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Clifton sits on the edge of the Irwell Valley, roughly five miles northwest of Manchester city centre. Originally a small coal mining community under the lordship of the Heathcote family, the village is now largely defined by its position between the industrial history of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and the greenery of Clifton Country Park. The park itself is a significant local asset, covering 120 acres of woodland and meadows that occupy the site of the former Wet Earth Colliery, which was famously engineered by James Brindley. Geographically, it’s a tiered landscape; the older parts of the village sit on the higher ground of the A6 corridor, providing quick road access to the M60 motorway and nearby Swinton or Pendlebury. Though the pits have long since closed, the area retains a quiet, residential character, bridged by several Victorian railway arches and the winding River Irwell, which marks the boundary between the suburb and the neighboring countryside of the Croal-Irwell Valley.