Bidwell street will be closed from Hartford Road to Ramey drive starting 9/22/2026, for 30 days to allow for sewer main installation. Detour signs have been installed to help residents navigate around closure area.Salters Pool Parking Lot will be closed starting 9/21/2026, for 6-8 weeks to allow reconstruction of the parking lot. Pond access will be maintained during construction.
Due to staffing shortages in the Building Inspection Division, permit processing and inspection scheduling may be delayed. To monitor your permit status, visit the Online Permit Portal or call 860-647-3052. We appreciate your patience and apologize for any inconvenience.
Join us in celebrating the day of Thelma Woodbridge’s birth! She would have been 111 years old in August! We’ll be celebrating with cake and ice tea! And, in honor of Thelma’s many years as an educator in the town of Manchester we will be honoring her memory with a book swap. Bring a book and take a book home. Find a shady spot while you’re here and read a book.
495 East Middle Turnpike, 06040, View Map
495 East Middle Turnpike , 06040
Free
Come visit -- for 10 minutes or two hours. See our new Visitor Center with a display of Manchester Green's history. Take a self-guided tour through our late 18th century barn and a guided tour of some rooms in the 1830s farmhouse. 495 East Middle Turnpike, with parking in front of the house or at the nearby Senior Center. Free. The Farmstead is open the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month through October.