Kirklees

Rosso 619 (SK67 FND), a Wrightbus Streetlite DF on the 469 service from Tottington to Bury, travels along the dual carriageway section of Crostons Road as it approaches the junction at Bury Bridge.

- Emergency Rendezvous Point, Bury Road, Tottington, Bury, at junction with Rhode Street "ERP 275" Emergency Rendezvous Points (ERP) were designated places in the locality for the coordination of ARP and emergency services during civil emergencies, particularly for those services arriving from outside the area. The signs appear in a variety of designs, but most are diamond shapes framing the ERP locality number. SD7712 : WWII Lancashire: Ghost Signs of the Home Front (19)

- Emergency Rendezvous Point, Bury Road, Tottington, Bury, at junction with Rhode Street "ERP 275" Emergency Rendezvous Points (ERP) were designated places in the locality for the coordination of ARP and emergency services during civil emergencies, particularly for those services arriving from outside the area. The signs appear in a variety of designs, but most are diamond shapes framing the ERP locality number. SD7816 : WWII Lancashire: Ghost Signs of the Home Front (20)

This addition to the Irwell Sculpture Trail was formally unveiled on Thursday 27 July 2017. Auke de Vries (b1937) is arguably Netherlands’ best-known sculptor with a reputation for creating unique and intriguing pieces all over Europe. The funding for this project has come through money paid by developers and allocated to be spent on art in the borough.

On the Irwell Sculpture Trail, the human scale 1998 mouse trap inscribed with 'picnic area' prompted David Fryer to ask whether the area for leisure activities such as canoeing, camping and fishing, was a tourist trap.

Burrs Country Park lies on the River Irwell one mile to the northwest of Bury town centre. The area now covered by the park has seen human activity since pre-Roman times when a settlement was established at Castlesteads. In 1752 a farmhouse was built on the north side of the river. The original farmhouse is still in existence and is now the Brown Cow public house. Burrs Mill and Higher Woodhill Mill were constructed during the industrial revolution. Initially they were powered by water from the river Irwell and a weir and goit were constructed to carry the water to the mills. The construction of the Manchester, Bolton Bury Canal meant that a water supply was required to feed the header reservoir at Elton. To accommodate this, the canal feeder was constructed around 1803 and connected into the existing goit. In 1930 Higher Woodhill Mill was demolished and in 1933 the depression caused the remaining mills to close. In 1952 the earliest part of Burrs Mill was demolished. The rest of the mill followed in 1982 leaving only the chimney and the workers cottages. The site was acquired by Bury Metro in 1986 and, since then, the area has been transformed from a derelict industrial site to a modern country park. Important historical features such as Burrs mill chimney, the mill floor and the water wheel pit have been retained so that the history of the site can be appreciated. In 2001 a purpose built agricultural show ground was constructed at Burrs where Bury Agricultural Society stage their annual show in each July. Burrs features a wide variety of different wildlife habitats - woodland, open space, wetland, ponds and waterways. There is also a Caravan Club site. In 2016, the East Lancashire Railway opened a halt on the eastern side of the park, next to the caravan site. Link Bury MBC Link Caravan and Motorhome Club Link Friends of Burrs Country Park

The weir on the River Irwell at Burrs was constructed in the late-eighteenth century when the water-powered spinning mill at Burrs was built.

A closer look at SD7913 : River Irwell, Burrs Weir.

Island Lodge, so-named because of its small island, used to serve Tottington Mill which closed in 1928. A smaller reservoir was here previously, to serve the corn mill which stood on the site between 1775 and 1796 when it was replaced by a cotton mill. Island lodge in its current form dates from the 1820s when Tottington Mill was acquired by Joshua Knowles who converted it to a printworks, enlarging both the mill and the lodge. This view is looking down from the nineteenth century Tottington Viaduct which was built to carry the Bury–Holcombe Brook branch railway over Island Lodge but since the railway closed in 1963, has been adapted to take the Kirklees Trail (walking and cycling route).

The Bury–Holcombe Brook line was a 3¾-mile (6km) single-track railway line which ran between Bury Bolton Street railway station and Holcombe Brook railway station via seven intermediate stations. The section of the line from Greenmount to Bury town centre has been converted into a pedestrian and cycle route, the Kirklees Trail (also known as “the Lines”), forming part of National Cycle Route 6.

Island Lodge is so-named because of its small island used to serve Tottington Mill which closed in 1928. A smaller reservoir was here previously, to serve the corn mill which stood on the site between 1775 and 1796 when it was replaced by a cotton mill. Island lodge in its current form dates from the 1820s when Tottington Mill was acquired by Joshua Knowles who converted it to a printworks, enlarging both the mill and the lodge. The nine arch Tottington viaduct was built to carry the Bury–Holcombe Brook branch railway over Tottington Mill’s Island Lodge (SD7713 : Island Lodge, Tottington). The line was a 3¾-mile (6km) single-track railway line which ran between Bury Bolton Street railway station and Holcombe Brook railway station via seven intermediate stations. It was opened in 1882 by the Bury and Tottington District Railway and the line was taken over by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1888. Passenger services operated until 1952, while freight services continued to Holcombe Brook until 1960 and Tottington until 1963. The old trackbed is still in use today; the section of the line from Greenmount to Bury town centre has been converted into a pedestrian and cycle route, the Kirklees Trail (also known as “the Lines”), forming part of National Cycle Route 6.

As a diversion from the Kirklees Trail, a footpath allows you to walk around the lodge before rejoining the main trail near the other end of the viaduct.

The Bury–Holcombe Brook line was a 3¾-mile (6km) single-track railway line which ran between Bury Bolton Street railway station and Holcombe Brook railway station via seven intermediate stations. The line opened in 1882 but the closure of the local mills during the first half of the twentieth century led to a fall in passenger numbers. The last passenger train ran on 4 May 1951; freight trains continued to run until 17 Augur 1963. The section of the line from Greenmount to Bury town centre has been converted into a pedestrian and cycle route, the Kirklees Trail (also known as “the Lines”), forming part of National Cycle Route 6. Tottington station closed when passenger services were withdrawn in 1952 and it was demolished; very little remains of it. This representation of the station was erected in July 2021 as part of the Tottington Scarecrow Festival.

East of Ainsworth and west of Starling.

Cartwheel Lodge lies immediately to the east of Island Lodge. It was probably created in the early 1820s to serve the Tottington print works. It is shown on the tithe map of 1842 and the Ordnance Survey map of 1848 and survives in this form. Used by anglers.

Island Lodge is so-named because of its small island used to serve Tottington Mill which closed in 1928. A smaller reservoir was here previously, to serve the corn mill which stood on the site between 1775 and 1796 when it was replaced by a cotton mill. Island lodge in its current form dates from the 1820s when Tottington Mill was acquired by Joshua Knowles who converted it to a printworks, enlarging both the mill and the lodge. The nine arch Tottington viaduct was built to carry the Bury–Holcombe Brook branch railway over Tottington Mill’s Island Lodge (SD7713 : Island Lodge, Tottington). The line was a 3¾-mile (6km) single-track railway line which ran between Bury Bolton Street railway station and Holcombe Brook railway station via seven intermediate stations. It was opened in 1882 by the Bury and Tottington District Railway and the line was taken over by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1888. Passenger services operated until 1952, while freight services continued to Holcombe Brook until 1960 and Tottington until 1963. The old trackbed is still in use today; the section of the line from Greenmount to Bury town centre has been converted into a pedestrian and cycle route, the Kirklees Trail (also known as “the Lines”), forming part of National Cycle Route 6.