2010

SD7406 : Moses Gate Country Park

taken 14 years ago, near to Farnworth, Bolton, England

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Moses Gate Country Park
Moses Gate Country Park
Looking back from SD7406 : River Croal, Footbridge, to where the Farnworth Paper Mill once stood.
Moses Gate Country Park

Moses Gate Country Park (also known as Crompton Lodges) is situated at Moses Gate in the Croal Irwell Valley, south of Bolton, on the A6053 which connects Farnworth to Little Lever. The park, which occupies a site of approx 750 acres, runs from Hall Lane to Nob End along the banks of the River Croal.

The name “Moses Gate” is not a personal name, but a corruption of the word 'mosses' meaning peaty or marshy lands, and gate from the Old English 'gata' meaning a way across, so we have the way through the mosses (Kearsley Moss, Clifton Moss, Linnyshaw Moss etc). The alternate name of Crompton Lodges comes from the lakes which were millponds or lodges supplying water to Cromptons Paper Mills.

The park lies on the Kingfisher Way which runs for 7 miles from Clifton Country Park to Jumbles Reservoir, north of Bolton.

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SD7406, 112 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
David Dixon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 14 November, 2010   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 14 November, 2010
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 744 068 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:33.4316N 2:23.2749W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 74547 06770
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Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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