Lindow Moss

A new voice for Lindow Moss
Monday 5th February 2024
Mon 5th Feb 2024

A new voice for Lindow Moss

The inaugural meeting of the Friends of Lindow Moss, a group open to anyone with an interest in this landscape and its ecological, archaeological and…
Work nearly finished for very large lorries driving to and from Lindow Moss
Tuesday 28th June 2022
Tue 28th Jun 2022
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Work nearly finished for very large lorries driving to and from Lindow Moss

For several weeks residents of Moor Lane and Cumber Lane in Wilmslow have seen very large wagons travelling to and from the Lindow Moss peat farm site…
Restoration phase to get underway at Lindow Moss
Saturday 5th February 2022
Sat 5th Feb 2022
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Restoration phase to get underway at Lindow Moss

The restoration phase of work is due to begin at Lindow Moss on Monday, 7th February. Local residents who are in the area during February will notice…
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Work to commence on the restoration of Lindow Moss
Sunday 24th January 2021
Sun 24th Jan 2021
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Work to commence on the restoration of Lindow Moss

Urgent engineering work will begin at Lindow Moss on Monday, January 25th, as part of the restoration programme. In 2018 Croghan Peat were given planning…
Croghan Peat clear the path for the restoration of Lindow Moss
Friday 24th July 2020
Fri 24th Jul 2020
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Croghan Peat clear the path for the restoration of Lindow Moss

Many people locally have despaired for years at the devastation wrought on the peat cutting area on Lindow Moss as it dried out and cutting continued.…
End of an era for Wilmslow’s Peat Bog Railways
Sunday 19th July 2020
Sun 19th Jul 2020
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End of an era for Wilmslow’s Peat Bog Railways

On 24th and 25th June this year three narrow gauge railway locomotives and some wagons were removed by lorry from Lindow Moss. The two foot gauge locos…
Reader's Letter: Absolute tosh that peat is being removed for analysis before restoration starts
Saturday 4th July 2020
Sat 4th Jul 2020
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Reader's Letter: Absolute tosh that peat is being removed for analysis before restoration starts

On Wednesday, 6th May, wilmslow.co.uk printed an article headed Cheshire East Council Agrees Carbon Neutral Plan. One of the proposals was to provide…
Building of 14 houses is 'a price worth paying for the significant environmental benefits'
Thursday 20th December 2018
Thu 20th Dec 2018
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Building of 14 houses is 'a price worth paying for the significant environmental benefits'

After nearly four years controversial plans to build houses on part of Lindow Moss, a raised mire peat bog whose origins date back to the last Ice Age,…
Decision due on plans to build 14 houses and cease peat extraction at Lindow Moss
Tuesday 11th December 2018
Tue 11th Dec 2018
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Decision due on plans to build 14 houses and cease peat extraction at Lindow Moss

Plans to build 14 detached houses on part of Lindow Moss and restore the 28 hectares peat extraction site to a natural wetland habitat are set to be determined…
Dawn Walk in memory of archaeologist who recovered Lindow Man
Tuesday 18th September 2018
Tue 18th Sep 2018
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Dawn Walk in memory of archaeologist who recovered Lindow Man

Transition Wilmslow's annual Dawn Walk will have special poignancy this year as the group remembers Rick Turner, the archaeologist who recovered Lindow…
Reader's Letter: Our worst fears confirmed over the future of Lindow Moss
Wednesday 21st June 2017
Wed 21st Jun 2017
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Reader's Letter: Our worst fears confirmed over the future of Lindow Moss

In January this year George Osborne informed our group that Cheshire East Council would no longer communicate with us. Shortly afterwards residents affected…
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Campaigners say Council is burying its head in the peat
Tuesday 8th November 2016
Tue 8th Nov 2016
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Campaigners say Council is burying its head in the peat

Cheshire East Council has announced that any subsidence at properties located close to Lindow Moss is not a Council matter but a civil one. As previously…
Council claims there's no evidence of link between peat extraction and subsidence
Thursday 27th October 2016
Thu 27th Oct 2016
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Council claims there's no evidence of link between peat extraction and subsidence

As reported last month our MP George Osborne has got involved in the ongoing debate about the impact of peat extraction on Lindow Moss and questioned…
Ongoing discussions with experts delay Lindow Moss plans
Wednesday 14th September 2016
Wed 14th Sep 2016
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Ongoing discussions with experts delay Lindow Moss plans

Decisions on two planning applications for the development of a raised mire peat bog on the edge of Wilmslow have been delayed for nearly 18 months…
George Osborne questions whether peat extraction is best use of historic site
Wednesday 7th September 2016
Wed 7th Sep 2016
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George Osborne questions whether peat extraction is best use of historic site

Our MP George Osborne is questioning whether peat extraction should continue at an historic site in Wilmslow. Saltersley Common Preservation Society contacted…
Appeal for MP help to preserve Lindow Moss and stop subsidence
Wednesday 7th September 2016
Wed 7th Sep 2016
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Appeal for MP help to preserve Lindow Moss and stop subsidence

A local preservation society has written to George Osborne again outlining their concerns over subsidence at Lindow Moss, which they are certain is caused…
Absorb the atmosphere as dawn breaks on Lindow Moss
Wednesday 27th July 2016
Wed 27th Jul 2016
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Absorb the atmosphere as dawn breaks on Lindow Moss

Transition Wilmslow are planning another Lindow Moss Dawn Walk on Saturday 30th July, offering people the opportunity to absorb the extraordinary…
Desperate letter to George Osborne about state of Lindow Moss
Wednesday 9th December 2015
Wed 9th Dec 2015
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Desperate letter to George Osborne about state of Lindow Moss

A local preservation society written to MP George Osborne outlining their concerns about Lindow Moss Tony Evans, Secretary of Saltersley Common Preservation…
Expert concludes peat extraction has 'destroyed' Lindow Moss
Friday 20th November 2015
Fri 20th Nov 2015
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Expert concludes peat extraction has 'destroyed' Lindow Moss

An ecological consultant who specialises in water vole conservation has described the peat extraction at Lindow Moss as 'simply devastating' and calls…
Plan for 14 homes on Lindow Moss submitted
Tuesday 3rd February 2015
Tue 3rd Feb 2015

Plan for 14 homes on Lindow Moss submitted

Plans to build 14 detached houses on part of Lindow Moss and restore the 28 hectares peat extraction site to a natural wetland habitat have been submitted…