Outwood Country Park
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Outwood Country Park by David Dixon as part of the Geograph project.
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Outwood Country Park
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 19 Jan 2012
The site of the former Outwood colliery consisted of 13 hectares of derelict land, collapsed buildings, spoil heaps, contaminated land and a number of uncapped mineshafts. Ownership of the site was transferred from British Coal Property to Bury Council in October 1997 with a view to reclaiming the land for public open space as part of the wider Outwood Forest Park project. The reclaimed land now provides a main gateway into the 80 hectare Outwood Forest Park and has a car park and footpaths; 25,000 trees have been planted. The park links with the Outwood Trail, the Irwell Sculpture Trail and the National Cycle Route and can accessed from Radcliffe by the recently restored Outwood Viaduct or from Ringley Road West at Outwood. The park also provides a site for a major work of art as part of the Irwell Sculpture Trail. A number of large (up to 8 metres in height) stone settings by Ulrich Ruckriem are now in place on the former colliery site. (Image] and Image] ) http://www.bury.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=5056 – Your Bury (Bury MBC)
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Image Location
Latitude
53.550511
Longitude
-2.338802