We take a walk down the tracks of among Manchester’s most beautiful wildlife locations, the Chorlton Ees Nature Reserve.
There is a lovely surprise gem of nature on the doorstep of hectic, dynamic Manchester city centre. The Chorlton Ees Nature Reserve is around 50 hectares of walking tracks, meadows and forest at the heart of the city-region – covering approximately the exact same space as 140 football fields.
It is a website of substantial biological significance and is a popular location for walkers, runners and bicyclists to check out in the area.
Chorlton Ees utilized to be utilized for sewage draining pipes, however Withington Sewage works closed in 1972 and in the last 50 years the land has actually seen substantial modification. Ponds have actually been removed to enhance the location’s variety for wildlife, countless trees have actually been planted to turn it into an appealing forest, and livestock have actually grazed in the meadows.
Nowadays, Chorlton Ees is someplace popular to Chorlton residents, however lots of Manchester citizens might be uninformed of this spot of nature so near their front door.