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The Moss Valley (Welsh: Dyffryn Moss, pronounced [ˌdəfrɨ̞n ˈmɔs]; Welsh pronunciation ⓘ) is an area and country park in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. The area, informally known as " The Moss " and The Aggey by local people, has an extensive coal mining history.
Broughton is a community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It has an area of 469 hectares and had a population of 6,498 in the 2001 census, increasing to 7,454 at the 2011 Census. [1] The area is dominated by the Moss Valley, which was known for its coal mining. Today it is operated as a country park, and there is a golf course of the same name ...
Moss Valley, the valley carved out by The Moss, North East Derbyshire in England Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name.
Afon Dyfrdwy (River Dee) SSSI; Berwyn; Chirk Castle and Parkland; Chwarel Singret; Cloy Brook Pastures; Coedwig Ffosil Brymbo Fossil Forest; Fenn's, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem and Cadney Mosses
The nearest colliery was Westminster Colliery, located within the Moss Valley. Most of the area's coalmining industry was closed by the mid 20th century. Remnants of the area's former industrial history include disused features such as railway trackbeds, bridges and tunnels, particularly surrounding the Moss Valley areas. [citation needed]
Moss Valley Meadows is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) [1] [2] in Derbyshire, England. It is located 4km south of Sheffield near Gleadless. This protected area is composed of three separate patches of land along a tributary to the valley of a stream called The Moss. This protected area includes patches of exceptional species-rich ...
Pentre Broughton is a formerly industrial village in the community of Broughton in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It is contiguous with the neighbouring villages of Moss and Brynteg . The village's name is derived from the Welsh word pentre ("village") along with Broughton, the name of the township of the parish of Wrexham (later Brymbo ) in ...
Moss Valley branch was a two mile long single track line built by the Great Western Railway in what is now the county borough of Wrexham, Wales.It ran from a junction with the Wrexham and Minera Railway at Moss Valley Junction to Moss Halt (or Moss Platform) via three intermediate stations: Gatewen Halt, Pentre Broughton Halt, and Gwersyllt Hill Halt.