This is a series of five caches
around
the ponds & paths of
Moses Gate Country Park
Moses Gate Country
Park
also
known as
Crompton Lodges
is a 750 acre site
situated at Moses Gate in the Croal
Irwell Valley, 3 miles south of Bolton town centre on the A6053
road which connects Farnworth to Little Lever.
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Description.
The name Moses Gate comes from the joining of
two words, one a corruption of the word mosses meaning peaty or
marshy lands, and gate is from the Old English gata meaning a way across, so we have the way
though the mosses.
The alternate name of Crompton Lodges comes
from the lakes which were mill ponds or lodges supplying water to
Cromptons Paper Mills. The park lies on
the Kingfisher Way which runs for 7 miles from Clifton Country Park
to Jumbles Reservoir, north of Bolton. There are three lodges, one
is reserved for fishing, one was for water sports such as canoeing
(it is no longer used for this purpose) and the third is a nature
reserve for migratory birds and other wildlife.
To the east of the lodges is one of the few
sections of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal that is still in
water. The land between is reclaimed from old mine workings, one of
which was Farnworth Bridge Collieries.
The weir was constructed in the River
Croal to provide a water supply for
Crompton's Paper Mill.
Rock Hall was the visitor centre.
Please Note
Please note, we (Jolly Crofters) have got written permission from
the Rangers from the Bolton Ranger team to place Geocaches in Moses
Gate Country Park on the condition that we first inform them of
where each of the caches are, and get their written permission to
go ahead and publish them. We also have to review these caches with
them on a regular basis. Please be careful when searching for these
caches as this is a Nature Reserve.
***The caches are near water - please
be careful***