Harwood Equestrian Centre

Harwood Equestrian Centre
Harwood Equestrian Centre

Activities on the site dated back over a century, with the extraction of stone for use in the local construction industry. In the 1950s the void created was utilised by the Local Authority as a landfill site to dispose of municipal wastes from the area. The site was closed in the 1980s and a thin covering of soils placed across the surface to ‘cap’ the wastes.

In 2008 Booth Ventures were approached by the then owners to remediate the site, being horse lovers, their aspiration was to use the area for equestrian activities. At this point, the site was effectively derelict with areas of exposed waste visible on the surface where water had eroded the inadequate soil layer.

  • Client
    Harwood Equestrian Centre
  • Location
    Harwood, Bolton
  • Date completed
    2012
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The site needed to be remediated and regenerated due to the prolonged period of vandalism which left existing asbestos pipes exposed. These needed to be removed, however, this left void space which needed to be filled back to ground level.

In order to restore the site, we imported suitable materials using a CL:AIRE DoW CoP scheme. Due to the very sensitive ecological habitats, which need to be preserved, we instructed an independent verification process to highlight material compliance.

During importation, 150,000 + tonnes of suitable material was analysed to ensure its chemical and physical properties were compliant with the agreed acceptance criteria.

Onsite engineers shaped areas of the site to include environmental walkways and viewing mounds, improving the overall experience. These areas were seeded to improve the visual landscape and new areas were developed for the future planting of trees.

Colliers Moss Common has now been restored and can be safely utilised as a part of the local community.

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