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A footpath crosses the golf course but there are several signs warning walkers of the potential dangers including this one: 'Beware flying golf balls. They can cause serious injury'. The course did not appear to be especially busy on this weekday just after Christmas but a group of golfers can be seen ahead.

Taken from the east side of Errwood Road, which is the slightly more distant of the two roads in the photograph. Note that some wag has turned the blue direction signs through 90 degrees so that instead of pointing north and south along Errwood Road they now direct walkers and cyclists east and west along Shawbrook Road.

An ancient water-filled trench that provides an oasis for frogs, birds and other wildlife in the midst of Heaton Moor golf course, a more cultivated and sterile environment.

Peel Moat is the site of a medieval moated house although only the overgrown and waterlogged moat itself has survived. It is now a scheduled ancient monument. The moated area is now used as part of Heaton Moor golf course for the red tee (ie women's tee) on the 15th hole.

Peel Moat is the site of a medieval moated house although only the overgrown and waterlogged moat itself has survived. It is now a scheduled ancient monument. A causeway allows access to the moated area and is used by golfers on Heaton Moor golf course to access one of the tees.

A view of Peel Moat on Heaton Moor Golf Course. Looking roughly west. The moat is now often dry and nothing remains on the small central island. It is a small rectangular moat, described by 19th Century sources as having once enclosed a square fortified tower. The central island is the sunlit patch of grass in the centre of the frame. The moat extends from the shrubs on the rhs of the path, just below the centre of the frame, through the area of "brown" reedy grass then round the island and back to the path. SJ87509247.

Seen here on one of the few sunny days in December 2024, the neatly defined path heads across the golf course towards Peel Moat. There are several signs exhorting walkers to beware of flying golf balls. Heaton Moor Golf Club was established in 1892 and the course provides a green wedge between Heaton Moor, in Stockport, and Burnage, in Manchester.

This very high fence is provided presumably to protect the houses on Kingston Grove from errant golf balls.