IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Astley Moss, MANCHESTER, M29 7LX
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Astley Moss, M29 7LX by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (12 Images Found)
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Chat Moss
Peat workings on Chat Moss near Irlam, Manchester. Looking NE. SJ71119703
Image: © Keith Williamson
Taken: 6 Sep 2005
0.13 miles
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Chat Moss
Peat workings on Chat Moss near Irlam. Looking SE. SJ71239691
Image: © Keith Williamson
Taken: 6 Sep 2005
0.15 miles
7
Chat Moss - Not particularly inviting
Chat Moss was highlighted two days later on Countryfile on BBC TV. The program pointed out the value of peat as a CO2 store and how processed waste provided a perfectly acceptable replacement for the peat used by gardeners.
The view from the other side Image
Image: © Ian Greig
Taken: 27 Apr 2012
0.20 miles
8
Chat Moss
Chat Moss is a lowland raised bog. In areas where drainage is poor, water-logging can slow down plant decomposition, producing peat, which over the years can raise the level of the bog above that of the surrounding land. The moss occupies an area of about 10.6 square miles, and is about 5 miles long, about 2.5 miles across at its widest point, lying 75 feet above sea level. Chat Moss lies mainly in Salford, but extends into Wigan. By the 1990s, an estimated 72 per cent of the bog had been reclaimed, most of it for agriculture. About 230 acres of degraded bog remain, with 766 acres of undamaged peat deposits in four former peat extraction sites. The peat varies in depth between 24 feet and 30 feet.
Image: © Anthony Parkes
Taken: 3 Feb 2013
0.20 miles
9
Peat Extraction on Chat Moss
Chat Moss is a lowland raised bog. In areas where drainage is poor, water-logging can slow down plant decomposition, producing peat, which over the years can raise the level of the bog above that of the surrounding land. The moss occupies an area of about 10.6 square miles, and is about 5 miles long, about 2.5 miles across at its widest point, lying 75 feet above sea level. Chat Moss lies mainly in Salford, but extends into Wigan. By the 1990s, an estimated 72 per cent of the bog had been reclaimed, most of it for agriculture. About 230 acres of degraded bog remain, with 766 acres of undamaged peat deposits in four former peat extraction sites. The peat varies in depth between 24 feet and 30 feet.
Image: © Anthony Parkes
Taken: 3 Feb 2013
0.24 miles
