St John’s Church, Mosley Common
Active church in Mosley Common that was built in 1886.
St George’s Church, Tyldesley
Waterloo church dedicated to St George, completed in 1825 to serve the growing township of Tyldesley cum Shakerley.Standedge crossings
Standedge has been a major Pennine crossing point for more than 2,000 years.
Worsley dry docks
Earliest surviving example of a dry dock on Britain’s canals.
Red Moss
Wetland moss and local nature reserve between Horwich and the M61 motorway in Greater Manchester.
Trafford Ecology Park
Designated Site of Biological Importance and Local Nature Reserve in Trafford, Greater Manchester.
Bridgewater Collieries
Coal mining company on the Lancashire Coalfield with headquarters in Walkden near Manchester.
Cottonopolis
The nickname given to Manchester, the world’s first industrial city, a metropolis centred on cotton trading.
Hulme Hall
Former half-timbered manor house on the banks of the River Irwell in Manchester, demolished in about 1840.
Chaddock Pit
Pit sunk in about 1820 by the Bridgewater Trustees that was connected to the Bridgewater Canal at Boothstown Basin by an underground canal.