Accession Number

B122

Series Title

RAILWAY WALKS

Programme Title

[MARPLE TO MACCLESFIELD, ROCHDALE TO BACUP, WIRRAL WAY AND LUNE VALLEY]

Producer

[Unknown]

Other Credits

[Unknown]

Transmission Date

01/01/85

colour , sound (sep), 11 mins 24 secs

Synopsis

B122/1: A BBC presenter visits some of the region's pathways which follow old disused railway lines. He first visits the nature trail between Marple and Macclesfield, near Poynton. Clive Price, rambling broadcaster and President of the Manchester Ramblers' Association, is interviewed about the appeal of railway walks. The old Poynton Colliery Railway line is shown and Dave Kitchen, Senior Ranger at Cheshire County Council is interviewed about the plantlife and birdlife on the trail. There are shots of Bollington Viaduct. The presenter then visits the Rochdale to Bacup trail and Heeley Dell Nature Reserve where Warden Sarah Wilson guides him around the reserve and speaks of the area's history and wildlife. The old Broadley Heath train station and the River Spodden are shown. 11m24s B122/2: The same presenter goes to the Wirral Way nature trail where he interviews a member of staff from the Thurstaston Visitors Centre about its amenities and Malcolm Ingam, Wirral Ranger, about the injured animals he looks after in his garden at Thurstaston. There are shots of the Wirral Way, the old Hadlow Road train station at Willaston, the Dee estuary and the Welsh hills. Includes a song about the Wirral Way. The presenter then visits the twelve mile route along the Lune Valley near Lancaster. Eddie Hibbard of the Ramblers' Association guides the presenter along the trail and there are shots of the port of Glasson Dock on the Lune estuary, a crane - the only relic of the railway, a weir near Hatton and the old Halton train station, which is now used by Lancaster University Boat Club. 10m59s