The Lake, Trafford Ecology Park, Trafford Park, Manchester:: OS grid SJ7997 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

SJ7997 : The Lake, Trafford Ecology Park, Trafford Park, Manchester

near to Salford, Great Britain

The Lake, Trafford Ecology Park, Trafford Park, Manchester

Trafford Ecology Park is an 11 acre site centred on the former boating lake of the Trafford Estate, the ancestral home of the de Trafford family.

From the latter part of the 19th Century (after the opening of the Manchester Ship Canal) the estate grew into Europe's largest industrial estate.

The lake was used for leisure until the 1930's, then was almost filled in by tipping operations that went on until the 1970's. In 1973 Esso secured the site and started recovery and restoration work. It is now owned and managed by Groundwork, a local environmental regeneration organisation. SJ792975.

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2005

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Grid Square: SJ7997, 43 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Keith Williamson (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph (Second Visitor for SJ7997)
Date Taken: Wednesday, 11 May, 2005 (more nearby)
Submitted: Thursday, 26 May, 2005
Category: Nature reserve > Nature Reserve (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: SJ 792 975 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:28.4289N 2:18.8903W