Black to Green :- Dalton Park Traditional Cache
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Black to Green :- Dalton Park
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This is a small tradtional cache situated in the New Parkland of Dalton Retail Park by the kind permission of the Park Management Team on one of the three trails within the park
From as early as 1838 the site of Dalton Park was a tip site for colliery spoil mined from the nearby Murton Colliery. Mineral waste was transferred to the site via an overhead cable car that ran from the pit head in Murton. After the closure of the Murton Colliery in 1991 the site lay empty until work began on Dalton Park in March 2002.
Over 600,000 cubic metres of colliery spoil was shifted in order to create space for the construction of the buildings and car parks of the retail outlet. All of the material excavated on site was re-used to create the hills and valleys of the parkland. Recycled organic waste was used to enrich the colliery shale so that the colonies of woodland, wetland and wildflower meadows could be established.
The lakes and wetlands provide a valuable habitat for wildlife, and help to clean the rainwater as it runs off the site prior to entering the Murton Dean, a stream that runs some 20m below the parkland.
On either side of the entrance road, colliery spoil has been sculptured into flowing terraces to form a gateway to the site. It is here where the steps climb to the summit at Falcon Point that the Sky Gate forms the entrance to the parkland.
Dalton Park has been instrumental in breathing new life into the village, providing new employment opportunities for local people,
helping to restore confidence in the housing market and putting Murton firmly on the map as a place where once again people
want to live work and bring up their families.
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