Hi folks
This Country park has been mentioned in another thread :-
Low Hall Park NR
and before i get in to trouble for taking that thread to far of topic i though i had better start something on a new Thread.
Well what/Where is this 'Rushes Country Park' you all ask.
1 Well its located in Leigh Lancs, Its not far from Pennington Flash.
with access from plank lane , and smiths lane in bickershaw.
2 Its covers over 200hectars of the Old Bickershaw Colliery site the shut in 1992.
3 its now has 1 area designated as a SBI
4 The visitor center was due to open this year BUT issues with :-'the credit crunch', a wind turbine and some newts has delayed the entire project by over a year now and there is still no sign of work starting anytime soon.
5 To date a number of new paths have been built.
A new area of wetland has been created,
The Main access road had been built.
6 once more there are a number of Motorbikes on the site but the local police force do often target these guys.
7 we are still being told that this project will form a key part of an even bigger project that wigan council have on the go 'Greenheart regional park' . It will be nice to see them start work again soon on 'The Rushes'.