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The Salford Trail |
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Salford. Don't Just Talk About It, Walk About It.
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For those wishing to use an Ordnance Survey map along with the walk instructions, the Explorer 277 covering Manchester and Salford and Explorer 276 covering Bolton, Warrington and Wigan are the ones to use.
The Salford Trail is a continuous walk along permitted footpaths and roads, all within the city of Salford. The paths covered are varied, being through historic heritage areas, along river and canal side, taking in country parks, fields, moss lands, inner city footpaths and former railway tracks known as Loop Lines,
The aim of the trail is mainly to provide a long distance walk of around 40 miles as a means of leisurely exercise, which can be completed in short stints or long distances by the energetic. Throughout the walk, one is never more than a half mile or so from a bus route or a main thoroughfare, although at times it may seem as isolated as any countryside area, free from traffic noise with only the wildlife for company.
The Salford Trail is rich in many things to interest all minds. Most certainly Salford’s Industrial Heritage is second to none, benefiting from being at the heart of the Industrial Revolution. However, all the scars created by the Industrial Revolution have been consigned to the past, while the river and canal side walks have now evolved a rich variety of wildlife.
The changes over the past few years have seen Kingfisher, Heron, Swan, Cormorant and many species of Geese and Duck to be spotted along the way. a sure measure of how the quality of the river has changed. The river Irwell is now a popular fishing haunt all the way through Salford as far as the lower reaches of the river and Salford Quays. Salford Quays itself has its own large lagoons separate from the river and canal, which are stocked with many types of fish in the clean oxygenated waters.
If you have any comments or suggestions with regard to this website, they can be made by e-mail to Roy Bullock at the following e-mail address:-
roy.bullock@ntlworld.com
Site last updated 30.12.2008.
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