Chat Moss as it is often collectively known actually covers Chat, Irlam, Barton, Little Woolden and Great Woolden Mosses. The area is generally made up of arable fields and peat workings, the largest of which at Croxden's is now a desolate wasteland of …

Part of Chat Moss known as Irlam Moss, showing the typical landscape of drainage ditches instead of hedges. The reclamation of Chat Moss and Trafford Moss was innovative in that instead of constructing roads to give access for the material to be dumped onto the bog, a movable light railway was developed.

Learn how we're restoring lowland raised bogs in the Chat Moss area and engaging local communities with this fascinating habitat across three key reserves.

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Irlam was anciently known as Irwellham, an outlying area of Chat Moss, a large peat bog which straddled the River Irwell. Work was carried out in the 19th century to reclaim large areas to enable the completion of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1829.

Little Woolden Moss Nature Reserve Astley Road Irlam M44 5LR. Contact: 01772 324129 E-mail us. Connect: Visit our website

Feb 3, 2024 · The trail starts and ends at the Irlam train station. This trail takes in one of the sensitive peatlands that make up Chat Moss that is slowly starting to recover from years of peat extraction and agricultural use.

Jan 14, 2025 · We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking. Irlam station through allotments onto Cadishead Moss, New Moss Wood, Chat Moss, Four Lane End, Astley Road, Art Park and back to Irlam Station.

The Salford Heritage Timewalk takes you in a loop from Irlam Train Station through some incredible sites such as, New Moss Wood and Little Woolden Moss. Both of these incredible sites are situated on the same peat mass and were once part of Chat Moss – which was also connected to Astley Moss!

Nov 19, 2010 · The Kindling Trust , free lance journalist Simon Birch and Lancashire Wildlife Trust met up in mid-November at Chat Moss, in Irlam to look at the ongoing challenge that faces the area, namely large scale peat extraction, competing with wildlife habitat restoration and the need to reduce our carbon emissions.We had a fascinating few hours ...