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Dalmorton Road, MANCHESTER, M21 0YQ

Looking east from the bridge over the disused railway line (shortly to be re-opened as part of the Manchester Metrolink network). The For Sale / To Let signs relate to properties (probably apartments) on Chelsfield Grove. Chelsfield Grove was originally a short cul-de-sac of interwar semi-detached and detached houses, with Broughton Park Rugby Club at the end. When the rugby club relocated in the 1990s, the site was developed for housing and the road extended.

Looking across the tennis courts at Whalley Range CC's Kingsbrook Road ground.

The disused railway line to Chorlton was re-opened as far as the new St Werburgh's Road stop in July 2011. The tracks were extended a short distance beyond the station. Work was well underway extending the route SE along the former heavy rail line to Didsbury. The line to Manchester Airport will leave the South Manchester Line just north of this point, to run across the triangular area of grass (already fenced off from the adjoining playing field), crossing Chorlton Brook, and joining Mauldeth Road West near Chorlton High School.

Mauldeth Road West was constructed in the 1920s, crossing the existing railway line by means of a substantial bridge. The road rises up to cross the line on substantial embankment. Steps on the north side of the road next to the bridge lead down to track level, a footpath then following Chorlton Brook to Nell Lane. Old maps suggest there was a bridge here before the dual carriageway was constructed, carrying a lane which led past Hough End Hall, though the current roadway is substantially wider. The name twenty-seven steps is a name that was certainly current during the late twentieth century, although I don't know if the location is still known by that name. There certainly aren't twenty seven of them (around thirty?).