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Highfield Road, MANCHESTER, M19 3RP

Sign painted on the wall of the former railway bridge at the Highfield Road entrance to the country park. Highfield Country Park is situated to the east of Levenshulme. It is a 70 acre area of open land that stretches to the east of Broom Avenue across to the back of Houldsworth Golf Course and over to the junction of Longford Road and Nelstrop Road. The land was used to extract clay for the manufacture of bricks for the building industry; the clay pit and brick works existed until the 1950s when it was being operated by the Jackson Brick Company. Other businesses that have occupied the site included the UCP tripe factory, Levenshulme Dye and Bleach works, and, originally, High Field Farm. In the 1970s, by which time it was little more than a landfill site, the area was designated as a country park by Manchester City Council. During the period 2004-5 the park was transformed from a dreary, vandalised wasteland into a country park with a picnic area and mapped out country walks. (http://www2.btcv.org.uk/manchester.pdf "Case Study: Highfield Country Park, Manchester" (PDF). BTCV Grass Roots) In November 2007, Highfield Country Park was declared a protected habitat for many animal and plant species. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highfield_Country_Park Wikipedia

This view looking from ' Tallyrand ' shows part of a huge acreage of public allotments. The block of flats centre left is Cundiff Court, a social housing development. The famous architect Norman Foster designer of many impressive buildings worldwide e.g. London's Gherkin, grew up in streets nearby, in fact his birthplace in Reddish is not far behind the camera position.

Footpath at the end of Highfield Road. Highfield Country Park is situated to the east of Levenshulme. It is a 70 acre area of open land that stretches to the east of Broom Avenue across to the back of Houldsworth Golf Course and over to the junction of Longford Road and Nelstrop Road. The land was used to extract clay for the manufacture of bricks for the building industry; the clay pit and brick works existed until the 1950s when it was being operated by the Jackson Brick Company. Other businesses that have occupied the site included the UCP tripe factory, Levenshulme Dye and Bleach works, and, originally, High Field Farm. In the 1970s, by which time it was little more than a landfill site, the area was designated as a country park by Manchester City Council. During the period 2004-5 the park was transformed from a dreary, vandalised wasteland into a country park with a picnic area and mapped out country walks. (http://www2.btcv.org.uk/manchester.pdf "Case Study: Highfield Country Park, Manchester" (PDF). BTCV Grass Roots) In November 2007, Highfield Country Park was declared a protected habitat for many animal and plant species. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highfield_Country_Park Wikipedia

National Cycle Route 6 enters Manchester from Reddish via the traffic-free former Fallowfield Loop Line and then on residential streets through Whalley Range into the city centre.

Highfield Country Park is situated to the east of Levenshulme. It is a 70 acre area of open land that stretches to the east of Broom Avenue across to the back of Houldsworth Golf Course and over to the junction of Longford Road and Nelstrop Road. The land was used to extract clay for the manufacture of bricks for the building industry. The clay pit and brick works existed until the 1950s when it was being operated by the Jackson Brick Company. Other businesses that have occupied the site included the UCP tripe factory, Levenshulme Dye and Bleach works, and, originally, High Field Farm. In the 1970s, by which time it was little more than a landfill site, the area was designated as a country park by Manchester City Council. During the period 2004-5 the park was transformed from a dreary, vandalised wasteland into a country park with a picnic area and mapped out country walks. (http://www2.btcv.org.uk/manchester.pdf "Case Study: Highfield Country Park, Manchester" (PDF). BTCV Grass Roots) In November 2007, Highfield Country Park was declared a protected habitat for many animal and plant species. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highfield_Country_Park Wikipedia

A cycle route following the boundary between Manchester and Stockport.

The houses are lit by late winter sun.

Bridge 14 on the former Fallowfield Loop Line (disused railway) now part of the National Cycle Network.

Looking east across Houldsworth Golf Course, Reddish on a wet afternoon. SJ88529388.

Nelstrop Road Bridleway, Levenshulme. Looking south. The bridleway crosses an area of open ground between Levenshulme and Reddish. SJ88539389.