Oldham Mountain Rescue helped after a boy came off a rope swing on Saturday, June 24.

A total of 13 rescuers were in attendance for two-and-a-half hours in order to rescue the boy from Tandle Hill Country Park, in Royton.

According to the North West Ambulance Service, the boy was a teenager and was taken to hospital with a leg injury.

The borough’s oldest country park spans an impressive 48 hectares of parkland, offering trails, a picnic area, and children’s play area.

Last year, the beauty spot was used as a film location in a First World War film.

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An Oldham Mountain Rescue spokesperson said: “Just after lunchtime, the team received a request from North West Ambulance Service to support with the extraction of a casualty in Tandle Hill Country Park.

“A boy had unfortunately come off a rope swing, landed awkwardly and sustained a lower leg injury.

“The boy was assessed by North West Ambulance Service paramedics and then transported by our team stretcher to the awaiting ambulance.”

It’s not the first time someone has had to be rescued from Tandle Hill by the Mountain Rescue team.

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In 2021, seven members of the team were called out to help a man who had slipped on mud while walking, injuring his ankle.

It was a busy Saturday for the team last week, with eight team members assisting Rossendale & Pendle Mountain Rescue Team for 90 minutes earlier in the day to help a casualty get to an ambulance.

Last month, the team celebrated the Saddleworth Tuesday Walkers club for helping to raise thousands of pounds for the team.

The Mountain Rescue Team, formed in 1964 and based in Greenfield, is a charity and, like other mountain and cave rescue teams across the country, is almost entirely reliant on public donations.

The voluntary organisation’s objective is “to save life and alleviate distress, primarily in upland and mountain areas” without cost or obligation.

The team of more than 50 volunteers provides its rescue service 24 hours a day, seven days a week, year-round.

In 2022, the team attended 35 incidents, with 43 casualties and including seven helicopter rescues.