Broadhurst Park is a large municipal park in Moston, a district of Manchester, England. It occupies approximately 80 acres.
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Broadhurst Park is a large municipal park in Moston, a district of Manchester, England. It occupies approximately 80 acres.
The land was donated to Manchester City Council by Sir Edward Tootal Broadhurst, a local cotton manufacturer, in gratitude for Manchester's efforts in the First World War. Sir Edward gave the land for use as playing fields and a park. The land was conveyed to the Council in June 1920. [1] [2]
The area has three parts:
Some of this area was leased by the council to local football club F.C. United of Manchester for use as a stadium of the same name and playing fields. The stadium was completed in 2015 following a controversial planning decision. [3] [4] [5]
The remaining part of the Clough is a good place to walk and experience nature. Areas of grass and woodlandj, including a wetland, with over one hundred species of wildflowers. A dipping pond also hosts dragonflies. Dean Brook, a tributary of Moston Brook, runs through part of the site in a steep ravine ("clough" is a local dialect word for a steep-sided, wooded valley).
The site is part of the Irk Valley Project [6] Broadhurst Clough was designated a Site of Biological Importance (SBI) [7] by the Greater Manchester Ecology Unit because of the rare wetland habitat. [8]
The area includes the site of the former Moston Hall, which was the subject of an archaeological dig in 2003/5 by the Dig Manchester project. [9]
The local Friends Group, The Friends of Broadhurst Park [10] organises a summer festival in Broadhurst Fields and nature events including a bioblitz and pond dipping.
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