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Pipit Lane, WARRINGTON, WA3 6NY

Originally, this area was known as Risley. In 1939 the small farming community was transformed by the construction of Risley Royal Ordnance Factory which covered nearly 1000 acres of prime agricultural land and produced millions of bombs and shells during the Second World War. After the war, the factory was used by the Admiralty as a storage depot until 1961. The new town of Birchwood and Birchwood Forest Park were created in the 1970s from one of the largest derelict land sites in Europe.

Originally, this area was known as Risley. In 1939 the small farming community was transformed by the construction of Risley Royal Ordnance Factory which covered nearly 1000 acres of prime agricultural land and produced millions of bombs and shells during the Second World War. After the war, the factory was used by the Admiralty as a storage depot until 1961. The new town of Birchwood and Birchwood Forest Park were created in the 1970s from one of the largest derelict land sites in Europe.

Originally, this area was known as Risley. In 1939 the small farming community was transformed by the construction of Risley Royal Ordnance Factory which covered nearly 1000 acres of prime agricultural land and produced millions of bombs and shells during the Second World War. After the war, the factory was used by the Admiralty as a storage depot until 1961. The new town of Birchwood and Birchwood Forest Park were created in the 1970s from one of the largest derelict land sites in Europe.

Originally, this area was known as Risley. In 1939 the small farming community was transformed by the construction of Risley Royal Ordnance Factory which covered nearly 1000 acres of prime agricultural land and produced millions of bombs and shells during the Second World War. After the war, the factory was used by the Admiralty as a storage depot until 1961. The new town of Birchwood and Birchwood Forest Park were created in the 1970s from one of the largest derelict land sites in Europe. This is the path into the park from Dewhurst Road, near to Birchwood Station.

Dewhurst Road entrance to Birchwood Brook Park, Oakwood nr Warrington - a February version.

Off Dewhurst Road, just east of Birchwood railway station.

Path at the back of Lyster Close. Birchwood Forest Park is the name given to all the green areas throughout Birchwood. The town is made up of the three villages – Gorse Covert, Oakwood and Locking Stumps.

near Birchwood Brook - a long mound of peat scraped away in the construction of Risley Royal Ordnance Factory in 1939.