Heritage Consultancy (heritarc@gmail.com | 07956 226699) Heritarc – is a heritage consultancy providing professional advice on the conservation of the historic environment directed by Alexandra Fairclough MA BSc (Hons) LLB (Hons), PGDipLP (Barrister) MRTPI IHBC MITG. Alexandra has over 30 years of experience in building conservation in local and central government and in private practice. She takes care to research […]
Alexandra can provide a fun factual walk for all ages exploring the secrets of the past of theBridgewater Canal and its villages inc Worsley, Boothstown & Astley Green. At AstleyGreen, we will walk through the village and there will be opportunity to look around themuseum, see the last Pit Head Gear of the Lancashire Coalfield and look around the museumand […]
This tour highlights remarkable feats of both Georgian and Victorian engineering, linking the Salfordto Manchester and then beyond, Both the Bridgewater Canal and the Manchester Ship Canal.rejuvenated the dormant economies and led to canalmania and cottonopolis and then enabledManchester to become one of Britain’s biggest and busiest ports, despite it being inland. Opened in1894 and closing in 1984, it was […]
This summer the gates of the newest Royal Horticultural Society garden opened to the public after a 9-month delay. After years of planning and delays due to the pandemic, the largest gardening project in Europe, the RHS Garden Bridgewater was opened. The sun shone and I was there to see it in its glory. I was excited beyond belief. This […]
Alexandra can take you on a trip through history as we learn of a rural Barton whichdeveloped rapidly as a result firstly of the Duke’s Cut and then the Manchester ShipCanal. Visit a living Monastery & see a wonder of the Canal world – the Barton SwingAqueduct. We can walk to Patricroft to see to learn about the First passenger […]
Alexa Tour Guide highlights the latest installation at the Imperial War Museum North On the eve of Armistice Day, I visited the Imperial War Museum North for the opening of the ‘Poppies’, their newest exhibit: a 30m cascade of poppies. The poppy was a common flower seen on the battlefields of the Western Front during the First World War. The red […]
Alexandra will explore the history and buildings of this remarkable village and we will learnabout its remarkable history, the people that created it and its legacy. We can walk or boatalong the Duke’s Cut – the first cut canal in England – The Bridgewater Canal- to see thenewest RHS Garden Bridgewater. Together we will discover the amazing people, thecommunities and […]
