Nestled on the corner of the city’s clogged-up ring road sits a yellow gate, out of keeping with the rest of its surroundings.
It’s by the Medlock — one of the city’s three founding rivers — but you wouldn’t be able to see it, even if you were stuck in the worst of Mancunian Way’s rush-hour traffic.
Behind that, there is a huge 43 acre woodland which goes by various names: Pin Mill Brow, Medlock Way, the Lower Medlock Valley, or Medlock Vale. For a city that’s one of the worst for green space in the UK, it’s a much-needed ‘jewel’ for residents, a valuable habitat, and plays a vital role in combating pollution.
