night.
Adventurous cat caught taking a train from Yorkshire to Manchester Airport
Daisy Jackson
Train conductors have reunited an adventurous senior cat with her owners after she was caught taking a train all the way to Manchester Airport.
15-year-old Angel was discovered on board an hour-long TransPennine Express service from West Yorkshire to the airport.
The black-and-white moggy had been strolling along the train making friends with passengers on board, following conductor Will Saunders through the carriages.
It turns out Angel is something of a local legend in Brighouse, and has been caught riding rail replacement buses in the past too, as well as making herself at home in the local pub.
On this occasion, she fancied herself a little holiday and hopped on board the 3.55am service from Brighouse to Manchester Airport.
Will kept a close eye on the gorgeous cat all the way to Manchester Airport, where they settled her into a cardboard box at the station.
Will then took Angel home to Stockport for the night to keep her safe, later discovering a phone number on Angel’s collar.
He and his partner then drove Angel all the way back home to Brighouse.
Will Saunders, conductor at TPE, said: “As a cat lover myself, I couldn’t leave her to fend for herself. She was so calm and confident on the train – it was like she’d done it before!
“I’m just glad we could keep her safe and get her back home. She’s clearly a much-loved cat.”
Andrew McClements, Customer Experience & Transformation Director at TPE, added: “Our teams are used to helping customers reach their destinations, but this was definitely one of our more unusual passengers.
“We’re just glad we could make sure this adventurous feline made it home safely.”
Now back where she belongs, Angel’s tale shows that even the most curious traveller can count on TPE to help them land on their paws.
The three-day Switzerland train pass that costs less than a journey from Manchester to London
Daisy Jackson
Switzerland has the most famous landscapes in the entire world – and there’s a three-day travel pass you can use to explore that costs less than the train from Manchester to London.
Whether it’s a view of the Matterhorn and the Swiss Alps, cruising past lakes, or zipping around cities Geneva or Zurich, there’s a single ticket that can do it all.
And (slightly depressingly) it costs less than a peak train ticket between Manchester and London, for three days of unlimited travel around an entire country. Sigh.
The Swiss Travel Pass includes rides on the world-famous Glacier Express panoramic train, which weaves through the mountains of the Swiss Alps between Zermatt and St Moritz.
It also gets passengers unlimited travel on other panoramic train journeys like the Bernina Express and Gotthard Panorama Express.
As well as all that train travel, the Swiss Travel Pass includes buses, boats, cable cars and public transport in more than 90 cities.
AND, gets you into 500 different museums.
The three-day Swiss Travel Pass costs less than a journey from Manchester to London. Credit: Unsplash, Victor He
While Switzerland is one of the most expensive countries in Europe to visit, you can’t argue with the price of the Swiss Travel Pass – just £243.20 for unlimited journeys over three days.
Again – an on-peak train return to London from Manchester costs £386.00…
If three days isn’t enough, there are also Swiss Travel Passes that run for four, six, eight or even 15 consecutive days.
The Swiss Travel Pass is a rail pass that lets you travel around Switzerland as much as you want by train, bus and boat for a set amount of travel days.
You can use a Swiss Travel Pass if you’re a tourist and permanently reside outside Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein.
Daisy Jackson -
2nd September 2024 
