Rixton Clay Pits
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rixton-clay-pits-295-10088962
title:
Rixton Clay Pits
text:
Rixton Clay Pits is a former clay extraction site in Rixton, near Hollins Green, Warrington, England. Formerly farmland, boulder clay extraction started in the 1920s for brick making in the adjacent brickworks and ceased in 1965 – since then it has been allowed to return to nature. It is now an area of ponds, scrub, woodland and damp grassland. It is owned and managed by Warrington Borough Council as a local amenity. Two large sections of Rixton Clay Pits, 15 hectares in total, are a Site of Spe
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description:
Nature reserve and former clay pit
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rixton_Clay_Pits
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date modified:
2023-12-19T11:38:04Z
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13
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15