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The entrance at the eight-acre site of the former Intex Yarns plant at York Street in Radcliffe. An application to build 200 family homes, an extension to a depot and a car park has been approved by Bury council’s planning committee. (Although not without some controversy - http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1472796_revealed-radcliffe-site-at-the-centre-of-police-inquiry-into-two-top-bury-councillors - Manchester Evening News). The site had been a sprawl of empty and boarded-up buildings for about a decade, but a demolition crew razed the site during the latter half of 2011 and, now, only a small number of buildings remain.

The remains of the former Intex Yarns plant at York Street in Radcliffe. The derelict, eight-acre site, which had been a sprawl of empty and boarded-up buildings for about a decade, was levelled during the latter half of 2011 and now only a small number of buildings remain. An application to build 200 family homes, an extension to a depot and a car park on the site has been approved by Bury council’s planning committee. (Although not without some controversy - http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1472796_revealed-radcliffe-site-at-the-centre-of-police-inquiry-into-two-top-bury-councillors - Manchester Evening News).

The derelict, eight-acre site of the former Intex Yarns plant at York Street in Radcliffe. The site, which had been a sprawl of empty and boarded-up buildings for about a decade, was levelled during the latter half of 2011 and now only a small number of buildings remain. An application to build 200 family homes, an extension to a depot and a car park on the site has been approved by Bury council’s planning committee. (Although not without some controversy - http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1472796_revealed-radcliffe-site-at-the-centre-of-police-inquiry-into-two-top-bury-councillors - Manchester Evening News).

Dumers Lane Post Office 263 Dumers Lane, Radcliffe, M26 2GN

A large pile of rubble at the derelict, eight-acre site of the former Intex Yarns plant at York Street in Radcliffe. The houses of York Street can be seen behind the site. The site, which had been a sprawl of empty and boarded-up buildings for about a decade, was levelled during the latter half of 2011 and now only a small number of buildings remain. An application to build 200 family homes, an extension to a depot and a car park on the site has been approved by Bury council’s planning committee. (Although not without some controversy - http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1472796_revealed-radcliffe-site-at-the-centre-of-police-inquiry-into-two-top-bury-councillors - Manchester Evening News).

The remains of the former Intex Yarns plant at York Street in Radcliffe. The derelict, eight-acre site, which had been a sprawl of empty and boarded-up buildings for about a decade, was levelled during the latter half of 2011 and now only a small number of buildings remain. An application to build 200 family homes, an extension to a depot and a car park on the site has been approved by Bury council’s planning committee. (Although not without some controversy - http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1472796_revealed-radcliffe-site-at-the-centre-of-police-inquiry-into-two-top-bury-councillors - Manchester Evening News).

The derelict, eight-acre site of the former Intex Yarns plant in Radcliffe. The site, which had been a sprawl of empty and boarded-up buildings for about a decade, was levelled during the latter half of 2011 and now only a small number of buildings remain. An application to build 200 family homes, an extension to a depot and a car park on the site has been approved by Bury council’s planning committee. (Although not without some controversy - http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1472796_revealed-radcliffe-site-at-the-centre-of-police-inquiry-into-two-top-bury-councillors - Manchester Evening News).

Bealey's Goit is/was an artificial channel constructed to supply water from the River Irwell for the Bealey's bleachworks at Radcliffe. Now redundant, it is largely overgrown.

Another view of Bealey's Goit, Bury. Here a bridge carries a public footpath over the goit. In the middle right of the picture some of the stonework associated with this water channel can be seen. SD79740828.