Heritage

Manchester United’s special old training ground, The Cliff, was where everyone from George Best to David Beckham got their football education. But where is it? What’s so special about it? What else is in the area? And Is there paranormal activity at work?

Here are some details on the ace organisations that have funded the Bury New Road project...

A brief unscientific vox pop amongst friends came up with...“That link road between town and motorway”, followed by various fairly negative adjectives, which, although essentially true, we shall pass on because this is primarily a project with a positive mission. Living there myself, I always assumed it started at Chetham’s School and ended past the motorway at Besses o’ th’ Barn, where Bury New Road...

Welcome to the Bury New Road heritage project which runs until the end of 2022, with community open days, shoot your own heritage events, exhibitions and pop-up happenings. While the website might look quite skinny to start with, the archive will be built up over the course of the project, filled with community memories, portraits, photos and artefacts, as well as discourses on the nature...