Risley, Holcroft and Chat Moss National Nature Reserve
Risley, Holcroft and Chat Moss National Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in England, United Kingdom. Risley, Holcroft and Chat Moss National Nature Reserve is situated nearby to the locality Irlam Moss, as well as near the suburb Higher Irlam.Places of Interest
Highlights include Irlam railway station and St John’s.
Irlam railway station
Railway station
Photo: Peter Whatley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Irlam railway station in Irlam, Greater Manchester, England, is 8+3⁄4 miles west of Manchester Oxford Road on the Manchester to Liverpool Line, and is operated by Northern Trains.
Astley Green Colliery Museum
Museum
Photo: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Astley Green Colliery Museum is a heritage museum in Astley near Tyldesley in Greater Manchester, England, operated by the Red Rose Steam Society. The site was originally a working colliery that produced coal from 1912 until its closure in 1970 and is now protected as a Scheduled Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Irlam and Leigh.
Irlam
Town
Photo: Keith Williamson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Irlam is a suburb in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. In 2011, it had a population of 19,933. It lies on flat ground on the south side of the M62 motorway and the north bank of the Manchester Ship Canal, 6.7 miles southwest of Salford, 7.6 miles southwest of Manchester and 8.3 miles northeast of Warrington.
Leigh
Town
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leigh is a town in the Wigan district, in Greater Manchester, England, on low-lying land northwest of Chat Moss. It is situated approximately 6 miles southeast of Wigan and 11 miles west of Manchester city centre.
Astley
Town
Photo: J3Mrs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Astley is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, it is crossed by the Bridgewater Canal and the A580 East Lancashire Road.
Risley, Holcroft and Chat Moss National Nature Reserve
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.4632° or 53° 27′ 48″ northLongitude
-2.4485° or 2° 26′ 55″ westOpen location code
9C5VFH72+7JOpenStreetMap ID
way 1481954910OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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