Sale Water Park tram stop

Sale Water Park is a Manchester Metrolink tram stop in Sale, Trafford (Greater Manchester), close to the border with Chorlton which is in the City of Manchester. It is on the Airport Line and in fare zone 3. This stop was constructed and opened as part of Phase 3b of the network's expansion on 3 November 2014, and has step-free access. The stop is located in what was previously an undeveloped woodland area near Sale Golf Club south of Rifle Road, which was cleared and graded for the Metrolink. The stop also has a 300-space car park which is free for Metrolink passengers. Despite this, the stop is one of the least used on the Metrolink network. This stop is a 10-minute walk away from its namesake, Sale Water Park. It also serves the Sale Moor area across the M60 motorway.

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Sale Water Park

Sale Water Park is a 152-acre (62 ha) area of parkland including a 52-acre (21 ha) artificial lake in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester, England. Opened in 1979 and owned by Trafford Council, the water park lies in an area of the green belt running through the Mersey river valley between Sale and Stretford, located between the river and the M60 motorway. The lake was formed in the 1970s by the flooding of a gravel pit excavated to provide material for the construction of an embankment raising the motorway 34 feet (10 m) above the Mersey's floodplain. The pit was excavated to a depth of around 115 feet (35 m), making the lake about 90 feet (27 m) deep in places. The land occupied by the water park was formerly within the grounds of Sale Old Hall, demolished in 1920. All that remains of the hall today is its former lodge, now the club house for Sale Golf Club, and its dovecote, which has been restored and relocated to the nearby Walkden Gardens. Sale Water Park provides important recreational facilities and wildlife reserves, as well as forming part of the flood defences for the surrounding area of Trafford.

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West Didsbury & Chorlton A.F.C.

West Didsbury & Chorlton Association Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, a suburb of Manchester, England. They are currently members of the North West Counties League Premier Division, the ninth tier of English football, and play at The Recreation Ground, known as The Step Places Stadium for sponsorship reasons, but mostly referred to as Brookburn Road.

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Chorlton-cum-Hardy Golf Club

Chorlton-cum-Hardy Golf Club is a golf club in Chorlton-cum-Hardy in the southern suburbs of Manchester, England. It is separated from Sale Golf Club to the south only by the River Mersey. The clubhouse of the golf club is located at Barlow Hall, originally built in the 13th century, but rebuilt by Alexander Barlow in 1584. Edward Barlow was born at Barlow Hall in 1585 and was hanged for adhering to the Catholic faith at Lancaster Gaol in 1641. He was later canonized as Saint Ambrose Barlow in 1970 and his ghost reportedly haunts the upper floors of the hall. Although a golf course had existed here for centuries the modern formal club was established in 1903. In September 2011 it hosted the Mersey Championship.

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Hardy Farm tram stop

Hardy Farm tram stop was a proposed future tram stop on the phase 3b plans to Manchester Airport, which would have been on the north side of Sale Water Park. It was due to open in 2016 but was dropped from the plans.

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